Dear Jogchum, On Sun, 17 May 2026, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> > Another question then: are the two solutions you give essentially the > same, with only different naming? Or are they two different approaches? > > To my eye, they’re the same approach (at least fundamentally): attach > lyrics to a voice that has all necessary rhythms, and then use some > mechanism to turn display of the notes off. > Just a thought on another possible technique, although I haven’t used it much if at all in my music: Manual syllable durations might be a good option for you. https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.25/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music#manual-syllable-durations I hope this helps. Gabriel
