Re: lyrics alignment in fold percent

[Erik Sandberg]

> Dear lilypond users,
>
> I noticed that in the discussion log, there is quite a lot already about
> lyrics and alignment but I quite didn't see the problem I am having now. I
> believe it is a bug.
>
> When using repeat percent, the lyrics do not get aligned with the
> "//"(repeat) sign according to the number of repetitions of the note.

I have never seen this notation practise; usually there are notes for every 
syllable. It is unclear how you would expect the syllables to be aligned 
under a percent repeat, in case you have more than one note repeated.

If lyrics below percent signs are not a commonly used notation, I don't 
consider this behaviour a bug. (you are however most welcome to prove me 
wrong)

In any case, I think you could achieve what you want by unfolding the music to 
a dummy voice, which you make invisible, and then adding lyrics to that 
voice. This could be done something like this:

<<
  \context Staff = "melody" << 
    \context Voice=notes \melody 
    \context Voice=invisible {
      \override Rest #'transparent = ##t
      \override NoteHead #'transparent = ##t 
      \override Stem #'transparent = ##t
      \override Beam #'transparent = ##t
      \unfoldrepeats \melody 
    }
  >>
  \lyricsto "invisible" \new Lyrics \firstVerse
>>


-- 
Erik Sandberg
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