Re: certain type of vocal notation in liturgical contexts

[David Wright]

On Wed 31 May 2017 at 15:56:44 (+0200), Jonathan Scholbach wrote:
> Dear Ponders,
> 
> I would like to typeset a certain type of notation, which can be found
> in liturgical context. I have an example image attached. (Ignore the
> lyrics written in Fraktur). I have two questions:
>     1. How is this notation called?
>     2. How can I (easily) reproduce it with LP? - a question which might
> break apart into:
>         2a) how do I typeset those "double-quarter" notes?
>         2b) how do I manage the alignment of lyrics conveniently? (NB
> that  several times there happen to be multiple syllables on one note).

See if §2.9.6 in the Notation Reference helps. I don't think your
example does anything significantly different. (I wondered about
the comma after "ging". I would set "ging" on its own crochet, and
put the breve on the following syllable, "da…".)

Cheers,
David.