Re: Melisma with manual syllable durations

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "David Sumbler" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 2:49 PM
Subject: Melisma with manual syllable durations


> In 2 of the set of 6 songs I have (rather slowly) been setting, I want
> 2 sets of words: the original, and an English version. In each of the
> other 4 songs there is just one set of words.
>
> After much experimentation and a lot of failures, I found a way of
> doing what I wanted, which is to use manual durations. This may very
> well not be the best nor the simplest way of doing it, but it is the
> only way I found that works.


Have you tried using skip lyrics rather than explicit durations - using 
\skip1 or _ for example?

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Phil Holmes