Re: question about lyrics changing via \set associatedVoice

[Karl Hammar]

Steven:
...
> into the tenor voice.   I've tried inserting the command   \set 
> associatedVoice = #"three"  one syllable before the point where the 
> voice association needs to change to tenor but what happens is simply 
> that the lyrics stop happening altogether (at that point).   My thinking 
...
\score{ 
        \context StaffGroup<<

                \context Staff = "upper" 
                        
                        <<
                        \clef treble
                        \context Voice = "one" \upperOne
                        \context Voice = "two" \upperTwo 
                        >>
                        
                \lyricsto "two" \new Lyrics {
                                        %% \set stanza = "1. "
                                        \verse 
                                        }

                \context Staff = "lower" <<
                                        
                                        \clef bass
                                        \context Voice = "one" \lowerOne
                                        \context Voice = "two" \lowerTwo
                                        >>
                >>
} 
...

Where is the voice "three"?

Maybe you meant:

                \context Staff = "lower" <<
                                        
                                        \clef bass
                                        \context Voice = "three" \lowerOne
                                        \context Voice = "four" \lowerTwo
                                        >>
                >>


But then the problem is that the \lyricsto comes before the
 \context Voice = "tree".

To solve that problem use the technique from
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.10/Documentation/user/lilypond/Vocal-ensembles#Vocal-ensembles
I.e. place a \new Lyrics = "vocals" { s1 } where you want to have the 
text, and move the lyricsto to the end.

Regards,
/Karl