Re: typeset lyrics

[Wilbert Berendsen]

Op vrijdag 2 november 2007, schreef Ole Schmidt:
> I'am a bit shy to out my ignorance...
>
> what I'am missing (maybe I overlooked it) is an overview (maybe a
> sort of tree?) of how the
> all the terms:
> \score
>   \new Staff
>   \new Voice
>   \VoiceOne
>   \VoiceTwo
> \oneVoice
> are (hieracial) related 

AFAIK Score, Staff and Voice are nested indeed, but \voiceOne,Two,Three, etc. 
and \oneVoice are simply commands that set some paramaters regarding stem 
direction, horizontal placement etc.

> and how their encapsulation  (<<  >> and { }) works

<< expr1 expr2 expr3 >> stacks the expressions vertical and { expr expr } 
horizontal.

> There is also the << {  } \\ {  } >> model for polyphony, when to use
> which construction?

See:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Explicitly-instantiating-voices

> Another point are the rules of  the \relative mode when you have
> polyphony/chord constructions (how to use , and ' properly)

See: 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond/Relative-octaves

Met vriendelijke groet,
Wilbert Berendsen

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