I am re-engraving music based on the attached image. Notice that the
original editor tightened the horizontal spacing between the notes on the
syllables "De-" and "Pa-." This was done to mimic the Gregorian chant
neumes on which the music is based.

Could someone recommend how to achieve this in Lilypond? The best I have
come up with is:

normalSpacing = { \override NoteColumn.X-extent = #'(1 . 6) }
tightSpacing = { \revert NoteColumn.X-extent }

This approach has a number of downsides (can't start or stop in the middle
of a slur; can't squeeze multiple notes underneath a lyric syllable).

Thanks!

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