Re: Lyrics and polyphony

[Carl Sorensen]

On 1/4/12 11:28 AM, "Benjamin Bruce" <address@hidden> wrote:

>\version "2.12.2"
>{
>       <c' a>4 <e' c'> <g' e'> <b' g'> << { b'1 } \\ { g'4( f' e'2) } >>
>}
>\addlyrics { 
>       Ex -- cel -- lent Thy name! % The last word does not appear
>}
>
>Hello all!
>I have a question concerning lyrics and polyphony. I have looked through
>the
>Snippet Repository, but came up with nothing.
>
>The music I am typesetting is four-part harmony, and for the most part
>each part
>has the same note durations, and entering them as chords makes sense.
>However,
>in a few places they differ, and while I have figured out how to make the
>notes
>look correctly within angle brackets << >> (see above) the lyrics will
>not stick
>to this part of the music (I guess because I made a new context). Is
>there a way
>to have the lyrics work with this setup? Or perhaps is there an altogether
>different way I should go about this?

Please see the Notation Reference, section 1.5.2.  In particular, look at
Temporary polyphonic passages.

And may I invite you to consider upgrading to 2.14?  It's better than 2.12
in a number of ways.

HTH,

Carl