Re: first instance of lyrics in LM could look better

[Francisco Vila]

2008/11/7 Mark Polesky <address@hidden>:
> The lyrics in the "twinkle" example are left-aligned instead
> of centered because the example uses \lyricmode instead of
> \addlyrics.

I agree. For symmetry I should use lyricmode and lyricsto, but this
forces to give a name to the voice and the code becomes much longer.
Once coded this way, durations of syllables are no longer necessary. I
find there is not an elegant way of adding lyrics correctly besides
\addlyrics. Maybe a default mapping of lyrics with the nearest voice
could substitute lyricsto and get the syllables centered, I don't
know.

<<
   \chords { c2 c f2 c }
   \new Staff = "twinkle" \relative c' { \time 2/4 c4 c g'4 g a4 a g2 }
   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "twinkle" \lyricmode { twin -- kle twin --
kle lit -- tle star }
>>

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