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Lyrics above the staff they are assigned to [0.42634]

Lyrics above the staff they are assigned to

Lyrics can also be placed above the staff to … …and do the actual lyrics assignment later: \context Lyrics = "lyricsname" \lyricsto "voicename" \lyricsdefinition This snippet is a simple example how to add lyrics above and/or below the staff.

…otherwise you'll get errors!) << % create empty dummy lyrics contexts, we'll do the actual assignment later % … …the same as in the above definitions! \context Lyrics = "above" \lyricsto "mainvoice" \lyricsAbove \context Lyrics = "below" \lyricsto "mainvoice" \lyricsBelow >> }

Lyrics above the staff they are assigned to

Keeping a Lyrics context alive [0.42411]

Keeping a Lyrics context alive

If you temporarily have additional lyrics to a voice you can keep the lyrics … …lyrics context(s) with \new Lyrics = "lyr1" \new Lyrics = "lyr2" … before they are filled with the lyrics text. It is noteable that the definition of …

…2 {a} b \repeat volta 2 {b} } } \context Lyrics ="line1" \with{ associatedVoice = "melody" } \lyricmode { one << % this is … …this is the 2nd temporary lyric part \context Lyrics = "line1" { one } \context Lyrics = "line2" { two } >> } >> }

Keeping a Lyrics context alive

Vertically centered common lyrics [0.40179]

Vertically centered common lyrics

…are several (two, four or more) lines of lyrics and common lyrics for all voices at some point, the common lyrics may be made to appear vertically centered, as …

…d c | } \score { << \new Voice = m \melody \new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsA \new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsB \new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsC \new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsD >> }

Vertically centered common lyrics

Associating lyrics with voices in \ChoirStaff [0.38393]

Associating lyrics with voices in \ChoirStaff

If you use ChoirStaff and set lyrics with explicit durations (instead of using \lyricsto), then … …have to use \set associatedVoice to associate the lyrics with the correct voices.

…key c \major \time 4/4 \sopranonotes } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"sop" \sopranowords } >> \context Staff = … …key c \major \time 4/4 \tenornotes } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"ten" \tenorwords } >> \context Staff = … …key c \major \time 4/4 \bassnotes } \new Lyrics \lyricmode { \set associatedVoice = #"bas" \basswords } >> >> }

Associating lyrics with voices in \ChoirStaff

Adding line breaks in MIDI Karaoke lyrics without disrupting printed score [0.37500]

Adding line breaks in MIDI Karaoke lyrics without disrupting printed score

Lyrics can be added with the \addlyrics command, and … …but placing either of those characters in the lyrics is both messy in the .ly file and …

…Call the above recursive function lyr = #(define-music-function (lyrics) (ly:music?) (bang->slashn (ly:music-property lyrics 'elements)) lyrics) \new Voice { c'4 d' e' c' e'…

Adding line breaks in MIDI Karaoke lyrics without disrupting printed score

Vocal ensemble template with lyrics aligned below and above the staves [0.35714]

Vocal ensemble template with lyrics aligned below and above the staves

…template, with the exception that here all the lyrics lines are placed using alignAboveContext and alignBelowContext.

…sopMusic >> } \new Voice = "altos" { \voiceTwo << \global \altoMusic >> } >> \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "women" } \lyricsto "sopranos" \sopWords \new Lyrics \… …Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "men" } \lyricsto "tenors" \tenorWords \new Lyrics \with { alignBelowContext = "men" } \lyricsto "basses" \bassWords % again, we … …line above this with the line below. % \new Lyrics \lyricsto "basses" \bassWords >> }

Vocal ensemble template with lyrics aligned below and above the staves

Using lyrics as markup text [0.35714]

Using lyrics as markup text

The snippet allows to re-use the lyrics as a markup, e.g., for extracting a …

…command that inserts the placeholder event into a lyrics nl = #(make-music 'LineBreakEvent) %% Function to extract strings … …split-list-by-separator unnested-lyr-ls split-cond?)))) (if (null? unnested-lyr-ls) (begin (ly:warning "lyrics is empty, returning empty-stencil") empty-stencil) (interpret-markup layout props (… …fis -- ker } %{ << \new Voice = "mel" \mus \new Lyrics \lyricsto "mel" \words >> %} \mus \addlyrics { \words } \markup \line \…

Using lyrics as markup text

Obtaining 2.12 lyrics spacing in newer versions [0.35714]

Obtaining 2.12 lyrics spacing in newer versions

…changed since version 2.14. This can cause lyrics to be spaced differently. It is possible to …

…-- ful -- ness, } \score { \new ChoirStaff << \new Lyrics = sopranos \new Staff = women << \new Voice = "sopranos" { \voiceOne \… …words \context Lyrics = tenors \lyricsto tenors \words \context Lyrics = basses \lyricsto basses \words >> \layout { \context { \Lyrics \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity = ##f \override VerticalAxisGroup.staff-staff-spacing = #'((…

Obtaining 2.12 lyrics spacing in newer versions

Alternate lyrics context for song sheets (alternate) [0.35714]

Alternate lyrics context for song sheets (alternate)

…sheets, it's sometimes useful to have the lyrics of all the verses inside the score, correctly …

…injects a '\\with' block if it finds a 'Lyrics' context and its internal counter is even." (let ((… …mus" \lyrThree \new Lyrics \lyricsto "mus" \lyrFour \new Lyrics \lyricsto "mus" \lyrFive \new Lyrics \lyricsto "mus" \lyrSix >> \new Voice = "mus" \mus >> \layout { \…

Alternate lyrics context for song sheets (alternate)

Alternate lyrics context for song sheets [0.35491]

Alternate lyrics context for song sheets

…sheets, it's sometimes useful to have the lyrics of all the verses inside the score, correctly …

…641 %% Implement an alternate lyric context \layout { \context { \Lyrics \name AltLyrics \alias Lyrics \override StanzaNumber.font-series = #'… …notes" \relative c' { f4 a a a } } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "notes" { \set stanza = #"1." Hey non … …stanza = #"2." Fa la la la } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "notes" { \set stanza = #"3." Fid -- …

Alternate lyrics context for song sheets

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