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Formatting lyrics syllables
Markup mode may be used to format individual syllables in lyrics.
mel = \relative c'' { c4 c c c }
lyr = \lyricmode {
Lyrics \markup { \italic can } \markup { \with-color #red contain }
\markup { \fontsize #8 \bold Markup! }
}
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Lyrics can containMarkup!
How to put ties between syllables in lyrics
This can be achieved by separating those syllables by tildes.
\lyrics {
wa~o~a
}
waoa
Lyrics alignment
Horizontal alignment for lyrics can be set by overriding the self-alignment-X property of the
LyricText object. #-1 is left, #0 is center and #1 is right; however, you can use #LEFT, #CENTER
and #RIGHT as well.
\layout { ragged-right = ##f }
\relative c'' {
c1
c1
c1
}
\addlyrics {
\once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #LEFT
"This is left-aligned"
\once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #CENTER
"This is centered"
\once \override LyricText #'self-alignment-X = #1