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Re: Can't get soprano lyric above staff
From: |
Paul Scott |
Subject: |
Re: Can't get soprano lyric above staff |
Date: |
Sat, 23 Sep 2006 22:24:37 -0700 |
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Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060915) |
Holly Briscoe wrote:
> [I'm not sure how to reply in the thread, since there's no "reply link" in
> the thread itself--at least the way I'm looking at it, which is simply by
> using Mozilla Firefox and the page's web address. So this continuation of the
> thread may not be attached properly--my apologies. I couldn't find a howto
> for the list anywhere that explained responding to a thread. -HB]
>
>
> ARVID replied:
>
>>> \context Lyrics = women \lyricsto sopranoMusic \sopranoWords
>>>
>> Here's your problem: You need to say:
>>
>> \context Lyrics = sopranoWords \lyricsto sopranoMusic \sopranoWords
>>
>> ...to place the lyrics in the correct context. When you tell them to use
>> the "women" context, they will. :-)
>>
>
> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! I thought the first item after the equals
> sign was the name of the STAFF that the lyrics were supposed to be attached
> to.
It would be great if someone who knows could clear up the documentation
as to what values go with which variables and which are the variables.
I still guess and use trial and error when I do anything other than
simple lyrics. Examples are great when they are obvious but the lyrics
and voice examples are not obvious to me.
Thanks,
Paul Scott