Re: Lyric word spanning two notes

[Mats Bengtsson]

Please always tell what LilyPond version you use. Also, it's always a good
idea to include a small but complete example file of what you tried so far.

Basically, there are two methods to specify the "rhythm" of the lyrics
syllables:

1. By explicitly specifying the duration of each syllable, just as you do
 with notes:
\lyricmode { Let4 all mor4. -- tal8 | flesh2 keep | si -- lence, |

2. By specifying that the lyrics should be attached to a certain voice of
   music, using \lyricsto or \addlyrics.

Note that in case 1. you should not use \lyricsto or \addlyrics. However,
since 2. is mostly much more convenient to use, I will assume that that's
what you already use and want to use. Then, you can find a direct answer
to your question in section "7.3.5 Flexibility in alignment".

  /Mats


Stephen Torri wrote:

> I have a measure in 2/2 time which I have four quarter notes. Below it I
> want to have lyrics where one word is sung in two parts in this measure.
> So the notes and lyrics go in a pseudo code fashion would be:
>
> a  b  c  d
> si -- lience
>
> The notes 'a' and 'b' are paired with 'si--' where 'c' and 'd' are
> paired with 'lience'. So far I have the lyrics for this song as:
>
> %---------------------------
> %   Lyrics
> %---------------------------
> words = \lyricmode { Let all mor -- tal | flesh keep | si -- lence, |
> and with fear and }
>
> I get an error message about my lyrics mode line because I believe its
> expecting four words or syllables for measure #3. How do I tell lilypond
> to be please let 'si' be one count in 2/2 time and 'lience' be for one
> count?
>
> Stephen
>
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