Re: Tip/Trick: elision between lyric syllables

[Graham Percival]

If this is something common in vocal music, might it be worth adding to 
the manual?  (recall that I don't do vocal music; to make changes I need 
exact instructions)

- Graham

Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hello, all --
>
> I've seen a couple of inquiries about this issue on the list in the past...
> Just ran into this problem myself, and solved it to my satisfaction (see 
> Lilycode, below, and attached PNG).
>
> Hope this helps someone else!
>
> Best regards,
> Kieren.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> %%%  CODE BEGINS
> \version "2.9.14"
> \include "english.ly"
>
> \paper
> {
>     line-width = 100\mm
> }
>
> theNotes = \relative
> {
>     \time 3/4
>     d2 d4 e4( fs2)
> }
>
> theWords = \lyricmode
> {
>     viel -- \markup { \combine "le, au" \translate #'(2.4 . -0.5) 
> \fontsize #-5  "‿" } soir __
> }
>
> \score
> {
>     \new StaffGroup
>     <<
>         \new Voice = "voice" \theNotes
>         \new Lyrics \lyricsto "voice" \theWords
>     >>
> }
> %%%  CODE ENDS
>
>
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