Re: Extended first syllable in polysyllabic word

[Christopher R. Maden]

On 10/08/2013 06:59 PM, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
> It would seem that they way I wrote it below, "Cath _ -- erine", 
> *should* work, but this gives an error:
> 
> programming error: hyphen not finished yet
> 
> Also, the hyphen between "Cath" and "erine" is not displayed.
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> \version "2.16.2" \score { << \relative c'' { c8 b a4 b c8 d | } 
> \addlyrics { Cath _ -- erine wheel rolls _ | }
>>> 
> }

I think you have it backward.

\version "2.16.2"
\score {
  <<
    \relative c'' {
      c8 b a4 b c8 d |
    }
    \addlyrics {
      Cath -- _ erine wheel rolls _ |
    }
  >>
}

~Chris
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