Adjusting vertical spacing of lyrics
This snippet shows how to bring the lyrics line closer to the staff.
\version "2.24"
music = \relative c' { c4 d e f | g4 f e d | c1 }
text = \lyricmode { aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa }
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\new Staff \new Voice = melody \music
% Default layout:
\new Lyrics \lyricsto melody \text
\new Staff \new Voice = melody \music
% Reducing the minimum space below the staff and above the lyrics.
\new Lyrics \with {
\override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing =
#'((basic-distance . 1))
} \lyricsto melody \text
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