Re: Placement of Chorus for Hymn

[David Wright]

On Tue 21 Jun 2016 at 17:21:54 (-0700), BGM wrote:
> You see, I don't want the verses to line up with the chorus.  It should go
> like this:
> 
> chorusmusic 
> chorustext
> 
> versemusic 
> verse1
> verse2
> 
> So it ought to show as if it were two different pieces, one above the other,
> but it has to all go within the same \score so that I can create a single
> midi from it.

So can I assume you haven't tried it? With the addition of your tempo (why
did I bother) and renaming of variables, my example was hacked from the
source that produced the attached thumbnail, which is why the \skipper matches
"All glo -- ry, laud and hon -- our To thee, Re -- deem -- er, King,

The first system is the chorus (written as |: 4bars :| Fine \break), the
other two systems are the verses (written as | 4bars \break 4bars | DC).
There are seven verses, so 120 bars gets you round a figure-of-8 in a
typical church in five minutes.

> But you're saying to just skip all 68 syllables... 
> well, I've thought of that, but I was hoping for a better way.

Well, you're welcome to try the method outlined in "Lyrics and repeats"/
"Simple repeats" in the Notation Manual. If Simon Albrecht doesn't like it,
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2016-06/msg00258.html
I'd do it the straightforward way with skips.

If 68 phases you, just use \repeat unfold 68 { _ }.

Cheers,
David.

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