On 07/02/2025 16:40, David Wright wrote:
You can add the lyrics to the Staff instead of each voice. You just have to add _ to each set of lyrics so that there's a syllable for every moment in the staff, ie both voices.
Following on from David's tip, you could code your extract like this. I'd not thought about aligning lyrics to a Staff instead of a Voice, so thanks for the new insight into LilyPond.
\version "2.24.0" \layout { \context { \Lyrics \override LyricText.font-size = #-5 \override LyricHyphen.font-size = #-5 associatedVoiceType = #'Staff associatedVoice = #"a" } } one = \lyricmode { and may -- be once you tip me and it } two = \lyricmode { You toss _ me your tips and look _ } three = \lyricmode { Your whole _ stink -- in’ place _ will be } music = { \time 2/4 \partial 8 a'8 | << { \voiceOne a'16 a' a' bes' c'' c'' c'' bes' | } \new Voice { \voiceTwo a'8 a'16 bes' c''8 c''16 bes' | } >> } << \new Staff="a" \music \new Lyrics \lyricsto "" { \one } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "" { \two } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "" { \three } >> -- Timothy Lanfear, Bristol, UK.