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Re: How to set lyrics to temporarily divided parts
From: |
Kilian A. Foth |
Subject: |
Re: How to set lyrics to temporarily divided parts |
Date: |
Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:40:38 +0100 |
Mats Bengtsson writes:
[...]
> > Do you
> > know a way to put alternative lyrics into the same context, so that in
> > the example both `shall' and `shall not' are aligned with the second
> > note?
>
> That's trivial. If you give a name to a context, it is uniquely
> identified by its name, so you can do
>
> \context Lyrics = mainlyrics \lyricsto "melody" { we o- ver- come }
> \context Lyrics =mainlyrics \lyricsto "1" { shall not }
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "2" { shall }
>
> However, a simpler solution is to avoid to keep the original
> Voice context for the upper music line when the music splits
> into two voices. This is easiest done by not using the
> <<{...} \\ {...}>> feature (untested):
> \score{
> <<
> \context Voice = "melody" {
> \relative c' { c
> << {\voiceOne c8 e} \context Voice = splitpart {\voiceTwo c4} >>
> \oneVoice c4 c | c
> }
> }
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" { we shall not o- ver- come }
> \new Lyrics \lyricsto "splitpart" { shall }
> >>
> }
>
Oh I *see*! I wasn't aware that you can simply switch contexts while
remaining on the current staff. Thank you very much, that was exactly
what I needed.
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