Re: Multiple stanzas to selection of melody

[Marten]

Jim Long <lilypond <at> umpquanet.com> writes:

> 
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 07:47:17PM +0000, Marten wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > Trying to typeset a song I am faced with the following problem for 
which I 
> > can;t find a solution in the manual or snippet repository. I kindly 
request 
> > your help.
> > 
> > I'm typesetting a song with one staff, where the refrain comes first 
and 
> > spans multiple lines of notes; after that come 3 stanzas. I'd like the 
song 
> > text to be placed under the stanza melody, but I don't want to add 
empty 
> > lines to the refrain. I'm looking for a solution with one \score block. 
Can 
> > this be done?
> 
> Marten:
> 
> Is the attached exaple germane to what you are trying to do?
> 
> regards,
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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Yes, Jim, that's what I'm trying to do.

However, in your code, with two \new Voice statements, you will break the 
piece and an ambitus will be displayed at the beginning of each Voice.