Re: lyrics to music

[James Bailey]

It used to not done, in order to emphasize each individual word. Now, it's more whatever the composer wants. There are no more hard and fast rules.

On Nov 20, 2012, at 4:25 PM, "Fr. Michael Gilmary, mma" <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi everybody:

Here's a general question that's bothered me for some time ... because I'm not a musician or composer ---

when setting lyrics to music, is it ever acceptable to join eighth notes across syllables or even across words? Here are a couple examples:

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I have been told by a reliable expert (hi Rembrandt!) that joining the eighth notes across syllables/words is never done ... but I have examples like the second one here from a very accomplished composer. Maybe he just isn't familiar with how to prevent his program from joining them. It certainly makes for difficult reading of the lyrics, IMHO.

I'd be grateful to benefit from the collected wisdom here with the lilypond users.

TIA --- and be assured of our prayers.

United in adoration of Jesus,

fr. michael gilmary, mma

Most Holy Trinity Monastery

67 Dugway Road

Petersham, MA 01366

www.MaroniteMonks.org

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