From 4599530e1e7922544c62c54e85835e4c5aea69a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Percival Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:51:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] From Valentin: more info about melismas. --- Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely | 26 +++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely b/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely index 5f425d56da..ad05789c0c 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/instrument-notation.itely @@ -1054,7 +1054,28 @@ Program reference: @internalsref{LyricCombineMusic}. @cindex melisma @cindex melismata -The @code{\lyricsto} command detects melismata: it only puts one +Sometimes, particularly in Medieval music, several notes are to be sung on one +single syllable; such vocalises are called melismas, or melismata. + +@c this method seems to be the simplest; therefore +@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. + +@lilypond[relative=1,verbatim,fragment,quote] +{ \set melismaBusyProperties = #'() + c d( e) f f( e) e e } +\addlyrics + { Ky -- _ _ ri __ _ _ _ e } +@end lilypond + +In this case, you can also have ties and slurs in the melody if you +set @code{melismaBusyProperties}, as is done in the example above. + +However, the @code{\lyricsto} command can also +detect melismata automatically: it only puts one syllable under a tied or slurred group of notes. If you want to force an unslurred group of notes to be a melisma, insert @code{\melisma} after the first note of the group, and @code{\melismaEnd} after the @@ -1080,6 +1101,9 @@ In addition, notes are considered a melisma if they are manually beamed, and automatic beaming (see @ref{Setting automatic beam behavior}) is switched off. +@c TODO: there might be some more relevant place for +@c the following link (?) + @cindex SATB @cindex choral score -- 2.39.5