Re: Problems / questions around a choir partition

[Markus Baertschi]

Thanks Trevor !

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Trevor Daniels <address@hidden> wrote:
>> - How can I center the second line of lyrics like the 1st line inside a 
>> repeat ?
>>  See bar #19 and #20 for the misaligned text. I've already tried the
>> '\once \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #CENTER'
>>  and it changes absolutely nothing
>
> The unchanged .ly file works correctly in 2.19.15, so maybe consider
> installing this version.  It's really quite reliable.

Yes, looks like a bug in 2.18. I've installed 2.19 and there is works.

> Alternatively, if you want to stay with 2.18.3, try running the two
> contexts in parallel for the whole piece, using \skips to pass over the
> notes which don't have alternative lyrics, like this (for the Bariton line):

I see, I was unaware of the \skips statement. Will try next time !

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