LilyPond: Multiple syllables per note

• Dec 5, 2009 - 10:26
Type
Functional
Severity
3
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore
  1. Open the attached file: "lyric - multiple syllables per note.mscz". Notice that the first measure contains two syllables on the same note ("go al")
  2. Export to LilyPond

Expected output: Lar -- go_al fac -- to -- tum del -- la cit -- tà

Actual output: Lar -- go al fac -- to -- tum del -- la cit -- tà

(Tested using r. 2418 nightly, Windows XP)

Attachment Size
lyric - multiple syllables per note.mscz 1.76 KB
lyric - multiple syllables per note.ly 3.08 KB

Comments

• Dec 6, 2009 - 10:33
Severity ⇒

The lyrics output is corrected but your example does not render (notes and lyrics not aligned) with my lilypond.
r2423

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• Dec 10, 2009 - 00:45

The example comes from the LilyPond documentation (last example on the page):
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.12/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/Alig…

If you remove the following line from the lilypond file then the lyrics align as expected:
\set Score.melismaBusyProperties = #'()

For computer output it is probably better to not rely on ties and slurs and go with the following output instead:
Lar -- _ go_al fac -- to -- _ tum del -- la cit -- tà --

The single underscore ( _ ) with spaces around it is used for notes that don't have a lyric syllable underneath them.

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