Re: certain type of vocal notation in liturgical contexts

[Thomas Morley]

2017-06-01 11:52 GMT+02:00 Michael Gerdau <address@hidden>:
> Hallo Jonathan,
>
>
> I would like to typeset a certain type of notation, which can be found
> in liturgical context. I have an example image attached. (Ignore the
> lyrics written in Fraktur). I have two questions:
>
> How is this notation called?
> How can I (easily) reproduce it with LP? - a question which might
> break apart into:
> 2a) how do I typeset those "double-quarter" notes?
> 2b) how do I manage the alignment of lyrics conveniently? (NB
> that several times there happen to be multiple syllables on one note).
>
> quite some time ago Thomas Morley kindly provided a very helpful function
> \offsetChord which is rather helpful to deal with these melismata. Find
> below an engraving of the image you mailed:

See
https://archiv.lilypondforum.de/index.php/topic,2027.msg11201.html#msg11201
with another example
revised coding:
https://archiv.lilypondforum.de/index.php/topic,2027.msg11900.html#msg11900

The there provided 'setOtherParent'-function may be of some use as well.


Cheers,
  Harm