Re: A Voice with Lyrics interspersed with non-lyric melody

[Simon Albrecht]

Hi Mike,

I’d recommend using one Voice with all the notes that have lyrics, and 
one Voice with all those that don’t. Here’s a more minimal (and sillier) 
mockup:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
withLyrics = \relative c'' {
  \time 3/4
  \markLengthOn
  \mark "Chorus"
  c2.
  \mark "Interlude"
  s
  \mark "Verse I"
  c
  \mark "Interlude"
  s
  \mark "Verse II"
  c
}
withoutLyrics = \relative {
  s2.
  e''
  s
  e
}

lyr = \lyricmode {
  chorus
  one
  two
}

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff <<
      \new Voice = "withLyrics" \withLyrics
      \new Voice \withoutLyrics
    >>
    \new Lyrics \lyricsto "withLyrics" \lyr
  >>
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Note that both Voices have implied \oneVoice throughout, which is what 
we want, since there’s no polyphony happening.

Please ask back if you need any explanation, or just search the commands 
and keywords in the manuals.

Best,
Simon

On 04.10.19 16:32, Mike iLL Kilmer wrote:
> I thought I had worked this out at one point.
>
> I want to be able to have
>
> * Voice with Lyrics
> * Just Melody
> * Voice with Lyrics again
>
> Where the lyrics can be a single lyricmode entity.
>
> I thought that this could be achieved with context, but this isn’t working:
>
> melody = \relative c'' {
>   \clef treble
>   \key c \major
>   \time 3/4
>   \set Score.voltaSpannerDuration = #(ly:make-moment 3/4)
>   #(ly:expect-warning "cannot end volta")
>     \new Voice = "chorus" {
>       \voiceOne
>       c2. | d | e | d |
>       c |
>     }
>     e4 d c | e4 d c | e4 d c |
>     \new Voice = "verse" {
>       c2. | d | e | f |
>       g | f | e | d |
>     }
>     e4 d c | e4 d c | e4 d c |
>     \context Voice = "verse" {
>       c2. | d | e | f |
>       e | f | e | c |
>     }
> }
>
>
> chorus =  \lyricmode {
>   These are words they are.
> }
>
> verse =  \lyricmode {
>   This one here will
>   be the first verse.
>   This one here will
>   be the se -- cond.
> }
>
> What is an elegant way, please, to achieve this?
>
>
>
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