Vertically centered common lyrics - Revision history

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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

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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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	In a vocal piece where there are several (two, four or more) lines of lyrics and common lyrics for all voices at some point, the common lyrics may be made to appear vertically centered, as shown in the following example:		In a vocal piece where there are several (two, four or more) lines of lyrics and common lyrics for all voices at some point, the common lyrics may be made to appear vertically centered, as shown in the following example:

	<lilypond version="2.24.0">		<lilypond version="2.24">
	dropLyrics = {		dropLyrics = {
	\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . -4.5)		\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . -4.5)

Jean Abou Samra: Import snippet from LSR

2025-10-26T22:42:58Z

Import snippet from LSR

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In a vocal piece where there are several (two, four or more) lines of lyrics and common lyrics for all voices at some point, the common lyrics may be made to appear vertically centered, as shown in the following example:

<lilypond version="2.24.0">
dropLyrics = {
\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . -4.5)
\override LyricHyphen.extra-offset = #'(0 . -4.5)
\override LyricExtender.extra-offset = #'(0 . -4.5)
\override StanzaNumber.extra-offset = #'(0 . -4.5)
}

raiseLyrics = {
\revert LyricText.extra-offset
\revert LyricHyphen.extra-offset
\revert LyricExtender.extra-offset
\revert StanzaNumber.extra-offset
}

skipFour = \repeat unfold 4 { \skip 8 }

lyricsA = \lyricmode {
The first verse has
\dropLyrics
\set stanza = #" All:"
the com -- mon __ words
\raiseLyrics
used in all four.
}

lyricsB = \lyricmode { In stan -- za two, \skipFour al -- so ap -- pear. }

lyricsC = \lyricmode { By the third verse, \skipFour are get -- ting dull. }

lyricsD = \lyricmode { Last stan -- za, and \skipFour get used once more. }

melody = \relative c' {
c4 d e f |
g f e8( e f) d |
c4 e d c |
}

\score {
<<
\new Voice = m \melody
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsA
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsB
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsC
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsD
>>
}
</lilypond>

[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Included in the official documentation]]