Creating a short ossia section with lyrics - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:20:35Z

New category

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Lemzwerg at 22:50, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:50:38Z

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Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:48:27Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	In vocal scores for a chorus the music for the soloists is sometimes omitted. In such cases a vocal cue can be inserted as a short ossia section.		In vocal scores for a chorus the music for the soloists is sometimes omitted. In such cases a vocal cue can be inserted as a short ossia section.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=846		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=846

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:49:08Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

In vocal scores for a chorus the music for the soloists is sometimes omitted. In such cases a vocal cue can be inserted as a short ossia section.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=846

\score {
\new ChoirStaff = "choirStaff" <<
\new Staff = "sopranoStaff" {
\new Voice = "sopranoVoice" {
\compressEmptyMeasures
R1*5
<<
R1
\new Staff = "soloStaff"
\with {
\remove "Time_signature_engraver"
alignAboveContext = #"sopranoStaff"
fontSize = #-3
\override StaffSymbol.staff-space = #(magstep -3)
\override StaffSymbol.thickness = #(magstep -3)
}
\new CueVoice = "soloVoice" {
\relative c'' {
c4 c c c16[ c c
% workaround for issue 1551
c16*1/2] \hideNotes c32 |
}
}
\new Lyrics = "soloLyrics"
\with {
alignBelowContext = "soloStaff"
\override LyricText.font-size = #-3
}
\lyricsto "soloVoice"
{ Rea -- dy choir! Go for it now! }
>>
\relative c'' {
b4 b b b |
c4 c c c |
}
}
}
\new Lyrics = "sopranoLyrics" \lyricsto "sopranoVoice" {
and here we are! La la la la
}
\new Staff = "altoStaff" {
\new Voice = "altoVoice" {
\relative c'' {
R1*5
R1
b4 b b b |
c4 c c c |
}
}
}
>>
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Vocal music]]