Re: Positioning of lyrics

[Mats Bengtsson]

Your line
 \context Lyrics = C \lyricsto tenorVerse \textVerseA
happens already from the beginning of the piece, whereas the line
        \new Lyrics = "C" {s1}
which the former line refers to, happens (time-wise) after the intro.
The following version of the \score block, works as you would expect:

\score {
 <<
   \new ChoirStaff {
     %%% INTRO %%%
     {<<
        \new Lyrics = "A" {s1}
        \new Staff = "sopranos" {\new Voice = "sIntro" { << \sIntro >>}}
        \new Lyrics = "B" {s1}
        \new Staff = "altos" {\new Voice = "aIntro" { << \aIntro >>}}           
>>}

     %%% VERSE %%%
     {<<
        \context Staff = "sopranos" {\new Voice = "sopranoVerse" {<< \sVerse 
>>}}
        \context Staff = "altos" {\new Voice = "altoVerse" { << \aVerse >> }}
        \context Staff = "tenors" {\new Voice = "tenorVerse" { << \tVerse >> }}

        \new Lyrics = "C" {s1}

	\context Staff = "basses" {\new Voice = "bassVerse" { << \bVerse >> }} 
                  \context Lyrics = C \lyricsto tenorVerse \textVerseA

     >>}        }         \context Lyrics = A \lyricsto sIntro \textIntro
   \context Lyrics = B \lyricsto aIntro \aIntroText

   \context Lyrics = B \lyricsto sopranoVerse \textVerseA
 >>
 \layout {}
}

Actually, since the Voice context tenorVerse which you refer to, has
already been setup, you could also simplify the verse part of your
score block to:
     %%% VERSE %%%
     {<<
        \context Staff = "sopranos" {\new Voice = "sopranoVerse" {<< \sVerse 
>>}}
        \context Staff = "altos" {\new Voice = "altoVerse" { << \aVerse >> }}
        \context Staff = "tenors" {\new Voice = "tenorVerse" { << \tVerse >> }}

       \context Lyrics = C \lyricsto tenorVerse \textVerseA

        \context Staff = "basses" {\new Voice = "bassVerse" { << \bVerse >> }}

     >>}

You can do the same also with the other lyrics lines, but for the "A" 
Lyrics context, you will then need to set alignAboveContext, as
is shown in appendix "D.4.3 SATB with  aligned contexts" of the manual.

   /Mats

Quoting Morten Lemvigh <address@hidden>:

> I'm setting a vocal piece for SATB. There is an intro with SA and 
> then T and B join them in the verse. In the verse, I would like the 
> lyrics to be positioned between S and A and between T and B. But when 
> I include the intro I cannot get the lyrics to stay between T and B, 
> they jump up below A. Here is a minimal example of what I get:
> http://www.lemvigh.org/test.png
>
> And here is what I wrote to get it:
> http://www.lemvigh.org/test.ly
>
> What should I do in order to get the lyrics to stay between T and B?
>
> Thanks,
> Morten
>
>
>
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