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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]]

Latest revision as of 05:08, 13 December 2025

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 nonstaff-nonstaff-spacing property of the VerticalAxisGroup grob.

\version "2.24"

\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–
  }
>>