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One solution is to make the faster voice ignore the melisma. This is done by setting <code>ignoreMelismata</code> in the Lyrics context. <p>There is one tricky aspect: the setting for <code>ignoreMelismata</code> must be set one syllable <em>before</em> the non-melismatic syllable in the text, as shown here, <!-- TODO: breaks compile --> <!-- seems to be fixed, does not break compile anymore -FV --> <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> << \relative c' \new Voice = "lahlah" { \set Staff.autoBeaming = ##f c4 \slurDotted f8.[( g16]) a4 } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lahlah" { more slow -- ly } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lahlah" { \set ignoreMelismata = ##t % applies to "fas" go fas -- ter \unset ignoreMelismata still } >> </pre> <p> <a href="../40/lily-3c827fef.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../40/lily-3c827fef.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>The <code>ignoreMelismata</code> applies to the syllable ‘fas’, so it should be entered before ‘go’. <h5 class="subsubheading">Switching to an alternative melody</h5> <p>More complex variations in text underlay are possible. It is possible to switch the melody for a line of lyrics during the text. This is done by setting the <code>associatedVoice</code> property. In the example <blockquote> <p> <a href="../03/lily-5494dbfa.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../03/lily-5494dbfa.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p class="noindent">the text for the first stanza is set to a melody called ‘lahlah’, <pre class="example">\new Lyrics \lyricsto "lahlah" { Ju -- ras -- sic Park } </pre> <p>The second stanza initially is set to the <code>lahlah</code> context, but for the syllable ‘ran’, it switches to a different melody. This is achieved with <pre class="example">\set associatedVoice = alternative </pre> <p class="noindent">Here, <code>alternative</code> is the name of the <code>Voice</code> context containing the triplet. <p>This command must be one syllable too early, before ‘Ty’ in this case. In other words, changing the associatedVoice happens one step later than expected. This is for technical reasons, and it is not a bug. <pre class="example">\new Lyrics \lyricsto "lahlah" { \set associatedVoice = alternative % applies to "ran" Ty -- ran -- no -- \set associatedVoice = lahlah % applies to "rus" sau -- rus Rex } </pre> <p class="noindent">The underlay is switched back to the starting situation by assigning <code>lahlah</code> to <code>associatedVoice</code>. <!-- footer_tag --><br><hr> <div class="node"> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Printing-stanzas-at-the-end.html#Printing-stanzas-at-the-end">Printing stanzas at the end</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Adding-singers_0027-names-to-stanzas.html#Adding-singers_0027-names-to-stanzas">Adding singers' names to stanzas</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Stanzas.html#Stanzas">Stanzas</a> </div> <div style="background-color: #e8ffe8; padding: 2; border: #c0ffc0 1px solid;"> <p> <font size="-1"> This page is for LilyPond-2.11.57 (development-branch). <br> <address> Report errors to <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs</a>. </address> <br> Your <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">suggestions for the documentation</a> are welcome. </font> </p> </div> <P> Other languages: <a href="Stanzas-with-different-rhythms.fr.html">français</a>, <a href="Stanzas-with-different-rhythms.es.html">español</a>. <BR> </P> </BODY></html>