Music Glossary: @rglos{lyrics}.
Here is the start of the melody to a nursery
-rhyme, @qq{Girls and boys come out to play}:
+rhyme, @notation{Girls and boys come out to play}:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
\relative c'' {
@cindex hyphens
@cindex underscore
-The next line in the nursery rhyme is @q{The moon doth shine as
-bright as day}. Let's extend it:
+The next line in the nursery rhyme is @notation{The moon doth
+shine as bright as day}. Let's extend it:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
<<
@end lilypond
We see the extra lyrics do not align properly with the notes. The
-word @q{shine} should be sung on two notes, not one. This is
-called a @notation{melisma}, a single syllable sung to more than
-one note. There are several ways to spread a syllable over
-multiple notes, the simplest being to add a slur across them:
-
-@c marking the start of the slur with a left bracket, (, and the
-@c end with a right bracket, ), for details, see @ref{Ties and slurs}:
+word @notation{shine} should be sung on two notes, not one. This
+is called a @notation{melisma}, a single syllable sung to more
+than one note. There are several ways to spread a syllable over
+multiple notes, the simplest being to add a slur across them, for
+details, see @ref{Ties and slurs}:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
<<
@end lilypond
The words now line up correctly with the notes, but the automatic
-beaming for the notes above @qq{shine as} does not look right. We
-can correct this by inserting manual beaming commands to override
-the automatic beaming here.
-
-@ignore
- We mark the start of the beam with a
-left square bracket, [, and the end with a right square bracket, ],
-for details, see @ref{Automatic and manual beams}. Note that the
-slur and beam indications do not need to @qq{nest}, i.e., the order
-in which they appear is not important, see @ref{On the
-un-nestedness of brackets and ties}.
-@end ignore
+beaming for the notes above @notation{shine as} does not look right.
+We can correct this by inserting manual beaming commands to override
+the automatic beaming here, for details, see @ref{Automatic and
+manual beams}.
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
<<
\key g \major
\time 6/8
d4 b8 c4 a8 d4 b8 g4
- g8 a4 b8 c([ b)] a d4 b8 g4.
+ g8 a4 b8 c([ b]) a d4 b8 g4.
}
\addlyrics {
Girls and boys come out to play,
note an @notation{extender line} is usually drawn from the
syllable extending under all the notes for that syllable. It is
entered as two underscores @code{__}. Here is an example from the
-first three bars of Dido's Lament, from Purcell's Dido and Æneas:
+first three bars of @notation{Dido's Lament}, from Purcell's
+@notation{Dido and Æneas}:
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
<<
\relative c'' {
\key g \minor
\time 3/2
- g2 a bes bes( a)
+ g2 a bes bes( a)
b c4.( bes8 a4. g8 fis4.) g8 fis1
}
\addlyrics {
- When I am laid,
+ When I am laid,
am laid __ in earth,
}
>>
\key g \major
\time 3/4
\partial 4
- d4 g4 g a8( b) g4 g4
+ d4 g4 g a8( b) g4 g4
b8( c) d4 d e4 c2
}
\addlyrics {
- A -- way in a __ man -- ger,
+ A -- way in a __ man -- ger,
no __ crib for a bed, __
}
>>
Some lyrics, especially those in Italian, require the opposite:
setting more than one syllable to a single note. This is
achieved by linking the syllables together with a single
-underscore @code{_} (with no spaces), or enclosing them in
-quotes. Here's an example from Rossini's Figaro, where
-@q{al} has to be sung on the same note as the @q{go} of
-@q{Largo} in Figaro's aria @q{Largo al factotum}:
+underscore @code{_} (with no spaces), or enclosing them in quotes.
+Here's an example from Rossini's @notation{Figaro}, where
+@notation{al} has to be sung on the same note as the @notation{go} of
+@notation{Largo} in Figaro's aria @notation{Largo al factotum}:
@c no ragged-right here because otherwise the hyphens get lost,
@c but the example is long enough to avoid looking strange.
+@c FIXME: noragged-right
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
<<
\relative c' {
\clef bass
\key c \major
\time 6/8
- c4.~ c8 d b c([ d)] b c d b c
+ c4.~ c8 d b c([ d]) b c d b c
}
\addlyrics {
Lar -- go_al fac -- to -- tum del -- la cit -- tà
The simple approach using @code{\addlyrics} can be used for
placing lyrics under more than one staff. Here is an
-example from Handel's Judas Maccabæus:
+example from Handel's @notation{Judas Maccabæus}:
+
+@c TODO \partial has not been previously explained
+@c Change example or add explanation earlier
@lilypond[verbatim,quote]
<<
}
\relative c'' {
\key f \major
- c8 c([ bes)] a a([ g)] f f'4. b, c4.~ c4
+ c8 c([ bes]) a a([ g]) f f'4. b, c4.~ c4
}
\addlyrics {
Let flee -- cy flocks the hills a -- dorn, __
}
\relative c' {
\key f \major
- r8 r4. r4 c8 a'([ g)] f f([ e)] d e([ d)] c bes'4
+ r8 r4. r4 c8 a'([ g]) f f([ e]) d e([ d]) c bes'4
}
\addlyrics {
Let flee -- cy flocks the hills a -- dorn,
introduction to the rest of the manual.
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-* Organizing pieces with variables::
-* Version number::
-* Adding titles::
-* Absolute note names::
-* After the tutorial::
+* Organizing pieces with variables::
+* Version number::
+* Adding titles::
+* Absolute note names::
+* After the tutorial::
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