Re: partial multi-line lyrics above staff

[Peter Chubb]

>>>>> "Walt" == Walt North <waltno...@gmail.com> writes:

Walt> O have a case where I want to
Walt> print lyrics that have some parts on separate lines. But want
Walt> all the lyrics above the bass staff line.  This is for the bass
Walt> player to follow - no other staffs needed. The following sample
Walt> is based on lilypond documentation but I'm not quite getting
Walt> there because the bass line is coming between lyric lines
Walt> instead after all the lyrics.


Try this --- you can tweak placement by naming the contexts

\score {
  <<
    \new Staff = "bass"{
      \new Voice {
        \relative {
          \clef bass
          a,4 a a a
          \repeat volta 3 { b4 b b b }
          c4 c c c
        }
      }
    }
    \new Lyrics = words \with {alignAboveContext = "bass"} \lyricmode {
      Not re -- peat -- ed.
      <<
        \new  Lyrics \with {alignAboveContext = "words"} {
          The first time words.
        }
        \context Lyrics = words \lyricmode {
          Sec -- ond time words.
        }
        \new Lyrics \with {alignBelowContext = "words"} \lyricmode {
          The third time words.
        }
      >>
      The end sec -- tion.
    }
  >>
}