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List:       lilypond-user
Subject:    Re: Frustrated with Chant Notation -- Convert-ly or Lily4jEdit plugin bug?
From:       "Geoff Horton" <geoff.horton () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-12-29 21:10:44
Message-ID: 94e5f5960612291310l1c8eaf3et74d981a09d7e89f4 () mail ! gmail ! com
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> I finally figured out that the only way to represent chant lyrics is to
> associate the first syllable and last syllable with their own notes then
> quote the text in between so it centers under the breve. This is the only
> way to force all of the lyrics to center under its own measure.

Actually, it isn't, at least if I understand correctly what you want.

I use this to left-align a note under its syllable:

    \once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #-1  "today he is
born, the Savior"

I think you can change that #-1 to #0 to force center-alignment.

Geoff



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