Re: Putting lyrics below its staff?

[Kaj]

Hi Noeck

Sorry for a late answer. I have been away from home and not being able 
to read my e-mail.

On 2015-05-23 20:41, Noeck wrote:
> Hi Kaj,
>
> in general you are right: In case there is only one expression,
> duplicating the 'brackets', << >> or { } is not needed. You can even
> write a single note without brackets:
> \new Staff a
> but of course not two:
> \new Staff a b
>
> At the top level you need something to tell LilyPond that this is music
> (\new Staff in the examples above or braces) and not lyrics or commands
> or something else:
> { a }
> simply writing
> a
> is not enough.
>
> Your code does not compile and it looks a bit strange.
Well, not strange. Now I see the example is not complete. It is an 
extract from the complete code, which was discussed earlier in the 
thread. Outside the \score block there are definitions of the different 
music parts \mE etc and text parts \tE etc. Another point is that I 
found a strange behaviour in my original version for LilyPond 2.18.2. 
However I also noticed that my example is working fine in LP version 
2.19.20, so the bug I discovered is nowadays corrected.
> While you are
> right concerning redundant brackets, I wonder why you have staves inside
> of voices?
The reason is the original question which dealt with how to get the 
lyrics below a staff appearing not at the beginning but later in the 
music. My original problem was that the lyrics showed up between the 
staves, while I wanted it below its respective staff. The lyrics text is 
not the same for the two staves. This lead to some different suggestion, 
while the final one from Carl was the one really working. However he 
suggested these doubled braces and angles, which I could not think are 
necessary, and you also agreed upon. I think that I understand this now. 
Thank you.
> I put a different example here and I comment some of the brackets
>
> \new ChoirStaff << % needed because of 2 staves
>    \new Staff << % needed because of 2 voices inside staff
>      \new Voice = vA { a b } % {} needed because multiple notes
>      \new Voice = vB { c d }
>      \new Lyrics \lyricsto vB { Hel -- lo }
>    >>
>    \new Staff { e f }  % no <<>> needed because only one voice
> Does that make sense to you?
Yes, this example works fine for me, even if it does not really deal 
with the original question.
> Cheers,
> Joram
Thanks everybody for your hints and suggestions, which have finally lead 
me to a working knowledge.
/Kaj