Re: I don't understand this output

[james]

Thanks. Unfortunately, my mail client uses > to delineate threading in 
conversations, so even if I copy/paste code that compiles, my client mangles it.

And somehow, I knew this was the solution, because it was in the manual for 
like 2.10, but I haven't used this construction in so long, I'd forgotten it. 
Thanks for the reminder.

James

> On Jul 20, 2019, at 10:22 AM, Thomas Morley <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Am Sa., 20. Juli 2019 um 08:29 Uhr schrieb james via lilypond-user
> <address@hidden>:
>> 
>> Hello, I don't understand why this results in the output it does.
>> I wanted to have the second voice instantiated in the beginning because it 
>> is used later and I would like to have the lyrics align vertically.
>> Alternatively, I thought to use \addlyrics after each little section of 
>> lyrics, but the polyphony is skewed after that.
>> Is the only possibility to use spacer rests?
>> 
>> \version "2.18.2"
>> 
>> \score {
>>   <<
>>      \new Staff <<
>>         \new Voice = "testII" { s1*2 }
>>         \new Voice = "testI" \relative c'' {
>>               c4 b <<{\voiceOne d8 b } \context Voice = "testII" {\voiceTwo 
>> a4} \context Lyrics = "testIIText" \lyricsto "testII" \lyricmode { di } >> 
>> \oneVoice>
> 
> The ">" at \oneVoice> above prevents the example from compiling with
> every ly-version.
> Please check before posting ;)
> 
>>               f4 e d c
>>         }
>>>> 
>>      \new Lyrics \lyricsto "testI" \lyricmode { du du da da du dum dum dum 
>> dum }
>>>> 
>>   \layout {}
>> }
>> 
>> \score {
>>   <<
>>      \new Staff {
>>         \new Voice = "testI" \relative c'' {
>>            c4 b <<{\voiceOne d8 b } \new Voice = "testII" {\voiceTwo a4} 
>> \new Lyrics = "testIIText" \lyricsto "testII" \lyricmode { di } >> \oneVoice 
>> g4
>>            f4 e d c
>>         }
>>      }
>>      \new Lyrics \lyricsto "testI" \lyricmode { du du da da du dum dum dum 
>> dum }
>>>> 
>>   \layout {}
>> }
>> 
>> \score {
>>   <<
>>      \new Staff <<
>>         \new Voice = "testI" \relative c'' {
>>            c4 b \voiceOne d8 b \oneVoice g4
>>            f4 e \voiceOne a8 g \oneVoice c,4
>>         }
>>         \new Voice = "testII" \relative c'' {
>>            \voiceTwo
>>            s2 a4 s4
>>            s2 d,4 s4
>>         }
>>>> 
>>      \new Lyrics \lyricsto "testI" \lyricmode { du du da da du dum dum dum 
>> dum }
>>      \new Lyrics \lyricsto "testII" \lyricmode { di dee }
>>>> 
>>   \layout {}
>> }
> 
> 
> Anyway, I can't explain the (buggy) 2.18.2-behaviour.
> Though, more recent versions compile correctly (after removing the ">"
> and running convert-ly)
> 
> Thus I'd recommend to use 2.19.83 (the most recent one)
> If you need to stay with 2.18.2 I've found below working:
> 
> \version "2.18.2"
> 
> \score {
>   <<
>      \new Staff <<
>         \new Voice = "testII" { \voiceTwo s1*2 }
>         \new Voice = "testI"
>           \relative c'' {
>               c4 b
>               <<
>                      { \voiceOne d8 b }
>                      \context Voice = "testII" { a4 }
>>> 
>               \oneVoice
>               g
>               |
>               f4 e
>               <<
>                      { \voiceOne a8 g }
>                      \context Voice = "testII" { d4 }
>>> 
>               c4
>               |
>         }
>>> 
>      \new Lyrics \lyricsto "testI" \lyricmode { du du da da du dum
> dum dum dum }
>      \context Lyrics = "testIIText" \lyricsto "testII" \lyricmode { di dee }
>>> 
>   \layout {}
> }
> 
> 
> Cheers,
>  Harm