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Re: Syllable count
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David Kastrup |
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Re: Syllable count |
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Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:53:49 +0100 |
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Thomas Morley <address@hidden> writes:
> 2018-02-19 22:38 GMT+01:00 John Schlomann <address@hidden>:
>> Dear LilyPond experts,
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>> Given a definition of some lyrics, such as
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>> lyr = \lyricmode { Here some lyr -- ics }
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>> Is there any way to get a count of the syllables, in this case 4?
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> #(display-scheme-music (length (ly:music-property lyr 'elements)))
It's also worth pointing out that lyrics entered without durations
consist of elements all of the same duration. So if you calculate the
music-length and divide by the length of the first element with a
duration, you get a syllable count that is robust against overrides,
parallel music and similar stuff. Of course it will still not heed
melismata.
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David Kastrup
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