Re: How can I link lyrics with a temporary counter-melody?

[Rick Kimpel]

Jerry,

As a singer, I would expect to see the lyrics for the upstem voice 

to be above the staff, and the downstem voice below the staff. 

It's been a while, but I think it would need to be something like this:

\score { 

  <<

    \new Staff = "lead" 

    <<

      \new Voice = "top" { \voiceOne f'4 c''4 c''2 }

      \new Voice = "bottom" { \voiceTwo r2 d'4 e'4 }

    >>

    \new Lyrics \with {

      alignAboveContext = "lead"

      \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #DOWN

    } \lyricsto "top" {\lyricmode { Hel -- lo world! }}

    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "bottom" {\lyricmode { How -- dy! }}

  >>

}

I'm sure there's a more elegant solution.

Regards,

Rick

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Subject: How can I link lyrics with a temporary counter-melody?

 

This is probably documented somewhere, but I am miserably inept at searching archives.

I'm writing up a Lead Sheet and the Bridge section has a counter-melody with its own lyrics. I hacked it together using the _"" function, but I hope there's a better way to do it. Please enlighten me or direct me to the correct procedure. Attached is a sample of the coding and the results I've been able to achieve. (The 'Counter-Melody-Coding.png is in case someone can't open the .docx.)

Thanks.

Jerry