Re: Combining lyrics lines

[Jean-Charles Malahieude]

Le 19/03/2012 12:13, Eluze disait :
> I think this needs some adaptation:
>
> - the lyrics "mum" and "dad" don't fit to the voices - should they be
> inversed!?

Oops! I'm so used to the inverted situation with my parents!

> - Reedmace Star had proposed to use \voiceOne and \voiceTwo (which is quite
> usual when notating 2 voices in 1 staff): this helps the singers to locate
> their part (and also eliminates the warnings about clashing notes).
> But with the stems going down the lyrics are moved downwards, too, and they
> don't seem to be on one line anymore. (maybe adding some kind of padding
> could help).

Depending on the ambitus, \voiceXXX is not optimal, and there should be 
few warnings about clashing note columns.
By the way, what I've used with King Arthur is a third voice with lyrics 
aligned above for the "overlapping" (see page 106 of the full score 
available on CPDL, bar 122).

> I also think there are some LilyPond features that will not work in the
> normal way and should be  discussed:
>
> - stanza numbers

Having tried it, it appears that the one who doesn't sing on the first 
beat in the line is not mentioned (bug?).

> - vocalName (shortVocalName)

Of no use in such a case: when a soloist shares the staff with the choir 
part, there is usually just a markup when switching (solo/tutti), or you 
"change" the instrument/vocal name which is attached to the *staff*.

Cheers,
Jean-Charles