Re: Overextended extenders

[Phil Holmes]

"Michael Welsh Duggan" <address@hidden> wrote in message 
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> When including a small descant lyric line, an extender at the end may
> end up extending indefinitely.  I am working from git as of yesterday:


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> \version "2.13.51"
>
> <<
>  \new Lyrics = above \with {
>    \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #DOWN } s1
>  \new Staff {
>    \new Voice = "main"
>    \relative c'' {
>      a1
>      <<
>        \new Voice = "descanta" { \voiceOne c2 d( c1) }
>        { \voiceTwo a2 a a a }
>      >>
>      a1
>      % With the next note, the extender on the "oo" is too long.  If
>      % the next note is removed, behavior is correct.
>      a
>    }
>  }
>  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "main" \lyricmode {
>    Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. }
>  \context Lyrics = above \lyricsto "descanta" \lyricmode { Oo -- oo __ }
> > >

I think this is because you have ended the voice before Lily has been able 
to terminate the extender.  If you add another note to each voice (making 
one a skip) then this now works OK.  Simplified version:

<<
 \new Staff {
   \relative c'' {
     a1
     <<
       \new Voice = "descanta" { \voiceOne c2 d( c1) a1 }
       \new Voice { \voiceTwo a2 a a a s1 }
     >>
     a1 a
   }
 }
 \context Lyrics \lyricsto "descanta" \lyricmode { Oo -- oo __ }
> >


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