Re: Begin lyrics only with new section

[james]

On Dec 16, 2012, at 8:40 PM, address@hidden wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> Say, for example, I have:
> 
> mA = { some music }
> lA = { lyrics to some music }
> mB = { some more music }
> lB = { lyrics to some more music }
> mC = { even more music }
> lC = { lyrics ot even more music }
> 
> and all of these are strung in a row :
> 
> { \mA \mB \mC }
> \addlyrics { \lA \lB \lC }
> 
> Let's say that on the interior of B I add a lot of new music but I don't have 
> lyrics yet.  It is fastidious to count how many notes I added and put skips, 
> so as a result, all the lyrics from C shift under B.  Is there a way to avoid 
> this by indicating somehow that lC is not supposed to begin until mC begins?
> 
> Cheers,
> MS

You could always assign a new voice to each music section, and then align the 
lyrics to the appropriate voice.