This short polyphony employs A trivial customised Voice but the lyrics ignore the first note in the score -- that's not the behaviour of choice.
----- \version "2.13.11" \layout { ragged-right = ##t } \layout { \context { \Voice \name MainVoice \alias Voice } \context { \Staff \accepts "MainVoice" } } tx = \lyricmode { Foo bar } va = \relative c' { c2 g'2 } vb = \relative c' { a2 c2 } << % First note ignored by lyrics :-( \new Staff << \new MainVoice = "ta" \va \\ \vb >> \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "ta" \tx } % Compare with ... \new Staff << \new Voice = "tb" \va \\ \vb >> \new Lyrics { \lyricsto "tb" \tx } >> ----- Roman (with apologies for the doggerel) _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user