Miguel Abrams <[email protected]> writes: > I am a 'newbie ' learning this wonderful text based notation coding > capability. > > I fail to perceive, through user documentation, the 'fundamental' > difference between the two commands : > > Lilypond Version (2.19.55) > > lyricsto and addlyrics > > Perhaps someone might be able clarify this distinction for me?
There is no fundamental difference. \addlyrics picks the context to attach to automagically based on syntax. It may make a bad choice. \lyricsto gets the context to attach to named explicitly, so it is more reliable and can be used in more circumstances. As a handwavy rule, for simple stuff with lyrics, \addlyrics may be fine. If you have more complicated settings, \lyricsto may be the safer choice. -- David Kastrup
