Re: lyric on a rest | parenthesis

[Thomas Morley]

2016-04-14 20:08 GMT+02:00 mj <address@hidden>:
> Hi David,
>
> On 04/14/2016 06:17 PM, David Wright wrote:
>>
>> ... which can take a lot of work, worth it sometimes but not always.
>
> Yes, seemed like an awful lot of work. Even had trouble understanding how I
> could use the examples on that page to get my desired word-on-a-rest...
>
> Your suggestion is immediately obvious to me. Thank you so much.
>
> I have 100ds of tricks like yours on finale, but I am still too new at
> lilypond to be able to make up thinks like this.
>
> Thanks, appreciated!
>
> MJ
>



If you need it only occasional a more tricky suggestion below, with
the advantage not to loose the automatic assigning of syllables to
notes:

\version "2.19.36"

{
  c''2
  << r \context Lyrics = "" \lyricmode { foo2 } >>
  d''1
}
\addlyrics { bla bla }

Although, it's recommended to use explicit Lyrics-context for all but
simplest use-cases, leading to:

<<
  \new Staff
    \new Voice = "mel" {
      c''2
      << r \context Lyrics = "lyr" \lyricmode { foo2 } >>
      d''1
    }
  \new Lyrics = "lyr" \lyricsto "mel" { bla bla }
>>


Cheers,
  Harm