Re: Silence of a voice - how?

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

"Schweikert, Martin {POYD~Kaiseraugst}" <address@hidden> writes:


> Now my question: What is the analogon for the \skip statement?

\skip ?

> What must I put to the beginning of the alto voice?
> 
> I tried 
> 
> ""2.*48
> 
> but this does not work.

These both work here.  What version of LilyPond do you have?  Try
upgrading to 1.4.2

\score {
  <
  \context Staff \notes\relative c' {
     c4 c c c
     c4 c c c
  }
  \context Lyrics \lyrics {
    Hi \skip 4*2 there
    and ""4*2 there
  }
  >
}
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
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