Re: devnull with lyrics and ties

[David Wright]

On Fri 20 Sep 2024 at 15:05:51 (-0700), Walt North wrote:
> Am I missing something?  It seems like using devnull to align lyrics
> to does pay attention to ties.  Ties do seem to be honored when using
> voice for alignment.
> 
> Below is a stripped down example with screenshot.
> 
> \version "2.24.2"
> 
> \language "english"
> 
> \layout {
>   indent = 0
> }
> 
> verseLyricsMelody = \relative c' {
>   c4 c c c~ | c c c c |
> }
> 
> verseOneLyrics = \lyricmode {
>   one two three four five six seven eight
> }
> 
> \new Score {
>   <<
>     \new Voice = "verse" { \break \verseLyricsMelody }
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verse" { \verseOneLyrics }
>   >>
>   <<
>     \new Devnull  = "verseB" { \break  \verseLyricsMelody }
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "verseB" { \verseOneLyrics }
>   >>
> }

I could kind of see where you were going with
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2024-09/msg00152.html
where you might have a guitarist strumming chords as they
follow the words and chords of a song whose rhythm they know.

But now I'm lost. Say the alignment /was/ in perfect accordance
with your intent: what's the function of the duplicate set of
lyrics? Is that measure number "3" an honest annotation, or just
something that you're going to eliminate?

IOW, can you describe the score that you're trying to produce?

Cheers,
David.