Re: In divisi lyrics, \skip in the top line skips two notes and causes bottom line to skip one note

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Edward,

On 17.06.2016 20:48, Edward Usher wrote:
> A question on the following MWE:
>
> \version "2.18.2"
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Voice = "melody" {
>       \time 3/4
>       c'4 c'4 c'4 | c'4 c'4 c'4 | c'2. |
>     }
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
>       <<
>         { a \skip 1 c }
>         \new Lyrics {
>           \set associatedVoice = "melody"
>           a b c d
>         }
>       >>
>     }
>   >>
> }
>
> I expected the notes to be labeled "a [gap] c [gap] [gap] [gap] [gap]" 
> on the first line and "a b c d [gap] [gap] [gap]" on the second.  But 
> the actual output is "a [gap] [gap] c [gap] [gap] [gap]" and "a b c 
> [gap] d [gap] [gap]".
>
> Is there an error in the MWE, or is this a bug?

Well, I can’t quite describe the internal proceedings that lead to this 
indeed unexpected result. But your input code is very odd for a start, 
and the following standard way works as expected:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\version "2.18.2"
\score {
  <<
    \new Voice = "melody" {
      \time 3/4
      c'4 c'4 c'4 | c'4 c'4 c'4 | c'2. |
    }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
      a \skip 1 c
    }
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
      a b c d
    }
  >>
}
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You’d have to give us more context on why you chose this particular 
nesting of expressions.

Best, Simon