Re: lyrics first word starts on second note of piece

[Chip Wiegand]

 Thanks Vicente, that was indeed the problem. Seems that I may have 
encountered that in the past and didn't notice it in this piece, thanks 
for pointing it out. I gotta remember to take that out of the template.
Regards,
chip

On 10/6/2010 1:20 PM, Vicente Solsona wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 21:06:39 +0200, Chip Wiegand <address@hidden> 
> wrote:
> >   I am having an issue with getting a lyric to align the first word 
> > to the first note of the piece. I have even commented out all the 
> > lyrics except the first two words of the two stanzas, but only the 
> > first word of each stanza appears and it is under the second note of 
> > the piece. I have included the code for the song below.
> > Regards,
> > Chip W
>
> Chip, please read this before posting code examples:
>
> http://lilypond.org/tiny-examples.html
>
> I think your problem comes from applying \global to the \lyrics 
> context. It looks like the autobeaming settings in \global are 
> interfering with the lyrics.
>
> this tiny example works as expected:
>
> \version "2.12.3"
>
> global = {
>   #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 1 4 'Staff)
>   #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 2 4 'Staff)
>   #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end * * * *) 3 4 'Staff)
> }
>
> staffMelody = \relative c'' {
>         \global % OK, it sets your desired autobeaming
>         g8 g g a16 b
>     }
>
>     theChords = \chordmode { g2 }
>
>
> verseI = \lyricmode {
>   \set stanza = #"1. "
>   Are you just my im
> }
>
> \score {
> <<
>         \context ChordNames { \theChords }
>         \new Staff {
>           \context Voice = "voiceMelody" { \staffMelody }
>         }
>         \new Lyrics = "lyricsI" {
>           % \global <------- DOESN'T SEEM A GOOD IDEA. LYRICS CAN'T BE 
> "BEAMED"
>           \lyricsto "voiceMelody" \verseI
>         }
> >>
> }
>
>
>
> greetings,
>
> Vicente