Re: sunday school music

[Ralph Little]

Hi Tim,
There are two snippets following.

The first is a bit of your "power" example with the lyrics spacing issue.

You can use the same techniques as before but introduce another DevNull 
voice with one of the bottom parts which moves with the extra line and 
it will follow that instead.

- If you use the _ character in lyrics it is like a silent word (or skip 
in Lilypond terminology). Since we are using \lyricsto, you don't need a 
duration e.g. _8 as they are ignored when following another voice.
- if a lyric line has no words in it, the space it would have taken 
closes up.

The second snippet is a modification of the power example. I've doubled 
up the notes to get enough for two lines of output music.

Hope it is clear enough!

Cheers,
Ralph


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\version "2.11.32"
\include "english.ly"
\header {
   title="Fishers Of Men"
   poet="Harry D. Clark"
   composer="H.D.C"
}
\layout {
   indent = #0
}
PartsOne = {
   \relative c' {
       \aikenHeads
       f4 f f g
       a8 a4 gs8 a2
       g8 g4 fs8 g2
       f8 f4 d8 c2
   }
}
PartsTwo = {
   \relative c' {
       \aikenHeads
       c4 c c c
       f8 f4 f8 f2
       e8 e4 ds8 e2
       c8 c4 bf8 c2
   }
}

PartsTop = {
   \key f \major
   \clef treble
   \partcombine {\PartsOne \PartsOne} { \PartsTwo \PartsTwo }
}

PartsThree = {
   \relative c' {
       \aikenHeads
       a4 a a bf
       c8 c4 b8 c2
       c8 c4 c8 c2
       a8 a4 bf8 a2
   }
}

PartsFour = {
   \relative c {
       \aikenHeads
       f4 f f f
       f8 f4 f8 f2
       c8 c4 c8 c2
       f8 f4 f8 f2
   }
}


PartsBottom = {
   \key f \major
   \clef bass
   \partcombine {\PartsThree \PartsThree} { \PartsFour \PartsFour }
  
}

\score {
<<
   \new Staff = top
   { <<   
       \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
       \PartsTop
       \new Devnull="topfollow"  { \PartsOne \PartsOne}

       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "topfollow" { \set stanza = "1. " I will 
make you fish-- ers of men fish-- ers of men fish-- ers of men }
       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "topfollow" { \set stanza = "1. " I will 
make you fish-- ers of men fish-- ers of men fish-- ers of men }

       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "topfollow" { \set stanza = "1. " I will 
make you fish-- ers of men fish-- ers of men fish-- ers of men
                                           _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fish-- 
ers of men  }
       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "topfollow"  { \set stanza = "2. " Hear 
Christ call-- ing Come un-- to me Come un-- to me Come un-- to me
                                           _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Come un-- to 
me }
   >> }
   \new Staff = bottom
   {   
       \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
       \PartsBottom
   }
>>
}


----------------------


\version "2.11.32"
\include "english.ly"
\header {
   title="There Is Power in the Blood"
   subtitle = "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb.-Rev. 12:11"
   poet="Lewis E. Jones, 1865-1936"
   composer="Lewis E. Jones, 1865-1936"
}
\layout {
   indent = #0
}

PartsOnea = {
   \relative c'' {
       \aikenHeads
       \partial 8 bf8
       a4 a8. a16 c4 bf8. a16
       bf2. \bar "||" f8^"REFRAIN" bf
       d2 d
   }
}
PartsTwoa = {
   \relative c' {
       \aikenHeads
       \partial 8 f8
       f4 f8. f16 ef4 d8. c16
       d2. \bar "||" d8 d
       f2 f
   }
}

PartsTopa = {
   \key f \major
   \clef treble

   \partcombine \PartsOnea \PartsTwoa
}


PartsThreea = {
   \relative c' {
       \aikenHeads
       \partial 8 d8
       c4 c8. c16 a4 f8 f
       f2. \bar "||" bf8 f8
       bf4 bf8 bf bf2
   }
}

PartsFoura = {
   \relative c {
       \aikenHeads
       \partial 8 bf8
       f'4 f8. f16 f4 f8 f
       bf,2. \bar "||" bf8 bf
       bf4 d8 f bf2
   }
}

PartsBottoma = {
   \key f \major
   \clef bass
   \partcombine \PartsThreea \PartsFoura
}


\score {
<<
   \new Staff = top
   { <<   
       \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
       \PartsTopa
       \new Devnull="TopFollow"  \PartsOnea
       \new Devnull="BottomFollow"  \PartsThreea
       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "TopFollow" {  There's won- der- ful pow'r 
in the blood There is pow'r pow'r }
       \new Lyrics \lyricsto "BottomFollow"  {  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  
There is pow'r }
   >> }
   \new Staff = bottom
   {   
       \override Staff.TimeSignature #'style = #'()
       \PartsBottoma
   }
>>
}