Re: Some general comments

[Mats Bengtsson]

Graham Percival wrote:

> Ian Hawthorn wrote:
>
> > 1. An extra lyric line is needed for harmony parts for a few bars.
> >
> > 2. An extra staff and lyric line for a soloist is required for one 
> > section.
>
>
> To add an extra staff, look up "ossia".  It works something like this:
>
> {
> c4 c c c
> << {c4 c c c}
> \new Staff { e4 e e e }
> >>
> c4 c c c
> }
>
> For more details, search the documentation and LSR.  I'm not certain 
> how to add lyrics to this, since I don't do vocal music.

It's very simple, just use \lyricsto as usual. Also, if you want the new 
stave
placed above the original one, you can use alignAboveContext:

\new Staff = main {
c4 c c c
<<
 {c4 c c c}
 \new Staff =extrastave { \new Voice = extra {
   \set Staff.alignAboveContext = "main" e4. e8 e e }
 }
 \new Lyrics \lyricsto extra {
   \set alignAboveContext = "extrastave" ly -- rics a -- bove
 }
>>
c4 c c c
}

You can actually use \addlyrics as well

\new Staff = main {
c4 c c c
<<
 {c4 c c c}
 \new Staff =extrastave {
   \set Staff.alignAboveContext = "main" e4. e8 e e
 }
 \addlyrics {
   \set alignAboveContext = "extrastave" ly -- rics a -- bove
 }
>>
c4 c c c
}


> > 3. The lyrics for one section need to be aligned to a different part
> > than they are in the rest of the piece.
>
>
> I believe that this point was addressed in some recent documentation 
> work (in the 2.9 docs; not yet available in the 2.8 docs).

Read section "Switching the melody associated with a lyrics line"
which has been in the docs at least since version 2.8.0 if I remember 
correctly.


  /Mats