From d334d5db4a9a91e7d8042c52f5e6a77add175e93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Trevor Daniels Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:42:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Doc: NR 2.1 Vocal: Add References for songs --- Documentation/notation/vocal.itely | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely b/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely index cd038b345b..7a3fce6c41 100644 --- a/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely +++ b/Documentation/notation/vocal.itely @@ -1773,8 +1773,60 @@ Internals Reference: @node References for songs @unnumberedsubsubsec References for songs -@c TODO chords, setting simple songs (LM), stanzas -TBC +Songs are usually written on three staves with the melody for the +singer on the top staff and two staves of piano accompaniment at +the bottom. The lyrics of the first stanza are printed immediately +underneath the top staff. If there are just a small number of +further stanzas these can be printed immediately under the first +one, but if there are more stanzas than can be easily accommodated +there the second and subsequent stanzas are printed after the music +as stand-alone text. + +All the notational elements needed to write songs are fully described +elsewhere: + +@itemize + +@item +For constructing the staff layout, see @ref{Displaying staves}. + +@item +For writing piano music, see +@ref{Keyboard and other multi-staff instruments}. + +@item +For writing the lyrics to a melody line, see +@ref{Common notation for vocal music}. + +@item +For placing the lyrics, see @ref{Placement of lyrics}. + +@item +For entering stanzas, see @ref{Stanzas}. + +@item +Songs are frequently printed with the chording indicated by chord +names above the staves. This is described in +@ref{Displaying chords}. + +@item +To print fret diagrams of the chords for guitar accompaniment or +accompaniment by other fretted instruments, see @qq{Fret diagram +markups} in @ref{Common notation for fretted strings}. + +@end itemize + +@seealso +Learning Manual: +@rlearning{Songs}. + +Notation Reference: +@ref{Common notation for vocal music}, +@ref{Displaying chords}, +@ref{Displaying staves}, +@ref{Keyboard and other multi-staff instruments}, +@ref{Placement of lyrics}, +@ref{Stanzas}. @node Lead sheets @unnumberedsubsubsec Lead sheets -- 2.39.2