Re: Questions relating to hymnals

[James E. Bailey]

Am 21.08.2008 um 04:58 schrieb Carl Peterson:

> I'm working on a hymnal, and I have some questions about some things  
> I need to do for it, layout-wise.
>
> 2) If I have verses with different rhythms (e.g., one verse has only  
> one syllable at a quarter note, but another verse has two syllables  
> in the same time period) and the rhythm of the verse with more  
> syllables is indicated using tied notes (so that the rhythm of the  
> other verse is preserved musically), how would I go about inputing  
> the lyrics so that the verse with more syllables had its syllables  
> in the right positions?

Have a look at 2.1.4.4
http://kainhofer.com/~lilypond/Documentation/user/lilypond/Stanzas-with-different-rhythms.html#Stanzas-with-different-rhythms