Dashed slurs indicating optional slurs between lyric lines - Revision history

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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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	Ideally, this solution can be developed into a music function of its own that takes the notes to be slurred as an argument.		Ideally, this solution can be developed into a music function of its own that takes the notes to be slurred as an argument.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=308		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=308
	%% => http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/LSR-Dashed-slurs-indicating-optional-slurs-between-lyric-lines-tc168671.html		%% => http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/LSR-Dashed-slurs-indicating-optional-slurs-between-lyric-lines-tc168671.html

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:39:40Z

Import snippet from LSR

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This is a technique that may aid in typesetting verses with very similar melodies stacked on top of each other. Dashed slurs can be used to indicate that two notes are sung separately in one verse and slurred together in another.

Notice that the slurred notes are declared ''twice'': once in the main voice and again in the second voice, where they are hidden. It is these two hidden notes that are connected with a dashed slur, leaving the notes in the main voice free to align with any lyrics. The thickness of the slur is also increased, to aid visibility.

To align the lyrics to the correct notes, place <code>\skip</code> instructions where lyrics should not be placed. The snippet demonstrates that in the <code>\lyricsto</code> mode durations are ignored, so the argument to the <code>\skip</code> command is arbitrary; it will always skip the next note opportunity.

Ideally, this solution can be developed into a music function of its own that takes the notes to be slurred as an argument.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=308
%% => http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/LSR-Dashed-slurs-indicating-optional-slurs-between-lyric-lines-tc168671.html

\score {
<<
\new Voice = "melody" \relative c' {
\set melismaBusyProperties = #'()
\slurDashed
c8 e d-\tweak line-thickness #2.5 ( f ) e g f a
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
One two three four five six seven eight
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "melody" {
One two Whee! \skip 8 that's a dashed slur!
}
>>
}
</lilypond>

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