Re: Lyric after staff?

[Gregory Heytings]

> > What is the best way to put lyrics past the end of a staff, like this:
> >
> > =======|.
> > A B C D   E F
> >
> > The words "A B C D" are placed with \lyricsto, but how is it possible 
> > to put words at positions "E F"?  When written in the lyrics, they are 
> > simply ignored, even if the staff is not large enough to fill the 
> > line-width.
>
> It's probably simplest to use Lyrics with manual durations for such 
> things:
>
> <<
>  \new Staff { c' d' e' d' \bar "|." }
>  \lyrics { A-4 ve Cae- sar, "morituri te salutant." }
> >>

Hmmm...  Somehow this works with your simple example, but not with 
slightly more complex ones:

\score {
  \new Staff <<
    \new Voice { c' d' e' d' \bar "|." }
    \lyrics { A-4 ve Cae- sar, "morituri te salutant." }
  >>
}

continues the staff after the final "|." and places "morituri te salutant" 
under it.  And:

\score {
  \new Staff <<
    \new Voice = A { c' d' e' d' \bar "|." }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto A { A-4 ve Cae- sar, "morituri te salutant." }
  >>
}

simply removes the "morituri te salutant."

> Maybe it would make sense if "associated" lyrics would just continue 
> with the normal durations when losing their associated Voice rather than 
> committing suicide.

Indeed.

Gregory