Melisma_translator - LilyPond program-reference
Description: LilyPond program-reference

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#### Melisma_translator

This translator collects melisma information about ties, beams, and user settings (`melismaBusy`, and signals it to the `ddlyrics` code.

Music types accepted:

melisma-playing-event and melisma-span-event

Properties (read)

`melismaBusy` (boolean)
  Signifies whether a melisma is active. This can be used to signal melismas on top of those automatically detected.
`melismaBusyProperties` (list)
  List of properties (symbols) to determine whether a melisma is playing. Setting this property will influence how lyrics are aligned to notes. For example, if set to `#'(melismaBusy beamMelismaBusy)`, only manual melismata and manual beams are considered. Possible values include `melismaBusy`, `slurMelismaBusy`, `tieMelismaBusy`, and `beamMelismaBusy`
`slurMelismaBusy` (boolean)
  Signal if a slur is present.
`tieMelismaBusy` (boolean)
  Signal whether a tie is present.
`beamMelismaBusy` (boolean)
  Signal if a beam is present.

`Melisma_translator` is part of contexts: CueVoice, DrumVoice, GregorianTranscriptionVoice, MensuralVoice, TabVoice, VaticanaVoice and Voice

This page is for LilyPond-2.8.8 (stable-branch).

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