Re: Two-column stanzas

[Geoff Horton]

What you want to do is to stack them side-by-side using markup
commands, rather like this:

\markup {
 \fill-line {
   \hspace #1.0 % add more of these at the beginning and end
   \hspace #1.0 % to move the verses closer together
   \column {
     "5. The fifth verse goes here"
     "With all its many lines"
   }
   \hspace #3 % The argument does matter here!
   \column {
     "6. The sixth verse goes here"
     "With all its many lines"
   \hspace #1.0 % Delete these at beginning and end
   \hspace #1.0 % if the verses are wide and you need room
   }
 }
}

If you need to put verses on top over verses, like this

Verse 3       Verse 4
Verse 5       Verse 6

You can make a column of verses using code like this:
\markup {
 \large {
   \fill-line { % This centers the words, which looks nicer
     \hspace #1.0 % gives the fill-line something to work with
     \column {
       "4. Verse four's first line"
       "And verse four's second"
       "Is followed by a third line"
       "And then by a fourth"
       \hspace #1.0 % (Basically inserts a blank line; the argument
is irrelevant)
       "5. Verse five's first line"
       " . . . etc. . . . "
     }
     \hspace #1.0 % gives the fill-line something to work with
   }
 }
}

Hope that helps.

Geoff

On 9/12/06, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson <address@hidden> wrote:
> First of all, as I have just recently started to learn LilyPond, thanks for a
> great software. It seems to handle almost anything regarding music.
>
> However, I cannot find out how to add lyrics or stanzas into two or more
> columns after the score (like verse 2 and 3 side by side). How can this be
> done?
>
> I have searched the archives, but nothing comes up.
>
> Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
> http://www.bodvar.net
>
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