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Re: Lyric extenders in the middle of words


From: Roman Stawski
Subject: Re: Lyric extenders in the middle of words
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:00:50 +0000 (UTC)
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James E. Bailey <derhindemith <at> googlemail.com> writes:

> 
> 
> 
> On 22.11.2009, at 10:56, Roman Stawski wrote:
> 
> Question to the wise : how do you use extenders in the _middle_
> of words.
> 
>
> 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"

You can see the bit I'm trying to transcribe at
http://www.roman.stawski.fr/snippet.jpg





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