Re: Undertie in lyrics to show no breath

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 22/07/2022 à 10:27, Simon Albrecht a écrit :
> Hi mancunius,
>
> On 20/07/2022 12:34, mancunius wrote:
> > Hello. In the following example I want the undertie to be placed 
> > between the 2 “O sacrum convivium” lines of lyrics, to indicate that 
> > no breath should be taken by the singers - as per the normal choral 
> > convention. (cf. the commented-out \breathe command in the music 
> > itself.) As it currently compiles, the undertie is placed beneath the 
> > word “O” of the second phrase.
>
> This is because the markup command \undertie requires an argument and 
> so it is applied to the following syllable.
>
> What I would suggest is a dotted or dashed slur between the notes like 
> this:
>
> { \once\dashedSlur cs( d) }
>
> Unfortunately there is no mechanism for creating a tie between 
> different lyric syllables _yet_. However, LilyPond is very open to 
> customisation and maybe some of the wizards on this list could help. 
> This is the method I hoped might work:
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> \version "2.20.0"
>
> \layout {
>   \context {
>     \Lyrics
>     \consists "Slur_engraver"
>   }
> }
>
> startLyricSlur = (
> stopLyricSlur = )
>
> \score {
>   <<
>     {  2 4( 4) }
>     \addlyrics {
>       um, \startLyricSlur
>       O __ \stopLyricSlur
>     }
>   >>
> }
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>
> and I don’t know whether it’s a short or a long way from working…


Well, as David W. mentioned, there is predefined syntax with "~" to 
create a tie. Its length is fixed, however.

{ c'1 1 }
\addlyrics { aah~ aah }

Do you think it's conventional to make the tie extend to the next syllable?

Best,
Jean