Here's how I like to set up my lyrics, but I'm sure there are many ways to do it. Reading the manual on \lyricsto, you'll see that it alligns each syllable with the appropriate voice. This seems to be a pretty common question. Check out some other posts:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-07/msg00166.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-07/msg00377.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2005-07/msg00214.html Rob \version "2.6.0" \include "gregorian-init.ly" sopranMusic = \relative c' { \cadenzaOn \autoBeamOff \voiceOne e8 e g g e d e4 e \virgula e8 e g g e d e4 e \virgula \bar "" a8 a c c a g e[ g] a4 \virgula a8 a c c a g e[ g] a4 \virgula \bar "" e8 e g g e d e4 e \virgula e8 e g g e d e4 e \virgula \bar "|" \cadenzaOff } altMusic = \relative c' { \cadenzaOn \voiceTwo c4 d c b2 d8 c b4 c b2 \bar "" e4 g e8 d c d e4 f4 g e c8 d e4 \bar "" b4 d c b2 d8 c d4 c b2 \bar "|" \cadenzaOff } tenorMusic = \relative c' { \clef bass \cadenzaOn \voiceOne g4( g) a( a) g \virgula g4( g) a( a) g \virgula \bar "" c4 e c8 b a b c4 \virgula c4( c) b a8 b c4 \virgula \bar "" g4( g) a( a) g \virgula g4( g) a( a) g \virgula \bar "|" \cadenzaOff } bassMusic = \relative c { \clef bass \cadenzaOn \voiceTwo c4 b a8 f' e2 c4 e f e2 \bar "" a2 e a8 g f4 e( e) a a, \bar "" e'4 b a8 f' e2 c4 b a8 f' e2 \bar "|" \cadenzaOff } tekst = \lyricmode { Pa -- nie, zmi -- łuj się nad na -- mi, Pa -- nie, zmi -- łuj się nad na -- mi. Chry -- ste, zmi -- łuj się nad na -- mi, Chry -- ste, zmi -- łuj się nad na -- mi. Pa -- nie, zmi -- łuj się nad na -- mi, Pa -- nie, zmi -- łuj się nad na -- mi. } \score { << \context Staff = "upper" << \clef treble \context Voice = "one" \sopranMusic \context Voice = "two" \altMusic >> \lyricsto "one" \new Lyrics { \tekst } \context Staff = "lower" << \clef bass \context Voice = "one" \tenorMusic \context Voice = "two" \bassMusic >> >> } -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user