From 930597f24f94aade895376441deb0c2435aa9e95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francisco Vila Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:10:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Preparing the terrain in Vocal --- Documentation/user/vocal.itely | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user/vocal.itely b/Documentation/user/vocal.itely index a597b8c970..5384baf125 100644 --- a/Documentation/user/vocal.itely +++ b/Documentation/user/vocal.itely @@ -51,21 +51,31 @@ lyrics extender in this section. @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:: @@ -558,7 +568,7 @@ single syllable; such vocalises are called melismas, or melismata. @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 @@ -569,6 +579,7 @@ that are used for this purpose (all of them surrounded by spaces): 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 } @@ -659,10 +670,11 @@ For example, @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 -- 2.39.2