Re: Why does \skip extend an extender

[Phil Holmes]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick or Cynthia Karl" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 3:41 PM
Subject: Why does \skip extend an extender


> In the following snippet:
>
> music = \relative b' {
> c4 d e f
> f g a b
> c,1
> }
>
> Lyrics = \lyricmode {
> c d e __ _
> _ \skip 1 \skip 1 \skip 1
> C
> }
>
> \score {
> \new Staff \music
> \addlyrics \Lyrics
> \layout { }
> }
>
> I want the three skips to skip past the notes "g a b".  That is, I want 
> the singing of “e” to terminate with the 2nd “f”.  But for some reason the 
> extender is extended through the notes “g a b”.  How can I fix this?

Clearly the extender continues since the expectation is that the singer has 
to do something with these notes, and continuing to sing "e" is the only 
option.  If the extender ended on the 2nd f, I would have no idea what is 
intended for the next 3 notes.  It would be very confusing.

However, if you want to do this, replace \skip with "".

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Phil Holmes