Re: Why do lyric extenders require an associated voice?

[Caagr98]

Okay, that makes some amount of sense (but not much). But why doesn't it give a 
warning or anything? And I still don't know why extenders need an associated 
voice in the first place.

On 02/16/18 10:49, Torsten Hämmerle wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As soon as associatedVoice has been set to /anything/, LilyPond will pick
> the next best voice it can find.
> 
> The actual value assigned to associatedVoice is only important if there are
> multiple voices present to choose from.
> Let me illustrate that with an amended example taken from the documentation:
> 
> ~~~
> \version "2.18.2"
> 
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff <<
>       \new Voice = "melodyOne" {
>         \relative {
>           \voiceOne
>           a'4 a a a
>           \repeat volta 2 { b4 b b b( | c b a b) }
>         }
>       }
>       \new Voice = "melodyTwo" {
>         \relative {
>           \voiceTwo
>           a'4 a a a
>           \repeat volta 2 { b4 b b b( | c b2.) }
>         }
>       }
>     >>
>     \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melodyOne" {
>       Not re -- peat -- ed.
>       <<
>       { The first time words. __ }
>       \new Lyrics {
>         \set associatedVoice = "bogus"
>         Sec -- ond time words.  __
>       }
>       \new Lyrics {
>         \set associatedVoice = "melodyTwo"
>         The third time words.  __
>       }
>       >>
>     }
>   >>
> }
> 
> As you can see, the "Second time words" align with melodyOne (the first to
> come in case of bogus assignment), but "The third time words" align with
> melodyTwo.
> 
> HTH,
> Torsten
> 
> 
> 
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