Re: Lyric separator

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Benjamin,

> My apologies.  I am working with someone else on this, and I thought that was 
> what he wanted, but after he saw this, it became clear that what he actually 
> wanted was for these lines to only be visible at the beginning of each 
> system, just above/below the first word or so.  You can see his example image 
> here.
> 
> Does anyone have any insights or ideas into how I might accomplish this?

That's much easier:

\version "2.16.2"

someMusic = \repeat "unfold" 100 c'4

verseI = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = "1."
  \repeat "unfold" 100 a
}

verseII = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = \markup \combine "2." \translate #'(1.6 . -0.5) \draw-line 
#'(-4 . 0)
  \repeat "unfold" 100 b
}

verseIII = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = "3."
  \repeat "unfold" 100 b
}

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff \someMusic
    \new Lyrics \verseI
    \new Lyrics \verseII
    \new Lyrics \verseIII
  >>
}

Hope this helps!
Kieren.