On 22.11.2009, at 10:56, Roman Stawski wrote:
Question to the wise : how do you use extenders in the _middle_
of words.
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The 'Ly' of lyric is stretched across two notes and I want to
indicate this with an extender.
Why? That's (I won't say wrong but) non-standard
However, it is the first syllable
of 'Lyric' and I want to indicate this with a hyphen.
This is the way it's done. In vocal music, there are two symbols to indicated that a particular is sung for more than one note: the hyphen and the extender line. A hyphen is used between two syllables of the same word to let the singer know that these two syllables belong to the same word. The extender line is used at the end of a word to let the singer know that this word is sung for more than one note. Or better yet, do you have an example of somewhere this is used? I've never seen anything like it, and quite frankly, as a singer, I would be very confused by it. It implies that "Ly" is a wholly self-contained word within the word "Lyric"