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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: Folding a line of lyrics
From:       "Geoff Horton" <geoff.horton () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-10-31 10:47:10
Message-ID: 94e5f5960610310247t4a63cdb8s9163a407ea6102cf () mail ! gmail ! com
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Actually, the rest of the lyrics on the first line is better. This
looks like exactly what I want. Thank you!

Geoff

On 10/31/06, Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengtsson@ee.kth.se> wrote:
> One possibility is
> \lyricmode{ ... \markup{\column{\line{ The first line would go like this }
>   \line{and the second would continue here }}} and then the rest of the
> line }
>
> however, then the lyrics after the multi-line section will continue on the
> top line, not the bottom line as you had sketched below. One workaround
> for that could be to use \override LyricText #'extra-offset = ... to move it
> down.
>
>    /Mats
>
> Geoff Horton wrote:
> > I'm trying to set some music with _extremely_ long sets of words
> > attached to one reciting tone. Lilypond sees that, freaks, and sets
> > one measure per line, which doesn't look at all good. (2.9.27, OSX.)
> > I'm looking for a way to set up something like this in the lyrics:
> >
> > "The first line would go like this
> >   and the second would continue here      and then the rest of the line"
> >
> > I could do it by creating a dummy second verse with words only in that
> > one particular spot, but that doesn't sound like fun and would require
> > manual editing of the files after I run them through m4. Is there an
> > easier way?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Geoff
> >
> >
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