Hi,
[Please keep the replies on-list, so everybody can follow.]
what if the note is not one but many?
See the very last word "jago" in the attached music score.
This requires no change in the lyrics you enter:
ja -- go
will do fine. But you have to tell LilyPond to create a melisma: For
example, using a slur, or an explicit \melisma:
\version "2.22"
\relative {
c'8 d e16\melisma f g f e f d g e'32 d c b a g f d\melismaEnd c4
} \addlyrics {
Vir -- tu -- o -- so.
}
I really strongly recommend you work through the Learning Manual
(especially the tutorial), most of your questions are answered there.
Lukas