Re: Why does the following bar check fail for measure 3?

[David Kastrup]

Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> In the following example lyrics, what goes wrong at measure 3?
>
> Thanks!
>
> %%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
> \language "english"
>
> \header {
>   title = "broken"
>   tagline = ""
> }
>
> \layout {
>   \autoBeamOff
> }
>
> global = {
>   \key c \major
>   \time 3/4
> }
>
> melody = {
>   \relative {
>     \global
>     g'2 c8. a16       | %   1
>     g4 e4 e8. d16     | %   2
>     c2 r4             | %   3
>     r4 r4 g'4         | %   4
>   }
> }
>
> words = \lyricmode {
>   This is ok         | %   1
>   And so is this     | %   2
>   ???                | %   3
>   ok                 | %   4
> }
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     \new Staff { \melody }
>     \addlyrics { \words }
>   >>
> }
> %%%%

Don't use bar checks in material distributed by \addlyrics .  Because
bar checks are distributed alongside, so when ??? is matched to c2 , the
subsequent | in the lyrics is placed at r4 rather than after it and thus
not at a measure boundary.

-- 
David Kastrup