Re: Hyphen in lyrics

[David Kastrup]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Stephan Schöll <music@gmx.ch> writes:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> How can I force a hyphen in a word to be printed as in the example with
>> the word "washed-out":
>>
>> \version "2.20.0"
>>
>> \score {
>>   <<
>>   \new Staff {
>>     \new Voice = melody \relative c'{
>>       d4 d d r
>>     }
>>   }
>>   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
>>     % whashed-out dreams
>>     \lyricmode { Whashed out dreams }
>>   }
>>   >>
>> }
>>
>> This hyphen is a part of the word. I don't want to have it printed
>> optionally depending on the vertical spacing as regular
>> inter-syllable-hyphens in lyrics do.
>>
>> \lyricmode { Whashed- out dreams }
>> or
>> \lyricmode { "Whashed -" out dreams }
>> might be viable compromises, but I'd prefer it centered between "washed"
>> and "out".
>>
>> TIA
>> Stephan
>>
>>
>
> <https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.22/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music#extenders-and-hyphens>
>
> tells you how to enter hyphens and how to specify minimum distances and
> minimum length for a hyphen.
>
>   \new Lyrics \with { \override LyricHyphen.minimum-length=#0
>                     \override LyricHyphen.minimum-distance=#1
>                   } \lyricsto "melody" {
>     % washed-out dreams
>     \lyricmode { Washed -- out dreams }
>   }
>
> will work when inserted into your example.
>
>
> If you want this override to be one-time rather than unconditional, you
> could try something like
>
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> hy =
> \tweak minimum-length #0
> \tweak minimum-distance #1
> \etc
>
> \score {
>   <<
>   \new Staff {
>     \new Voice = melody \relative c'{
>       d4 d d r
>     }
>   }
>   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
>     % washed-out dreams
>     \lyricmode { Washed \hy -- out dreams }
>   }
>   >>
> }

Seems like I forgot that -- is actually an articulation, so the line
defining hy should actually be

hy = -

followed by the rest.  In current versions of LilyPond, this makes
little difference, but in 2.20 it does.

-- 
David Kastrup