- \new Lyrics \with {
- % Otherwise lyrics are so far apart that hyphens don't disappear
- \override SeparationItem #'padding = #0.0
- }
- \lyricmode {
- bla -- bla -- bla -- bla --
- bla -- bla -- bla -- bla --
-
- \override LyricHyphen #'minimum-length = #0.7
- \override LyricHyphen #'spacing-procedure =
- #Hyphen_spanner::set_spacing_rods
-
- bla -- bla -- bla -- bla
- }>>
- \paper {
- indent = 0.0 \cm
- linewidth = 3.4 \cm
-
- \context {
- \Staff \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
- }
-
- }
-
+\addlyrics
+{
+ %% tight spacing: hyphen disappears
+ syl -- lab word
+
+ %% increase minimum-distance: forces more space, so hyphen reappears
+ \override LyricHyphen #'minimum-distance = #1.0
+ syl -- lab word
+
+ %% minimum-distance 0 for LyricSpace: this places words next to each other.
+ \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #0.0
+ syl -- lab word