Re: What’s wrong with this snippet?

[Robert Schmaus]

Hi Vaughan,

Actually that has always been my understanding and experience of how the \skip 
command works - it skips single notes. 
In your case you'd need \skip 4 for the full bar. 

Best,
Robert 



On 13 Aug 2012, at 07:05, Vaughan McAlley <address@hidden> wrote:

> This is a slight variation on:
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/snippets/vocal-music#single-staff-template-with-notes-and-lyrics
> 
> I’m trying to apply the idea from Skips in lyric mode[1], so that the
> lyrics start in the second bar, but the \skip only skips to the next
> note.
> 
> Vaughan
> 
> \version "2.14.2"
> 
> melody = \relative c' {
>  \clef treble
>  \key c \major
>  \time 4/4
> 
>  d4 e f g a b c d
> }
> 
> text = \lyricmode {
> \skip 1 % should skip a whole bar
> Aaa Bee Cee Dee % Aaa appears on second note, not at the start of the second 
> bar
> }
> 
> \score{
>  <<
>    \new Voice = "one" {
>      \autoBeamOff
>      \melody
>    }
>    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text
>>> 
> }
> 
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