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5.11.3 Hyphens and extenders

Centered hyphens are entered as `--' between syllables. The hyphen will have variable length depending on the space between the syllables and it will be centered between the syllables.

When a lyric is sung over many notes (this is called a melisma), this is indicated with a horizontal line centered between a syllable and the next one. Such a line is called an extender line, and it is entered as __.

See also

Program reference: HyphenEvent (lilypond-internals) , ExtenderEvent (lilypond-internals) , LyricHyphen (lilypond-internals) , and LyricExtender (lilypond-internals)

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