Re: Unique stanza layout

[Gilles]

> Hi, I am using Lilypond 2.7.27 for Windows 98 and I'm trying to compile a 
> choral work. Here is an simple file of my problem:
>
> [...]
>
> Here, the first stanza "melody" covers the entire music. For the second 
> stanza "other", the lyrics only appear at certain points of the music. In 
> the example, it appears in bar 1 and 3. I tried compiling the file but as 
> the output shows, the second stanza does not appear in the 3rd bar. Why is 
> this?
> If I'm not mistaken there is a skip function that allows us to skip lyrics 
> over notes but if the gap is several lines of music, that is not practical. 
> I cannot use another \new Lyric as there would appear to be a gap between 
> the stanzas. Is there a way to make the second stanza "other" appear at bar 
> 3?

Hmm, your design is a bit confusing...
Here attached a version that does what you expect (I think).

Best,
Gilles

test2.ly
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