Re: stanza numbers and rest

[Mats Bengtsson]

I definitely would call it a bug. A workaround is described in
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-05/msg00216.html
(and the earlier emails of the same thread).

   Mats

Thomas Willhalm wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm not sure whether this is a bug or an (undocumented) feature.
> If a song starts with a rest, the stanza numbers (or name of singers)
> are not printed. The following example shows it:
>     \score {
>      \addlyrics
>        \notes \relative c'' \context Voice = duet { \time 3/4
>           r4 g4 e4 a2 f4 g2.  }
>        \lyrics \context Lyrics <
>        \context LyricsVoice = "duet-1" {
>          \property LyricsVoice . stanza = "Bert"
>          Hi, my name is bert.    }
>        \context LyricsVoice = "duet-2" {
>          \property LyricsVoice . stanza = "Ernie"
>          Ooooo, ch\'e -- ri, je t'aime. }
>        >
>      }
>
> (Starting a song with a rest is not my invention. The original
> print does this, too.)
>
> Best regards 
> Thomas

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