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Re: Automatic lengthening of Lyrics extenders
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David Wright |
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Re: Automatic lengthening of Lyrics extenders |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Feb 2019 21:28:57 -0600 |
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On Thu 21 Feb 2019 at 16:40:22 (-0500), Kieren MacMillan wrote:
>
> > However when there is a long note (e.g. full, or breve or such) the current
> > situation leaves room for improvement (to my knowledge).
>
> For untied notes (like single whole notes), the convention is not to have
> extenders.
It does depend on the genre. In barbershop, it's quite usual to print
extenders on single notes, and they're frequent because of the style:
<<
We love to sing like this, sing like this
We love to sing like this________________
>>
The problem of anchoring is recognised for dynamics, and fixed
by using empty chords as attachments. But AFAIK there's no
equivalent for lyrics because they don't attach to empty chords.
I think it's a real lack.
Some people suggest hidden notes, but that messes up the midi.
NullVoice works well, but requires a fair amount of work, and you
end up with another voice to keep synchronised when editing.
I tried the aftergrace method mentioned here last year, but the
extenders seem to end up too long compared with those around them.
(And again the midi is affected.)
Cheers,
David.