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Re: Combining lyrics lines


From: James
Subject: Re: Combining lyrics lines
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:53:56 +0000

Jean-Charles,

On 18 March 2012 12:49, Jean-Charles Malahieude <address@hidden> wrote:
> Le 18/03/2012 12:38, James disait :
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> On 18 March 2012 11:33, Jean-Charles Malahieude wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 17/03/2012 11:14, Reedmace Star disait :
>>>
>>>> In the first line, Alice and Eve alternate strictly in singing, so their
>>>> lyrics get collapsed:
>>>>
>>>>   ALICE   EVE       ALICE   EVE
>>>>   maybe   that the  second  words are
>>>>
>>>> After the manual line break, Alice cuts off Eve with a bit of overlap.
>>>> Their lyrics stay on different lines, which makes sense:
>>>>
>>>>   EVE           ALICE
>>>>                 Shut up, you fool!
>>>>   ...and then I was like-
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I wished I had found it myself...
>>>
>>> Would be worth a "selected snippet" in NR 2.1.2 Techniques specific to
>>> lyrics, Placing lyrics vertically?
>>>
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-03/msg00508.html
>>>
>>
>> I don't understand this request for a 'snippet', are you saying it
>> already exists as a snippet and you want it in the NR or that you want
>> a new snippet created *as well*?
>>
>> If it is the latter, and someone can give me a 'clear' explanation of
>> what this snippet shows (so I can write a concise texidoc entry) I can
>> arrange that, else if the snippet already exists tell me the name of
>> it and I can add it very easily.
>>
>
> Searching the LSR does not return it, and I think it is worth to have it in
> the NR.
>
> I would sort of call it a "partcombine" for lyrics: it often happens that a
> soloist shares a staff with a choir part (let's say the diva and the
> soprani) when they sing alternatively, or two characters like in Reedmace
> Star's example.  The fact is that Lily place /two/ lines of lyrics when the
> change appears on the same system.

I don't understand how Lyrics work in LilyPond or what your last
paragraph means (it is meaningless to me, sorry - I play trumpet, I
don't sing, so never need to read or use lyrics in a score)
I was hoping that you could give me a texidoc string I could simply
copy.paste into the example at

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2012-03/msg00508.html

Then I can create a snippet from that. I can't articulate it myself.

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James



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