: What's this horizontal bar notation in liturgy called? I just came across a liturgical peace using horizontal bars as notation for parts where a continuous reciting tone is used. I'd like to know whether there's a specific

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Actually, with the help of this post, I already got a little farther. Now I only need to find out how to align the text correctly with the beginning of the line, instead of centering the line start over the text. Any ideas? Here's the code:

version "2.16.2"
include "deutsch.ly"

ohr = markup {
with-dimensions #'(0 . 0) #'(0 . 0)
translate #'( 0 . -0.3)
combine filled-box #'(-0.3 . +0.3) #'(0 . 0.3) #0 % Naht
filled-box #'(-0.8 . +0.8) #'(0 . 0.15) #0 % Strich
}

balken = {
once override Glissando #'after-line-breaking =
#(lambda (grob)
(let* ((left-bound (ly:spanner-bound grob LEFT))
(left-Y (assoc-get 'Y (ly:grob-property grob 'left-bound- info))))
(ly:grob-set-property! left-bound 'stencil #f )
(ly:grob-set-nested-property! grob '(right-bound-info Y) left-Y)))

once override Glissando #'thickness = #6
once override Glissando #'(bound-details left padding) = #-0.5
once override Glissando #'(bound-details right padding) = #1.3
once override Glissando #'(bound-details left text) = markup rotate #-90 ohr
once override Glissando #'(bound-details right text) = markup rotate #90 ohr
once override Glissando #'springs-and-rods = #ly:spanner::set- spacing-rods
once override Glissando #'minimum-length = 10
<>glissando
}

score {
<<
new Staff <<
new Voice = "Alt"
relative c'' {
key g major
clef treble
time 1/4
autoBeamOff
override Score.SpacingSpanner #'packed-spacing = ##t
set Score.timing = ##f
balken g
a g g
break
balken g
fis g g
break
balken g
a g
break
balken g
fis g
break
balken g
a g
break
balken g
fis g
break
g a g(fis) fis
}
addlyrics {
"Herr tue meine" Lip- pen auf.
"dass mein Mund deinen Ruhm ver-" kün- di- ge.
"Gott, gedenke mein nach deiner" Gna- de.
"Herr, erhöhre mich mit deiner treuen" Hil- fe.
"Ehre sei dem Vater und dem Sohne und dem Heiligen" Geis- te
"wie im Anfang, so auch jetzt und alle Zeit und in Ewigkeit." A- men.
[Hal- le- lu-_ ja]
}
>>
>>
midi {
}
layout {
context {
Staff
remove "Time_signature_engraver"
remove "Bar_engraver"
override Stem #'transparent = ##t
override Flag #'transparent = ##t
override Beam #'transparent = ##t
} % context
} % layout
} % score

The result looks like this:

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I couldn't find other examples, but based on the content I'll take a guess.

I think that the long note means to chant the lyrics on that tone. The page looks a bit like Gregorian Chant notation with modifications to a 5-line staff. The last system has two notes over a single syllable which has a special symbol in Chant notation. There is no rhythm indicated so I'd guess that the rhythm is the normal speech rhythm of the text. I'm basing my guess on this: media.musicasacra.com/pdf/neumes.pdf.