Re: Song: multiple verses and refrain

[Mats Bengtsson]

On 2024-07-08 21:40, Raphael Mankin wrote:

> > An alternative to
> >         the already proposed solutions is to name the Lyrics context
> >         that you want to keep, and then reuse it for the refrain:
> >         
> >         
> >         \version "2.24.3"
> >         
> >         
> >         melody = { \relative c'
> >         
> >                    \repeat volta 3 { a b c d e f g a }
> >         
> >         }
> >         
> >         verseA = \lyricmode {  This is verse one }
> >         
> >         verseB = \lyricmode {  This is verse two }
> >         
> >         verseC = \lyricmode {  This is verse three }
> >         
> >         chorusWords = \lyricmode {  This is the chorus }
> >         
> >         
> >         \score {
> >         
> >            \new Staff {
> >         
> >              \melody
> >         
> >              \addlyrics {
> >         
> >                \repeat volta 3 {
> >         
> >                  <<
> >         
> >                    \new Lyrics = mainlyrics \verseA
> >         
> >                    \new Lyrics \verseB
> >         
> >                    \new Lyrics \verseC
> >         
> >                  >>
> >         
> >                  \context Lyrics = mainlyrics \chorusWords
> >         
> >                }
> >         
> >              }
> >         
> >            }
> >         
> >            \layout { }
> >         
> >         }
> >         
> >         
> >             /Mats
> >         
> >         
> >       
>       
>       Now that is much neater, but can  it be modified for the case
>       where the refrain precedes the verse, e.g. Satie's "Je Te Veux"?
>       
>       
>       Maybe these tricks should go into the docs.
>

The general principle of naming and resuming contexts is described in https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/creating-and-referencing-contexts and some additional bells and whistles are brought up in https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/keeping-contexts-alive

Here's a modified version of the above example with the refrain coming before the verses.

\version "2.24.3"

melody = { \relative c'
          \repeat volta 3 { a b c d e f g a }
}
verseA = \lyricmode {  This is verse one }
verseB = \lyricmode {  This is verse two }
verseC = \lyricmode {  This is verse three }
chorusWords = \lyricmode {  This is the chorus }

\score {
  \new Staff {
    \melody
    \addlyrics {
      \new Lyrics = mainlyrics \chorusWords
      \repeat volta 3 {
        <<
          \context Lyrics = mainlyrics \verseA
          \new Lyrics \verseB
          \new Lyrics \verseC
        >>
      }
    }
  }
  \layout { }
}

   /Mats