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From: | Joe Wilkinson |
Subject: | Re: [Denemo-devel] Denemo-Lyrics |
Date: | Thu, 9 Feb 2017 13:41:53 +0000 |
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I know that most users won't want to learn Lilypond. It is just
that the options that they will need are much easier typed than
prescribed with buttons! As far as I can understand there are 3 requirements One Syllable to many notes: technical term Melisma
(plural Melismata or Melismas) when one syllable is sung to more
than one note this can be typeset by 1 Manual Beaming 2 Adding a slur 3 adding, say, <space><dash> for each extra syllable
which is OK if the singer understands 4 Following the syllable to be extended by
<space><underscore><underscore><space> One Syllable Per Note (i.e. normal usage) Technically
"Syllabic" according to Wikipedia. This can be done by 1 separating the syllables with spaces which is fine for
monosyllabic words but gives problems with words like onion or
Putin Many Syllables/Words per note 1 "Word1 word2 word3 etc." is easiest, i.e. the quotes create a single item and internal spaces are ignored. Lilypond accepts also: 2 word1-word2, so hyphenated words are treated as one item (and a space has to be included after the hyphen to separate them) 3 word1_word2_word3_etc which Lilypond typesets identically to the quotes version above 4 word1~word2~word3~etc which Lilypond typesets as word1ˬword2ˬword3ˬetc Denemo's Lyric Tie Printing does 4, Non-Printing does 3
Personally I would use Many notes for one syllable : Use Slur, or dashes for subsequent notes as far as needed (move to __ _ _ etc when needed)
One word/syllable per note: spaces separate words, syllables with
either dash added to each syllable in poly- syll- ab- ic words. Many words per note: use quotes.
Joe |
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