Re: lyrics free from notes

[Curt Siffert]

Sounds like the opposite of melisma.  You want the words to track the  
notes.  In melisma it's multiple notes per syllable.  Here he might  
have multiple syllables per note.  Which will sometimes happen in the  
case of multiple verses written under a melody line.  (Although there  
is usually a parenthetical note that will align to additional  
syllables.)

On Jun 3, 2007, at 10:26 PM, David Rogers wrote:

> On Jun 3 2007, at 19:41, Alan Jones wrote:
>
> > I need a way to specify which beats the words of my
> > lyrics fall on independent of the voice that they are
> > associated with.  In the attached example I have
> > three words that I want on the corresponding beats:
> > one, two, three.  However, because the voice has a
> > half note for the last two beats Lilypond overlaps the
> > words 'two' and 'three' -- even though I've tried to override
> > by placing length numbers after every word.  I do want
> > the words to follow the music, for example if some
> > accidentals move the horizontal placement of the beat, etc.
> > Thanks for any help!
>
> Sorry for the stupid question, but how do you sing this? Is it sung  
> lyrics we're dealing with here, or something else?
>
>
> David
>
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