Re: Having trouble with lyrics on an unmetered chant tone

[James Bailey]

On 26.03.2010, at 07:16, Michael Dykes wrote:

> Hullo. I am using lilypond for the first time, & am finding it to  
> be a delight. I have successfully set a few of the Resurrectional  
> Apolytikia (or Troparia) in Tones 1-4 using a variety of Russian- 
> based chants in 2 voices. Now, I am working on Tone V in the Kievan  
> Chant. I am finding that when I use a syll -- a -- ble that  
> lilypond does not always give me the hyphen I ask for. attached is  
> my current 'code' (for lack of a better word for it) for the Tone  
> V. I wish to get a hyphen in the words ``glorious'' &  
> ``Resurrection'' at the places where there is currently an  
> underscore [except in the last syllable of Resurrection where I  
> have the slur indicated]. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> --

Looks like your finger slipped and fell on the shift key. If you  
replace __ with --, you should get what you want.