Re: Changing position of Lyrics

[Sebastian Canagaratna]

Thanks for the suggestions. I had already looked at the documents that Phil gave but they also position the lyrics, not change from one positions to another. I have combined Carl's suggestions of hiding notes with Phil's document and produced a passable

version.This sort of thing is not uncommon in vocal music so I am surprised that an example is not given in the documents. Perhaps the trick is to give the four lyrics Contexts identities and change context ( like \change Staff= "up" when one wants the note to appear temporarily on another staff ); one can then avoid using so many skips.  I'll try this and let you know.

Sebastian Canagaratna

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Carl Peterson <address@hidden> wrote:

Sebastian,

So the issue is that in mm. 3-4, the alto lyrics are on a second line? I think this is intentional...each Lyrics context is given a dedicated line on a system. To do what you would want, you would need to combine the Lyrics and set the associated voice (which, given the non-overlapping nature of the two lines, I'm not sure works quite right, in my experience...you may need to add a hidden note in the alto at the end of m. 2 to allow the lyrics to move over seamlessly), or break the system after m. 2.

One of the scheme gurus might be able to come up with something that looks at a a column of lyrics and re-outputs them to accomplish what you want, but I'm at a loss otherwise.

Cheers,

Carl

On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Sebastian Canagaratna <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi Carl and Phil,

Thanks for the suggestions. I give here a crude example of what I mean. I have eliminated the tenor and base. I would like the lyrics in the first four measures at the same horizontal level, in measure 5 and 6 the soprano lyrics to be above the staff, and the soprano continues at the same horizontal level, below the staff, ( where the alto lyrics were)  during measures 7 and 8. It seems to me

that it cannot be solved by skips: one should be able, at will, to be able to change the position of the lyrics  As to why I want it this way, the music sheet gives it this way and I would like to know whether this can be done in lilypond.

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