Keeping a Lyrics context alive - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 10:05, 3 December 2025

2025-12-03T10:05:38Z

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	If you temporarily have additional lyrics to a voice you can keep the lyrics context alive with the following construct. Unless you do this, a further temporary lyrics context would create a separate line (if it happens on the same system of music).		If you temporarily have additional lyrics to a voice you can keep the lyrics context alive with the following construct. Unless you do this, a further temporary lyrics context would create a separate line (if it happens on the same system of music).

	The solution is to create one or more named ~~lyrics~~ context(s) with		The solution is to create one or more named <code>Lyrics</code> context(s) with

	~~<code>~~\new Lyrics = ~~"~~lyr1~~"</code><br />~~		\new Lyrics = "lyr1"
	~~<code>~~\new Lyrics = ~~"~~lyr2~~"</code><br />~~		\new Lyrics = "lyr2"
	…		...

	'''before''' they are filled with the lyrics text.		'''before''' they are filled with the lyrics text.

	~~It is noteable~~ that the definition of the contexts '''must''' use \new … while later references ''must'' use \context …		Note that the definition of the contexts '''must''' use <code>\new ...</code> while later references ''must'' use <code>\context ...</code>.

	<lilypond version="2.24">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	~~%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=781~~

	\score {		\score {
	\new Staff <<		\new Staff <<
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	b \repeat volta 2 {b}		b \repeat volta 2 {b}
	} }		} }
	\context Lyrics ="line1" \with{ associatedVoice = "melody" } \lyricmode		\context Lyrics = "line1" \with{
	{		associatedVoice = "melody"
	one		} \lyricmode {
			one
	<< % this is the 1st temporary lyric part		<< % this is the 1st temporary lyric part
	\context Lyrics = "line1" { one }		\context Lyrics = "line1" { one }
	\context Lyrics = "line2" { two }		\context Lyrics = "line2" { two }
	% the context "line2" dies here		% the context "line2" dies here
	>>		>>
	one		one
	<< % this is the 2nd temporary lyric part		<< % this is the 2nd temporary lyric part
	\context Lyrics = "line1" { one }		\context Lyrics = "line1" { one }
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	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

	~~[[Category:Vocal music]]~~
	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Workaround]]		[[Category:Workaround]]
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:26:08Z

New category

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Workaround]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Workaround]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:55, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:55:14Z

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	[[Category:Workaround]]		[[Category:Workaround]][[Category:Snippet]]

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

2025-11-16T18:58:05Z

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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	It is noteable that the definition of the contexts '''must''' use \new … while later references ''must'' use \context …		It is noteable that the definition of the contexts '''must''' use \new … while later references ''must'' use \context …

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=781		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=781

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:47:08Z

Import snippet from LSR

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If you temporarily have additional lyrics to a voice you can keep the lyrics context alive with the following construct. Unless you do this, a further temporary lyrics context would create a separate line (if it happens on the same system of music).

The solution is to create one or more named lyrics context(s) with

<code>\new Lyrics = "lyr1"</code><br />
<code>\new Lyrics = "lyr2"</code><br />
…

'''before''' they are filled with the lyrics text.

It is noteable that the definition of the contexts '''must''' use \new … while later references ''must'' use \context …

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=781

\score {
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "melody" {
\relative c'' {
a1 \repeat volta 2 {a}
b \repeat volta 2 {b}
} }
\context Lyrics ="line1" \with{ associatedVoice = "melody" } \lyricmode
{
one
<< % this is the 1st temporary lyric part
\context Lyrics = "line1" { one }
\context Lyrics = "line2" { two }
% the context "line2" dies here
>>
one
<< % this is the 2nd temporary lyric part
\context Lyrics = "line1" { one }
\context Lyrics = "line2" { two }
>>
}
>>
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Workaround]]