Questions tagged [lyrics]
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses.
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Lilypond - Lyrics In Context With Multiple Verses
In the manual, at https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.23/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics#working-with-lyrics-and-variables, it describes
For different or more complex orderings, the best ...
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Would writing my main vocal part (lyrics) to a drone help me stay in key, and without limiting pitch variation?
By drone typically I mean one note, though from my understanding a drone could be one note, two notes, a chord or even 6 notes usually played on string instruments such as the tanpura or guitar. I’m ...
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How can I write a repetition with voltas in lyrics in plain text?
I have music with repetitions with voltas and lyrics. Consider this minimal example:
I want to extract the lyrics into plain text and preserve repetitions and voltas. How can I write that?
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I need write a lead sheet with repeats, different lyrics for each repeat, the chorus and chords
I have this snipped code that resembles the work that I need to make:
\version "2.22.0"
musicA = \relative c' {
\repeat volta 2 {
a1
b2 c2
d4 e f g
}
\alternative {
{...
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Is it possible to write a song “pitch first” or “key first”?
I believe there are 3 possible main elements to a song (not minding dynamics, articulation etc):
The Type of Sounds + their order & The Amount of Sounds (Vowels, Consonants & Syllables & ...
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How can I condense calls to create lyrics into a single variable call?
I am working on a template for SATB Vocal hymn.
To show the lyrics underneath the Soprano line, I use the following.
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "Soprano" {
\set stanza = "1.&...
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Annotate 'repeat final lyric of final chorus'
I have some sheet music where I want to correctly annotate that the final lyric of the final chorus should be repeated. It is 2 and 1 quarter measures long.
Our choir calls this a 'tag'. From what I'...
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If you write a song by doing the lyrics first isn’t that technically starting with time (rhythm) rather than with pitch? Is the term for it phrasing?
If you write a song by doing the lyrics first isn’t that technically starting with time (rhythm) rather than with pitch, and would the term for that be musical phrasing?
E.g, if you write out a 4 ...
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Trying to parse lyrics from a midi file
I'm having a hard time trying to do something presumably very simple, and it's driving me mad.
I'd like to use javascript to extract from a midi file: lyrics + related time stamps.
Of course, I'd like ...
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Accent alignment in Japanese music with English lyrics
When listening to Japanese (pop) songs containing English lyrics, I can't help but notice an interesting phenomenon. Usually for English songs, we tend to align the linguistic stress with the melodic/...
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LilyPond lyrics affecting horizontal spacing in score
While attempting to typeset a piece of baroque vocal music, I've come upon this issue where lyrics cause uneven spacing of the notes in other voices in the score. For example, the 2nd violin on the ...
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LilyPond Lyrics Alignment - align to syllable vowel (as found in gregorian sheets)
Is there a way to align lyrics in LilyPond in such a way that the syllable vowel (or last vowel of a diphtong) aligns to the note (or the first note of a melisma), like we find in gregorian chant ...
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How to spell "W" in lyrics
I would like to use the letter W in a set of lyrics in a choral work. I want the performers to pronounce all three syllables of the letter, as if they were spelling.
Wikipedia suggests spelling it &...
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How should I teach myself how to sing?
I really really love to sing! I started a year ago. I want to pick up singing and sing well and sound nice. I play two instruments, so I have good ears. I’m young (15).
How should I go about teaching ...
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Applying a given markup to two consecutive syllables in lyrics
Given the following LilyPond MWE:
melody = \relative c' {
a( b) c
}
lyra = \lyricmode {
Foo bar baz
}
lyrb = \lyricmode {
Foo -- bar baz
}
lyrc = \lyricmode {
Foo __ bar baz
}
\score {
&...