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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
`__
'.
In tighly engraved music, hyphens can be removed. In some languages
(e.g. German and Hungarian), hyphens should not disappear, since
spelling depends on hyphenation. For that purpose, hyphens can be
forced to remain by overriding minimum-length
of
the LyricHyphen
grob.
\score { << \new Staff \relative c'' { \time 1/4 c16 c c c c16 c c c c16 c c c } % closes notes \lyricmode { \new Lyrics \with { \override SeparationItem #'padding = #0.0 % Otherwise lyrics are so far apart that hyphens don't disappear } % closes with { An -- ti -- cons -- ti -- tu -- tion -- nel -- le -- \override LyricHyphen #'minimum-length = #0.7 \override LyricHyphen #'spacing-procedure = #Hyphen_spanner::set_spacing_rods men -- taire -- ment. ouf~! } % closes lyrics } %closes lyricmode >> \layout { indent = 0.0 \cm linewidth = 3.4 \cm \context { \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } % closes context } % closes layout } % closes score
Program reference: LyricHyphen, LyricExtender.
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