This is a slight variation on: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/snippets/vocal-music#single-staff-template-with-notes-and-lyrics
I’m trying to apply the idea from Skips in lyric mode[1], so that the lyrics start in the second bar, but the \skip only skips to the next note. Vaughan \version "2.14.2" melody = \relative c' { \clef treble \key c \major \time 4/4 d4 e f g a b c d } text = \lyricmode { \skip 1 % should skip a whole bar Aaa Bee Cee Dee % Aaa appears on second note, not at the start of the second bar } \score{ << \new Voice = "one" { \autoBeamOff \melody } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "one" \text >> } _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user