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In the manual for the latest development version of LilyPond, there's
an example in Lyrics independent of notes that provides a
Hi list,
I have been digging the docs and trying everything I find for about three hours
now, but really can't find how to set out a piece which consists only of lyrics
and chords (ie. no notes, staves, anything). Here is a small excerpt of it: