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The easiest way to add lyrics to a melody is to append
\addlyrics { the lyrics }
to a melody. Here is an example,
\time 3/4 \relative { c2 e4 g2. } \addlyrics { play the game }
More stanzas can be added by adding more
\addlyrics
sections
\time 3/4 \relative { c2 e4 g2. } \addlyrics { play the game } \addlyrics { speel het spel } \addlyrics { joue le jeu }
The \addlyrics
command is actually just a convienient way
to write a more complicated LilyPond structure that sets up the
lyrics. You should use \addlyrics
unless you need to do
fancy things, in which case you should investigate
\lyricsto
or \lyricmode
.
{ MUSIC } \addlyrics { LYRICS }
is the same as
\context Voice = blah { music } \lyricsto "blah" \new lyrics { LYRICS }
\addlyrics
cannot handle polyphony.
This page is for LilyPond-2.6.3 (stable-branch).