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Re: Lyrics and polyphony
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Matthew Collett |
Subject: |
Re: Lyrics and polyphony |
Date: |
Thu, 5 Jan 2012 10:33:07 +1300 |
On 5/01/2012, at 7:28 am, Benjamin Bruce wrote:
> \version "2.12.2"
> {
> <c' a>4 <e' c'> <g' e'> <b' g'> << { b'1 } \\ { g'4( f' e'2) } >>
> }
> \addlyrics {
> Ex -- cel -- lent Thy name! % The last word does not appear
> }
The problem is that the double backslash automagically creates _two_ new
voices; you only want one, with the other being a continuation of the original
voice. The solution is to create the new voice explicitly:
{
<c' a>4 <e' c'> <g' e'> <b' g'> << {\voiceOne b'1 } \new Voice {
\voiceTwo g'4( f' e'2) } >>
}
\addlyrics {
Ex -- cel -- lent Thy name! % The last word does now appear
}
(The \voiceOne and \voiceTwo don't affect the lyrics, only the note stems.)
> The music I am typesetting is four-part harmony
In that case, personally, I'd write it as four parts rather than as chords.
Best wishes,
Matthew