+
+Lyrics are positioned above the staff, below the staff, or between
+staves, depending on the type of music. To place lyrics below the
+associated staff simply define the Lyrics context below the Staff
+context:
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new Staff {
+ \new Voice = "melody" {
+ \relative c'' { c4 c c c }
+ }
+ }
+ \new Lyrics {
+ \lyricsto "melody" {
+ Here are the words
+ }
+ }
+ >>
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+To position lyrics above the staff, place the declaration of the
+Lyrics context before the Staff and Voice contexts, but the
+@code{\lyricsto} command must come after the Voice declaration it
+references, like this:
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new Lyrics = "lyrics"
+ \new Staff {
+ \new Voice = "melody" {
+ \relative c'' { c4 c c c }
+ }
+ }
+ \context Lyrics = "lyrics" {
+ \lyricsto "melody" {
+ Here are the words
+ }
+ }
+ >>
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+Alternatively, the position of the lyrics may be specified
+explicitly:
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\score {
+ <<
+ \new Staff = "staff" {
+ \new Voice = "melody" {
+ \relative c'' { c4 c c c }
+ }
+ }
+ \new Lyrics \with { alignAboveContext = "staff" } {
+ \lyricsto "melody" {
+ Here are the words
+ }
+ }
+ >>
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+When there are two voices on separate staves the lyrics may be
+placed between the staves using either of these methods. Here
+is an example of the first method:
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\score {
+ \new ChoirStaff <<
+ \new Staff {
+ \new Voice = "sopranos" {
+ \relative c'' { c4 c c c }
+ }
+ }
+ \new Lyrics = "sopranos"
+ \new Lyrics = "contraltos"
+ \new Staff {
+ \new Voice = "contraltos" {
+ \relative c'' { a4 a a a }
+ }
+ }
+ \context Lyrics = "sopranos" {
+ \lyricsto "sopranos" {
+ Sop -- ra -- no words
+ }
+ }
+ \context Lyrics = "contraltos" {
+ \lyricsto "contraltos" {
+ Con -- tral -- to words
+ }
+ }
+ >>
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+Other combinations of lyrics and staves may be generated by
+elaborating these examples, or by examining the SATB templates in
+the Learning Manual.
+
+@seealso
+Learning Manual:
+@rlearning{Vocal ensembles}.
+
+Notation Reference:
+@ref{Aligning contexts},
+@ref{Creating contexts}.