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Re: lyrics
From: |
Laura Conrad |
Subject: |
Re: lyrics |
Date: |
01 Nov 2001 08:13:55 -0500 |
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>>>>> "Maury" == Maury Merkin <address@hidden> writes:
Maury> I have found that my problem with lining up the lyrics is always in
the
Maury> case of tied notes. So that if I have a word "ride" which is to be
sung
Maury> on a g-sharp eighth note and then held for an additional half note
(in ly
Maury> notation: | b8 gis' ~ gis2 | ) the lyric is never made to hold for
the
Maury> duration but, rather, the word "long" is properly shown as sung on
the b
Maury> eighth note and "ride" is properly shown as sung on the g-sharp
eighth
Maury> note but then the next word is shown as sung on the g-sharp half
note.
Maury> UGH!!!
Maury> As a kludge I have "syllablized" ride to "ri- de" and that lines up
Maury> everything in an ugly sort of "proper" way.
Maury> Ain't there a better way to do this?
Yes. Put an underscore after ride: "ride _"
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Laura (mailto:address@hidden , http://www.laymusic.org/ )
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- Re: lyrics, Maury Merkin, 2001/11/01
- Re: lyrics,
Laura Conrad <=
- Re: lyrics, Jan Nieuwenhuizen, 2001/11/01