Re: Wiki: add to same page?

Gabriel Ellsworth <[email protected]> writes:

> But … 
> 
>     You could prepare your new snippet, and ask on the -user 
>     list to see if there's a consensus that your snippet should 
>     replace the existing snippet. 
> 
> … as Carl suggests here, getting input from this user list 
> before adding a snippet to the Wiki is often a good idea. I have 
> done so myself. 
>  
> In case this is helpful inspiration … here is an example of a 
> Wiki page that intentionally shows multiple ways of doing the 
> same basic thing all within a single page/snippet: Typesetting 
> IPA transcriptions for lyrics - LilyPond wiki. 

Thanks! I think in my case the snippet that's already there 
shouldn't be replaced, but kept. Mine was better for my purpose 
today, but I wouldn't claim it was objectively better, or better 
for everyone.

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[https://wiki.lilypond.community/wiki/Chord_names_and_lyrics_without_a_staff] 
shows how to use <code>\Devnull</code> to eliminate the melody 
from a lead sheet, to print only the chord symbols and the lyrics.
In some cases, <code>\Devnull</code> gives unwanted or unexpected 
results, particularly with tied notes. This second approach to 
showing chord names and lyrics without a staff, thanks to 
[https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2024-09/msg00206.html 
Saul Tobin's post on lilypond-user], is very similar to the 
existing solution, but avoids the use of <code>\Devnull</code> by 
modifying the <code>\Score</code> and <code>\Staff</code> to 
accept a <code>NullVoice</code> directly. It also eliminates the 
need for modifications to 
<code>VerticalAxisGroup.staff-affinity</code> and 
<code>LyricText.self-alignment-X</code>. In this approach, the 
horizontal spacing of the lyrics and their alignment with the 
chord names is much closer to the way they would be with the real 
melody, including Lilypond's usual way of matching lyrics to tied 
notes and melismas. (A grossly exaggerated set of tied notes in 
the third bar shows the effect.) This makes it practical to reuse 
(without modifications) the lyrics from a lead sheet with melody 
when producing a "chord names and lyrics only" version. The 
resulting "musically literal" lyric spacing could be a 
disadvantage in some cases.


\version "2.24"

text = \lyricmode { Ho ho, ho ho ho. Hey hey. Ha ha, ha. }

nullMelody = \relative c'' {
  e4 e e2
  e2 e
  r8 e8~ e~ e~ e e~ e~ e
  \tuplet 3/2 { d2 c d }
  }

harmonies = \chordmode { a1:m | d:m | e:7 | a:m | }

\layout {
  \context {
    \Score
    \accepts NullVoice
  }

  \context {
    \Staff
    \accepts NullVoice
  }

  \context {
    \NullVoice
    \RemoveAllEmptyStaves
  }
}

\score {
  <<
    \new ChordNames
      \harmonies

    \new NullVoice = "vocal"
      \nullMelody

    \new Lyrics
      \lyricsto "vocal" \text
   >>
 \layout { }
}


-- 
David