Re: beginner stanza help

[Steven Arntson]

Simon Albrecht <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 10.09.2014 um 02:35 schrieb Steven Arntson:
>> I'm trying to get stanzas to work for a song that has two verses. What
>> am I doing wrong?
>>
>> text = \lyricmode {
>>    \set stanza = #"1. "
>>       here are               | %m1
>>       the words              | %m2
>>    }
>>    \lyricmode {
>>    \set stanza = #"2. "
>>       here are               | %m1
>>       more words             | %m2
>>    }
> If you want to assign both stanzas to one variable, then it is
> necessary to wrap them. As they are occuring simultaneously, this is
> done with << >>:
>
> text = <<
>   \lyricmode {
>     \set stanza = #"1. "
>     here are               | %m1
>     the words              | %m2
>   }
>   \lyricmode {
>     \set stanza = #"2. "
>     here are               | %m1
>     more words             | %m2
>   }
>>>
>
> Yours, Simon

Thank you, this is exactly what I was groping toward, I think. I
appreciate the help, and will keep trying to learn what I can!

Best,
steven