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Extenders and hyphens
In the last syllable of a word, melismata are sometimes indicated with a long horizontal line starting in the melisma syllable, and ending in the next one. Such a line is called an extender line, and it is entered as ‘ __ ’ (note the spaces before and after the two underscore characters).
Note: Melismata are indicated in the score with extender lines, which are entered as one double underscore; but short melismata can also be entered by skipping individual notes, which are entered as single underscore characters; these do not make an extender line to be typeset by default.
Centered hyphens are entered as ‘ -- ’ between syllables of a same word (note the spaces before and after the two hyphen characters). The hyphen will be centered between the syllables, and its length will be adjusted depending on the space between the syllables.
In tightly engraved music, hyphens can be removed. Whether this
happens can be controlled with the minimum-distance (minimum
distance between two syllables) and the minimum-length
(threshold below which hyphens are removed) properties of
LyricHyphen.
By default a hyphen is not repeated after a system break when the
next line begins with a new syllable. Setting the
after-line-breaking property to #t allows hyphens
to be drawn in such situations.
See also
Internals Reference: LyricExtender, LyricHyphen.
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