Arranging separate lyrics on a single line - Revision history

Lemzwerg at 05:08, 13 December 2025

2025-12-13T05:08:55Z

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	Sometimes you may want to put lyrics for different performers on a single line: where there is rapidly alternating text, for example. This snippet shows how ~~this~~ can be done with <code>~~\override VerticalAxisGroup.~~nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing~~.minimum-distance = ##f~~</code>.		Sometimes you may want to put lyrics for different performers on a single line: where there is rapidly alternating text, for example. This snippet shows how it can be done with adjusting the <code>nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing</code> property of the <code>VerticalAxisGroup</code> grob.

	<~~lilypond version="2~~.~~24" full>~~
	~~\header { tagline = ##f }~~

			<lilypond version="2.24">
	\layout {		\layout {
	\context {		\context {
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	}		}
	>>		>>

	\new Lyrics \lyricsto "alice" {		\new Lyrics \lyricsto "alice" {
	may -- be		may -- be
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	Shut up, you fool!		Shut up, you fool!
	}		}

	\new Lyrics \lyricsto "eve" {		\new Lyrics \lyricsto "eve" {
	that the		that the
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	</lilypond>		</lilypond>

			[[Category:Paper and layout]]
	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	~~[[Category:Paper and layout]]~~
	[[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg: New category

2025-11-21T23:15:39Z

New category

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Paper and layout]][[Category:Snippet]]		[[Category:Paper and layout]]
			[[Category:Snippet]]

Lemzwerg at 22:47, 21 November 2025

2025-11-21T22:47:42Z

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	[[Category:Vocal music]]		[[Category:Vocal music]]
	[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]		[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
	[[Category:Paper and layout]]		[[Category:Paper and layout]][[Category:Snippet]]

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

2025-11-16T18:44:36Z

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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	Sometimes you may want to put lyrics for different performers on a single line: where there is rapidly alternating text, for example. This snippet shows how this can be done with <code>\override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing.minimum-distance = ##f</code>.		Sometimes you may want to put lyrics for different performers on a single line: where there is rapidly alternating text, for example. This snippet shows how this can be done with <code>\override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing.minimum-distance = ##f</code>.

	<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>		<lilypond version="2.24" full>
	\header { tagline = ##f }		\header { tagline = ##f }

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:44:22Z

Import snippet from LSR

New page

Sometimes you may want to put lyrics for different performers on a single line: where there is rapidly alternating text, for example. This snippet shows how this can be done with <code>\override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing.minimum-distance = ##f</code>.

<lilypond version="2.24.0" full>
\header { tagline = ##f }

\layout {
\context {
\Lyrics
\override VerticalAxisGroup
.nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing
.minimum-distance = ##f
}
}

aliceSings = \markup { \smallCaps "Alice" }
eveSings = \markup { \smallCaps "Eve" }

<<
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "alice" {
f'4^\aliceSings g' r2 |
s1 |
f'4^\aliceSings g' r2 |
s1 | \break
% ...

\voiceOne
s2 a'8^\aliceSings a' b'4 |
\oneVoice
g'1
}
\new Voice = "eve" {
s1 |
a'2^\eveSings g' |
s1 |
a'2^\eveSings g'
% ...

\voiceTwo
f'4^\eveSings a'8 g' f'4 e' |
\oneVoice
s1
}
>>
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "alice" {
may -- be
sec -- ond
% ...
Shut up, you fool!
}
\new Lyrics \lyricsto "eve" {
that the
words are
% ...
…and then I was like–
}
>>
</lilypond>

[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]
[[Category:Paper and layout]]