I think you are looking for the markup commands wordwrap or wordwrap-string,
something like:
\version "2.23.11"
\fixed c' { \cadenzaOn d4 e a g f g f d d e2 g1 f4 e }
\addlyrics { When the stone had been seal -- ed by the Jews.
\markup {
\override #'(line-width . 25)
\wordwrap {
While the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure }
}
Bo -- dy
}
You need the override to set the desired width to be taken up, and probably a
bit of formatting with other markup commands to make it look decent.
HTH
/Leo
> 19 okt. 2022 kl. 10:51 skrev mjchadwic...@gmail.com:
>
> I am starting to set Orthodox chant (in English). How do I get a whole phrase
> of text to split into two (or even three) lines. EG I would like to fit
> “while the soldiers were guarding Thy most pure” under one semibreve. So that
> it comes out something like:
>
> While the soldiers
> were guarding Thy
> most pure
>
> Rather than taking up half a staff of music.
>
> Thank you for any help you can give a beginner.
>
> Martin
>
> Martin Chadwick
>
> mjchadwic...@gmail.com
