Hi Simon, Probably the easiest way to achieve this is just to use *ChoirStaff* and add the Span_bar_engraver to get the bar lines. That way, Lyrics will nonchalantly cross the bar lines as if they weren't there and by setting the whiteout property, you're there.
I've just adapted your original coding to your needs: \version "2.19.80" \paper { line-width = 110 indent = 0 } \score { \new ChoirStaff \with { \consists "Span_bar_engraver" } << { 4 4 4 4~ 4 8 8 4 4~ 4 8 8 2 } \addlyrics { \override LyricText.whiteout = ##t a ver -- y looong __ syl -- la -- ble, looong __ syl -- la -- ble } { 1 1 1 } >> } HTH, Torsten -- Sent from: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/User-f3.html _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user