version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details.
@end ignore
-@c \version "2.11.51"
+@c \version "2.11.57"
@node Vocal music
@section Vocal music
@end ignore
-Since LilyPond input files are text, there are two issues to
-consider when working with vocal music:
+Since LilyPond input files are text, there are two issues to consider
+when working with vocal music:
@itemize
@item
-Song texts must be entered as text, not notes. For example, the
-input@tie{}@code{d} should be interpreted as a one letter syllable, not the
-note@tie{}D.
+Song texts must be interpreted as text, not notes. For example, the
+input@tie{}@code{d} should be interpreted as a one letter syllable,
+not the note@tie{}D.
@item
Song texts must be aligned with the notes of their melody.
@end itemize
-There are a few different ways to define lyrics; we shall begin
-by examining the simplest method, and gradually increase complexity.
+To address the first issue, the fundamental method is the special mode
+opened by @code{\lyricmode} that interprets its contents as text.
+This mode is implicit by some abbreviated methods, as we will see.
+
+Aligning of text with melodies can be made automatically, but if you
+specify the durations of the syllables it can also be made manually.
+Lyrics aligning and typesetting are prepared with the help of skips,
+hyphens and extender lines.
+
+All these methods and their combinations lead to a few different ways
+to define lyrics; we shall begin by examining the simplest method, and
+gradually increase complexity.
@menu
* Common notation for vocals::
* Stanzas::
@end menu
-@snippets
-
-Checking to make sure that text scripts and lyrics are within the margins is
-a relatively large computational task. To speed up processing, LilyPond does
-not perform such calculations by default; to enable it, use
-
-@example
-\override Score.PaperColumn #'keep-inside-line = ##t
-@end example
-
-To make lyrics avoid bar lines as well, use
-
-@example
-\layout @{
- \context @{
- \Lyrics
- \consists "Bar_engraver"
- \consists "Separating_line_group_engraver"
- \override BarLine #'transparent = ##t
- @}
-@}
-@end example
@node Common notation for vocals
@subsection Common notation for vocals
\time 2/4
c4 b8. a16 g4. f8 e4 d c2
}
+
+% not recommended: left aligns syllables
\new Lyrics \lyricmode { Joy4 to8. the16 world!4. the8 Lord4 is come.2 }
+
+% wrong: durations needed
\new Lyrics \lyricmode { Joy to the earth! the Sa -- viour reigns. }
+
+%correct
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" { No more let sins and sor -- rows grow. }
>>
@end lilypond
@c it might be better to present it first - vv
You can define melismata entirely in the lyrics, by entering @code{_}
-for every note that is part of the melisma.
+for every extra note that has to be added to the the melisma.
@c verbose! --FV
@c duplicated: TODO fix
double hyphens to separate syllables in a word, underscores to add
notes to a melisma, and a double underscore to put an extender line.
+@c wrong: extender line only on last syllable of a word. Change example
@lilypond[relative=1,verbatim,fragment,quote]
{ \set melismaBusyProperties = #'()
c d( e) f f( e) e e }
@seealso
-Internals Reference:
-@rinternals{Melisma_translator}.
-
@c @lsr{vocal,lyric@/-combine.ly}.
@knownissues
@cindex extender
@c leave this as samp. -gp
-Melismata are sometimes indicated with a long horizontal line starting
-in the melisma syllable, and ending in the next one. Such a line is
-called an extender line, and it is entered as @samp{ __ } (note the
-spaces before and after the two underscore characters).
+In the last syllable of a word, melismata are sometimes indicated with
+a long horizontal line starting in the melisma syllable, and ending in
+the next one. Such a line is called an extender line, and it is
+entered as @samp{ __ } (note the spaces before and after the two
+underscore characters).
@warning{Melismata are indicated in the score with extender lines,
which are entered as one double underscore; but short melismata can
@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,ragged-right,texidoc,doctitle]
{aligning-lyrics.ly}
+
+@snippets
+
+Checking to make sure that text scripts and lyrics are within the margins is
+a relatively large computational task. To speed up processing, LilyPond does
+not perform such calculations by default; to enable it, use
+
+@example
+\override Score.PaperColumn #'keep-inside-line = ##t
+@end example
+
+To make lyrics avoid bar lines as well, use
+
+@example
+\layout @{
+ \context @{
+ \Lyrics
+ \consists "Bar_engraver"
+ \consists "Separating_line_group_engraver"
+ \override BarLine #'transparent = ##t
+ @}
+@}
+@end example
+
@c TODO Create and add lsr example of lyricMelismaAlignment
@c It's used like this to center-align all lyric syllables,
@c even when notes are tied. -td
}
@end ignore
+
@node Centering lyrics between staves
@subsubsection Centering lyrics between staves
Here, @code{alternative} is the name of the @code{Voice} context
containing the triplet.
-This command command must be one syllable too early, before @q{Ty} in
-this case. In other words, changing the associatedVoice happens one
-step later than expected. This is for technical reasons, and it is
-not a bug.
+This command must be one syllable too early, before @q{Ty} in this
+case. In other words, changing the associatedVoice happens one step
+later than expected. This is for technical reasons, and it is not a
+bug.
@example
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "lahlah" @{
Internals Reference:
@rinternals{LyricText},
-@rinternals{StanzaNumber},
-@rinternals{VocalName}.
+@rinternals{StanzaNumber}.
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