Editing Putting lyrics inside the staff

Lyrics can be moved vertically to place them inside the staff. The lyrics are moved with <code>\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . <var>dy</var>)</code>, and there are similar commands to move the extenders and hyphens. A good value for <var>dy</var> must be found by trial and error.

<lilypond version="2.24">
% LSR contributed by Jan-Peter Voigt
% LSR http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2010-10/msg00451.html

<<
  \new Staff <<
    \new Voice = "voc" \relative c' { \stemDown a bes c8 b c4 }
  >>
  \new Lyrics \with {
    \override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . 8.6)
    \override LyricExtender.extra-offset = #'(0 . 8.6)
    \override LyricHyphen.extra-offset = #'(0 . 8.6)
  } \lyricsto "voc" { La la -- la __ _ la }
>>
</lilypond>

[[Category:Staff notation]]
[[Category:Text]]
[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
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