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Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes


From: Phil Holmes
Subject: Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:55:48 +0100

If you look at the very opening of the Notation Reference, it says that \relative works like this:
 
\relative startpitch musicexpr
 
notes in braces are a music _expression_:  { c d e f  }.  But so is \tempo "something".  So the \relative applies to the \tempo marking, and, of course, has no effect on it.  Best to get into the habit of following \relative with paired braces.

--
Phil Holmes
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Toye
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: Lyric placement and tempo woes

Phil,

Don't quite understand this, but that's the problem with being a newbie. I'd have thought that markings all referred to the next block. But your solution works fine. Thanks.

Best regards,

Peter
mailto:address@hidden
www.ptoye.com

-------------------------
Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 3:30:29 PM, you wrote:


You've got:
 
\relative c''
\tempo "Allegretto con moto" 

So the music that immediately follows the \relative is your \tempo marking, so it is only that that the \relative applies to.  If you wrote
 
\tempo "Allegretto con moto" 
\relative c''

   music
}
 
The \relative would apply to everything in the { } block

--
Phil Holmes
 
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: 
Peter Toye
To: address@hidden
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:43 AM
Subject: Lyric placement and tempo woes

More newbie problems:

1) I'm trying to arrange a part song with lyrics for each stave. The snippet below puts the lyrics at the bottom of all the staves - but I seem to be copying the manual. See Warlock2OK attached.

2) If I add a tempo indication (delete the "%") the pitch changes (see Warlock2WRONG attached) - this is the first occasion I've heard that adding a tempo mark changes a mezzo-soprano into a baritone - she won't be happy!

Any help welcome.
 
Regards,

Peter
mailto:address@hidden
www.ptoye.com

\version "2.16.2"  % necessary for upgrading to future LilyPond versions.

\header{
  title = "Lullaby"
  composer= "Peter Warlock"
  arranger="Peter Toye"
}

\language "english"

<<
  
  \new Staff  \with
  {
    instrumentName = "Julia"
    shortInstrumentName = "J"
  }
  { \clef "treble" \key f \minor \time 4/4 \relative c''
%    \tempo "Allegretto con moto"   
    { 
      R1 | af4(\mp bf c) f | ef8( df8) c4 df8( c) bf4 | c2 r2 | 
      R1 | af4( bf c)\< f \!| c8( bf) af4 g8( f) d4\> | f2\! r2 |

    }
    \addlyrics 
    {
      Gold -- en slum -- bers  kiss  your eyes,
      Smiles a -- wake you when you rise
    }
  }
  
  \new Staff \with
  {
    instrumentName = "Robin"
    shortInstrumentName = "R"
  }
  { \clef "treble_8" \key f \minor \time 4/4 \relative c
    { R1 | f4 g4 af4 c4 | bf4( af2) g4 | af2 r2 |
      R1 | f4( g af) bf | g f d d | c2 r2 | 

      
    }
    \addlyrics 
    {
      Gold -- en slum -- bers kiss your eyes,
      Smiles a -- wake you when you rise.
    }
    
  }
  
  \new Staff \with
  {
    instrumentName = "Cor Anglais"
    shortInstrumentName = "C.A."
  }
  { \clef "treble" \key f \minor \time 4/4 \relative c'
    {
      f4. ef8 \grace {d16[ ef]} d8 c d bf | c4 r r2|
      R1 | af'4 bf c f | ef8 df c4 bf8 af g4| f r r2| R1*2 |
    }
  }
>>


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