On Thu 06 Mar 2025 at 04:06:59 (+0000), Werner LEMBERG wrote:
[ … ]
  \new Voice = "V1"
[ … ]
%   alignAboveContext = "V1"
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> which yields the attached image, correctly aligning the lyrics 'Above'
> above the staff.  However, if I use `alignAboveContext = "V1"`
> instead, it doesn't work, and I get the warning
> 
> ```
> warning: alignAboveContext not found: V1
> ```
> 
> Why?

Does it make sense? If you have two staves, and a voice were to
change staves, would you expect the lyrics to leap about too?

In my mind, a staff has a stable vertical position, whereas a
voice doesn't.

> If this is a known restriction, where is it documented?

In the Internals Reference, alignAboveContext only occurs under
staff-ish contexts, not voice-ish ones, §2.1.x.

Cheers,
David.

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