Re: lyric on a rest | parenthesis

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "mj" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:02 AM
Subject: lyric on a rest | parenthesis


> Hi,
>
> Two short questions:
>
> Is it possible to lyric text on a rest? (it auto-skips, now)
>
> I'm using \addlyrics { \words }, and there is a quarter rest that needs a 
> word, just like all the other notes. Is that possible?

See 
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music#manual-syllable-durations

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Phil Holmes