[With apologies for repeatedly mailing the list...] Perhaps a better way, if you want to use alignBelowContext instead, is to assign a name to the Lyrics context itself, like:
\version "2.18.2" \score { << \new Staff << \new Voice = "soprano" \relative c' { e4 d c d e e e r } \new Lyrics = "soprano-lyrics" \lyricsto "soprano" { Ma -- ry had a << { lit -- tle lamb, } \new Lyrics \with { alignBelowContext = #"soprano-lyrics" } { \set associatedVoice = #"soprano" laz -- er bat, } >> } >> \new Staff = "bass-staff" << \new Voice = "bass" \relative c { \clef bass c4 c g' g a a g r } >> >> } And that produces the "better" spacing that I like in the "\skip" version, too. (Sometimes it's fun to rethink a problem you think you've already solved...) Best, Tyler _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user