On Sun, 2016-02-28 at 17:18 +0000, Phil Holmes wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Shann" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2016 4:58 PM > Subject: left aligning lyrics? > > > > Can lyrics be left-aligned to the note they belong to, instead of > > centred? I think the presence of this section > > > > > > http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/opera-and-stage-musicals#dialogue-over-music > > > > might mean the answer is no (in the sense that you can't simply add an > > override to what you would otherwise have) > > > > Richard > > { > \time 3/4 > \relative { c'2 e4 g2. } > \addlyrics { \override LyricText.self-alignment-X = #LEFT play the game } > }
perfect! Now I see it is there staring me in the face in the NR http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.18/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics#placing-syllables-horizontally under selected snippets ... Thanks Richard _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
