Alternate lyrics context for song sheets - Revision history

Lemzwerg: New category

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Lemzwerg at 22:47, 21 November 2025

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Jean Abou Samra: Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

2025-11-16T18:52:48Z

Replace version="2.24.0" with version="2.24" now that the LilyWiki extension supports auto-selecting the latest release in a stable series

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	When preparing song sheets, it's sometimes useful to have the lyrics of all the verses inside the score, correctly lined up to the notes. However, this makes it easy for the singer to mix up verses -- especially when changing systems. A common solution is to alternate the display properties of the lyric lines. This snippet demonstrates how to use such an approach in LilyPond.		When preparing song sheets, it's sometimes useful to have the lyrics of all the verses inside the score, correctly lined up to the notes. However, this makes it easy for the singer to mix up verses -- especially when changing systems. A common solution is to alternate the display properties of the lyric lines. This snippet demonstrates how to use such an approach in LilyPond.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=641		%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=641

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:44:14Z

Import snippet from LSR

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When preparing song sheets, it's sometimes useful to have the lyrics of all the verses inside the score, correctly lined up to the notes. However, this makes it easy for the singer to mix up verses -- especially when changing systems. A common solution is to alternate the display properties of the lyric lines. This snippet demonstrates how to use such an approach in LilyPond.

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=641

%% Implement an alternate lyric context
\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\name AltLyrics
\alias Lyrics
\override StanzaNumber.font-series = #'medium
\override LyricText.font-shape = #'italic
\override LyricText.color = #(x11-color 'grey20)
}
\context {
\StaffGroup
\accepts AltLyrics
}
}

%% Doesn't do a lot, apart from avoid warnings when generating midi output
\midi {
\context {
\Lyrics
\name AltLyrics
\alias Lyrics
}
\context {
\StaffGroup
\accepts AltLyrics
}
}

<<
\new Staff {
\new Voice = "notes" \relative c' {
f4 a a a
}
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "notes" {
\set stanza = #"1."
Hey non -- ny no
}
\new AltLyrics \lyricsto "notes" {
\set stanza = #"2."
Fa la la la
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "notes" {
\set stanza = #"3."
Fid -- dle di dee
}
\new AltLyrics \lyricsto "notes" {
\set stanza = #"4."
Da da da dum
}
>>
</lilypond>

[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Text]]
[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Contexts and engravers]]