Re: [Denemo-devel] Verse and chorus

[Richard Shann]

On Thu, 2016-03-24 at 11:41 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> Examples of chorus first.

Right, that is the intended effect - attached is how I would have
imagined such a thing to be done. In that the chorus and verses are
typeset as separate movements and I've turned off ragged-right on each
movement (which might not be needed if there was more music).

But if the music really should just run on (one of the examples you give
has the verses starting in mid-line) then using underscores is the only
thing I can think of, but if that seems unduly clunky it might be worth
asking on lilypond-user, as there may be a mechanism in LilyPond for
turning lyrics on and off that could make it neater.

Richard



> Thanks
> Joe
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Shann [mailto:address@hidden 
> Sent: 23 March 2016 16:20
> To: Joe Wilkinson
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Denemo-devel] Verse and chorus
> 
> On Wed, 2016-03-23 at 14:16 +0000, Joe Wilkinson wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> > This is what I mean
> > In the first movement the lyrics appear to work fine because the chorus 
> > line can be tacked onto just the first "verse".
> > In the second movement padding is needed for verses 2,3 etc., because 
> > the lyrics always start on the first note (and I know of no way to put 
> > non-printing spaces in/
> 
> Underscore is your answer. It gives a non-printing syllable, attached is
> your file modified.
> But I'm not sure this is at all the right way to go about this - do you
> have an example of a professionally (well) typeset edition of this sort
> of music which typesets chorus and verses? I'm not at all familiar with
> what this should look like, but it just "feels" wrong done with forcing
> line breaks and running the music for the chorus and verse straight on
> after each other.
> 
> Also, I see you have included the stanza numbers (text in this case) in
> with the lyrics. The command to use is called "Stanza Number" - the help
> explains (right click, Help, or tooltip if it is showing).
> > 
> > And while I am at it..
> > Sometimes I need chants as shown in movement 3. It would be good to be 
> > able to left justify the words rather than always have them centred.
> 
> Someone asked for this earlier: you insert this
>  \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT  
> before the lyrics. Perhaps it needs a bug report to get it as a new
> command?
> 
> > 
> > I have downloaded the latest version today; it was giving me some gyp 
> > with a modal object editor window that wouldn't disappear (if I 
> > minimised it it also minimised denemo).
> > If this recurs I will try to give you a screen-shot.
> 
> Not sure a screenshot will explain it any better. An internet search for
> "windows stuck on top in Windows 10" or similar might help.
> 
> Richard
> 
> > 
> > Joe
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