Re: Lyrics above/below on the fly

[N. Andrew Walsh]

Hi Phil,

thank you for your speedy response! Yup, that works, and does what I want it to (or rather, what the client wants). 

Cheers,

A

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:

No.  Again, this is explained in the NR, but here's a small example of how this can be done:

 

\new Staff = "Song"
<<
  \new Voice = "xLyricsStaff"  {
    \voiceOne  c''4 c''4 c''4 c''4  |  % 1
    s1*4/4   |  % 2
    b'4 b'4 b'4 b'4  |  % 3
    s1*4/4
 }
  \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = Song } \lyricsto "xLyricsStaff" { Voice one sings now And more voice one }
  \new Voice = "xLyricsStaff-1"  {
    s1*4/4   |  % 1
    f'4 f'4 f'4 f'4  |  % 2
    s1*4/4   |  % 3
    g'4 g'4 g'4 g'4
 }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "xLyricsStaff-1" {  Voice two sings now And more voice two }
>>

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Phil Holmes

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: N. Andrew Walsh

To: Phil Holmes

Cc: lilypond-user

Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 11:46 AM

Subject: Re: Lyrics above/below on the fly

Hi Phil, Michael, List,

I like Phil's suggestion, as it also separates the voices for later, should my client get wise that this is, in all honesty, bad notation that he's asking for. 

I'll give it a shot and see what I can do. Will that automatically place the lyrics on different sides of the staff?

Cheers,

A

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Phil Holmes <address@hidden> wrote:

Why not just use two voices on the single staff, with separate lyrics to each voice, and spacer rests where the voice isn't singing?

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Phil Holmes

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: N. Andrew Walsh

To: lilypond-user

Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 9:58 AM

Subject: Lyrics above/below on the fly

Hi List,

I'm working on a project where the composer wants both singing voices on the same staff (it's a call-and-response thing), but such that whenever "voice 1" is singing, stems and lyrics are down, and whenever "voice 2" is singing, they're up. 

I can switch stem direction with \stemUp and \stemDown, and I can use \set Staff.instrumentName to change the name as well. But is there some command to change the lyrics' vertical placement so-to-speak on the fly? With a single voice? Usince \set Lyrics.alignAboveContext = "staff" doesn't seem to work.

Or is there some smarter way to do this, maybe using partcombine or something?

Thanks for the help!

A

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