Create a Lyric object to represent a unit of lyrics.
Lyric(text, i, to = NULL, verse = NULL)A single character, which usually represents a word or syllable of the lyrics. See the Details section for more complex usage.
A single positive integer, which represents the position
of the Lyric in a musical line.
Optional. A single character or a single positive integer,
which indicates the musical line where to add the Lyric.
Optional. A positive integer which indicates the verse
where to add the Lyric. The default value is 1. See
the MuseScore handbook .
A list of class Lyric.
You can use "-" and "_" in argument text to create the following
structures:
Syllable:
for example, with Lyric("mo-", 1) and Lyric("-ther", 3), the two
syllables of mother are added to the first and third notes, with
a hyphen placed on the second note.
Melisma:
for example, with Lyric("love_", 1) and Lyric("_", 3), the word
love is added to the first note, followed by an underscore line
which extends over the second and third notes.
Elision:
for example, with Lyric("my_love", 1), words my and love are both
added to the first note, connected by an elision slur.
Use "\\-" and "\\_" if you want to add hyphens and
underscores literally.
+.Music() for adding a Lyric to a Music object.
# Create two syllables
syllable_1 <- Lyric("He-", 1)
syllable_2 <- Lyric("-llo", 3)
syllable_1
#> Lyric "He-"
#>
#> * to be added at position 1
syllable_2
#> Lyric "-llo"
#>
#> * to be added at position 3
# Add them to a `Music`
music <-
Music() +
Meter(4, 4) +
Line(c("C4", "D4", "E4")) +
syllable_1 +
syllable_2
music
#> Music
#>
#> $meters
#> # A tibble: 1 × 6
#> bar number unit actual_number actual_unit invisible
#> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <lgl>
#> 1 1 4 4 4 4 FALSE
#>
#> $notes
#> # A tibble: 3 × 7
#> line i j pitch midi duration length
#> <int> <int> <int> <chr> <int> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 1 1 NA C4 60 NA 1
#> 2 1 2 NA D4 62 NA 1
#> 3 1 3 NA E4 64 NA 1
#>
#> $lines
#> # A tibble: 1 × 7
#> part staff voice segment bar offset name
#> <int> <int> <int> <int> <int> <dbl> <chr>
#> 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NA
#>
#> $lyrics
#> # A tibble: 2 × 4
#> line verse i text
#> <int> <int> <int> <chr>
#> 1 1 1 1 He-
#> 2 1 1 3 -llo
#>
# Generate the music score
if (interactive()) {
show(music)
}