Re: Incorrect behavior of lyrics aligned to nullvoice

[Tyler Mitchell]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2019 at 04:49:21PM +0300, Павел Буданов wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> Look for my example from Bach's chorale. Syllable positioning is incorrect
> where is the second between soprano and alto. Can you help me?
>  
> sopranonotes = \relative c'' { a g2 f4 }
> altonotes = \relative c'' { g8[ f] f[( e16 d] e4) c }
> aligner = \relative c'' { a8[ a] g( g16 g g8 g) f4 }
> lyric = \lyricmode { Weh -- kla -- gen, }
> \new Staff
> <<
>   \clef mezzosoprano
>   \new Voice { \voiceOne \sopranonotes }
>   \new Voice { \voiceTwo \altonotes }
>   \new NullVoice = "aligner" { \autoBeamOff \aligner }
>   \new Lyrics \lyricsto "aligner" { \lyric }
> >>

I'm not exactly sure what positioning you're looking for -- I think
the usual way to handle this case is to put the lyrics with the
Soprano voice.

Maybe you want the left-alignment of the melismas to match the
soprano line, in which case you do:


sopranonotes = \relative c'' { a g2 f4 }
altonotes = \relative c'' { g8[ f] f[( e16 d] e4) c }
aligner = \relative c'' { a8[ a] g( g16 g g8 g) f4 }
lyric = \lyricmode { Weh -- kla -- gen, }
\new Staff
<<
  \clef mezzosoprano
  % Put the "aligner" voice first:
  \new NullVoice = "aligner" { \autoBeamOff \aligner }
  \new Voice { \voiceOne \sopranonotes }
  \new Voice { \voiceTwo \altonotes }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto "aligner" { \lyric }
>>


The order of the voices is important.

If that's not what you want, please describe what is wrong with the
positioning.

Cheers,
Tyler