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If you use non vocal letters in lyrics which come in combination with a word but the letters don't come under the tone but just left of the word you can shift the whole phrase to the left.
If you use non vocal letters in lyrics which come in combination with a word but the letters don't come under the tone but just left of the word you can shift the whole phrase to the left.


<lilypond version="2.24.0">
<lilypond version="2.24">
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[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Vocal music]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Tweaks and overrides]]
[[Category:Snippet]]

Latest revision as of 23:35, 21 November 2025

If you use non vocal letters in lyrics which come in combination with a word but the letters don't come under the tone but just left of the word you can shift the whole phrase to the left.

\version "2.24"

%% http://lsr.di.unimi.it/LSR/Item?id=737

left = { \once \override LyricText.X-offset = #-2.8 }

\relative c' { 
  c4 c d8 g e4 
}

\addlyrics { 
  \left "S to" -- bom pu -- tu -- jem 
}