Re: Just chords and lyrics.

[Jonathan Kulp]

Carl D. Sorensen wrote:
> The problem is that the implicit melismata generated by the ties are ignored
> in the Devnull context, as described in the 2.11 documentation (Notation
> Ref. Section 2.1.4 Specific Lyrics, subsection Lyrics independent of notes).
>
> Note: Use the 2.11 docs instead of the 2.10 docs, they're much better -- and
> you ought to consider moving to the latest version.  It's probably less
> buggy than the stable version.
>
> The workaround is to put manual melismata in the melody.  Here's an example
> for the first tied note:
>
>   % Amado mio
>   r4 e a4. c,8 |
>   e4. d8~ \melisma d2 \melismaEnd |
>   r2 \times 2/3 { d4 e4 f4 } |
>   f4. e8 ~ e2 |
>   %\break
>
> When you do this, you will get the correct placement of the lyrics both with
> the melody and without the melody.
>
> HTH,
>
> Carl
>
>
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Carl,

If a good way to do this arises from this thread, let's add it to the 
fretted-strings.itely file for future ref.  It was a @TODO when I was 
rewriting fretted strings but it was something I didn't see the need for 
(I had the "use a word processor" advice, too) and didn't care enough 
about it to make a good example.  Graham warned me that someone asks 
about it at least twice a year so let's try to get a good minimal 
example for the docs from this thread.

Jon
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