Re: \lyricsto was: Complicated newbie questions!

[Mats Bengtsson]

Markian Hlynka wrote:
> On Nov 6, 2005, at 4:29, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
>
> > You just give a name to the voice of music you want to attach your
> > lyrics to. To make it clear what is what in the syntax I didn't use the
> > obvious name "mainvoice" but "THEMUSIC" in the following example:
> > \score{
> >   <<
> >     \context Voice = THEMUSIC \mainvoice
> >     \lyricsto THEMUSIC \new Lyrics \mainwords
> >   >>
> > }
> >
> >
> > If you want to split lyrics when the music splits into several voices,
> > use separate Voice contexts with separate names and just attach the
> > lyrics to the corresponding voice. Read in "7.3.6 More stanzas" to see
> > one example.
>
>
> Hi, Matt.
>
> I must not quite understand how Voice is intended to work. 
>
> Is it possible, then, to have 2 voices, call them A and B, in the same 
> staff, where voice B only occasionally has separate lyrics and or notes? 
> I mean, without having a whole lot of rests in B? Like, I'd align parts 
> of B to marker in A or something. Or am I totally off my rocker?

You are right on the spot. The Voice context in LilyPond is intended to
correspond exactly to the musical concept of a voice. See
the Section on Polyphony in the manual and the example template
for "SATB vocal score", for example.

   /Mats