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abcm2ps question re: multiple voices and words   Message List  
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Here's the situation: I have a song which has a couple of places
where a phrase is echoed while the last word in the phrase is held.
I could represent this using one voice as follows:

X:1
T:Echo done with one voice
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K:C
c c c2 | "F"A4 A, A, C2 | C4
w: In-a my heart, (In-a my heart)

The problem here is that the A note for the word "heart" should really
be held for 6 beats (i.e. - "A8- | A4") rather than just the 2 beats.
This looks like a nice place to use multiple voices:

X:1
T:Echo done with multiple voices
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K:C
%%staves (1 2)
V:1
c c c2 | "F"A8- | A4
w: In-a my heart,
V:2
x4 | z4 A, A, C2 | C4
w: (In-a my heart)

While this does allow me to have the full 6 beats for "heart", it
gives me the problem that the words for the first voice appear
*above* the staff, while the words for the second (echo) voice
appear below the staff.

How can I get abcm2ps to put the words for both voices below the
staff, along the lines of:

----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
In-a my heart,
(In-a my heart)

Thanks.

Geoff Loker




Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:16 pm

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Here's the situation: I have a song which has a couple of places where a phrase is echoed while the last word in the phrase is held. I could represent this...
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Mar 27, 2007
10:17 pm

Voice option: lyrics=down X:1 T:Echo done with multiple voices M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K:C %%staves (1 2) V:1 lyrics=down c c c2 | "F"A8- | A4 w: In-a my heart, V:2...
Hudson Lacerda
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Mar 28, 2007
2:10 am

Voice option: lyrics=down X:1 T:Echo done with multiple voices M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K:C %%staves (1 2) V:1 lyrics=down c c c2 | "F"A8- | A4 w: In-a my heart, V:2...
Hudson Lacerda
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Mar 28, 2007
2:10 am

... That's got it. Thanks, Hudson. Geoff Loker...
Geoffrey Loker
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Mar 28, 2007
11:01 am

... That's got it. Thanks, Hudson. Geoff Loker...
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