Re: Lyrics to single stave polyphony

[David Pounder]

> ------- Original Message -------
> From: eagle136 <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Sent: 7.2.10, 0:42:36
> Subject: Lyrics to single stave polyphony
> 

> I now need to add lyrics.  All is OK until the split into 2 parts when no
> lyrics are printed at all - though they get picked up by the music once the
> split has been closed.
> 
> I have set the soprano voice in its own context:
> 
> sopranoVoicePart = \new Staff \with {
>   instrumentName = "Girls"
>   midiInstrument = "choir aahs"
> } { \sopranoVoice }  % notes
> \addlyrics { \verseOneSopranoVoice \verseTwoSopranoVoice }  % lyrics
> 
> How do I get the lyrics to be displayed when the split happens?
> 

Hi Simon,

This trips most new users up. The polyphony construct \\ creates two new 
contexts named "1" and "2" - your lyrics are still being fed to your original 
context at this time. 

There's more than one way around it, but look at section 1.5.2 in the Notation 
Reference, particularly at the heading "Temporary Polyphonic Passages."

I would definitely recommend getting into the habit of always naming your 
contexts and using \lyricsto instead of \addlyrics for any non-trivial case.

Hope this helps.

David.
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