I can think of several possibilities:

- If you include a number of words within double quotes or use
  underscores to indicate spaces, LilyPond will handle the full
  phrase as a single syllable. Example:
  "A long phrase treated as a single syllable"
  A_long_phrase_treated_as_a_single_syllable

- If you don't use \addlyrics or \lyricsto, you can explicitly
  specify the duration of each syllable, so you can for example
  specify a new syllable for each sixteenth note, even if the
  music only has quarter notes. Example:

\score{
<<
  \new Staff \notes\relative c'{ c4 d e}
  \new Lyrics \lyrics{ Group16 of four words }
>>
}

/Mats

Jean Connelly wrote:
Hello,

I've been looking through the lyric documentation, but I can't seem to
find what I have in mind.

How can I stick several words or phrases under the same note?  I'm looking
to write unmetered chant.  I don't need much in the way of ancient
symbols, but it will look kind of silly if I have to have an 8th for every
syllable or some such (and that isn't going to make any sense for multiple
verses).

I'd be grateful for any help.

Thanks!
Jean




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