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This example shows the three elements that are used for this purpose (all of them surrounded by spaces): double hyphens to separate syllables in a word, underscores to add notes to a melisma, and a double underscore to put an extender line. <!-- wrong: extender line only on last syllable of a word. Change example --> <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> { \set melismaBusyProperties = #'() c d( e) f f( e) e e } \addlyrics { Ky -- _ _ ri __ _ _ _ e } </pre> <p> <a href="../cd/lily-ec392bcc.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../cd/lily-ec392bcc.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>In this case, you can also have ties and slurs in the melody if you set <code>melismaBusyProperties</code>, as is done in the example above. <p>However, the <code>\lyricsto</code> command can also detect melismata automatically: it only puts one syllable under a tied or slurred group of notes. If you want to force an unslurred group of notes to be a melisma, insert <code>\melisma</code> after the first note of the group, and <code>\melismaEnd</code> after the last one, e.g., <blockquote> <pre class="verbatim"> << \new Voice = "lala" { \time 3/4 f4 g8 \melisma f e f \melismaEnd e2 } \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lala" { la di __ daah } >> </pre> <p> <a href="../55/lily-d01c3ef7.ly"> <img align="middle" border="0" src="../55/lily-d01c3ef7.png" alt="[image of music]"> </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>In addition, notes are considered a melisma if they are manually beamed, and automatic beaming (see <a href="Setting-automatic-beam-behavior.de.html#Setting-automatic-beam-behavior">Setting automatic beam behavior</a>) is switched off. <!-- TODO: there might be some more relevant place for --> <!-- the following link (?) --> <p><a name="index-SATB-1899"></a><a name="index-choral-score-1900"></a> A complete example of a SATB score setup is in section <a name="index-Vocal-ensembles-1901"></a><a href="../lilypond-learning/Vocal-ensembles.de.html#Vocal-ensembles">Vocal ensembles</a>. <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">Predefined commands</h5> <p><code>\melisma</code>, <code>\melismaEnd</code> <a name="index-g_t_005cmelismaEnd-1902"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cmelismaEnd-1903"></a> <a name="index-g_t_005cmelisma-1904"></a><a name="index-g_t_005cmelisma-1905"></a> <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">See also</h5> <p class="indent"> <!-- @lsr{vocal,lyric@/-combine.ly}. --> <p class="noindent"> <h5 class="subsubheading">Known issues and warnings</h5> <p>Melismata are not detected automatically, and extender lines must be inserted by hand. <!-- footer_tag --><br><hr> <div class="node"> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Skipping-notes.de.html#Skipping-notes">Skipping notes</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Multiple-syllables-to-one-note.de.html#Multiple-syllables-to-one-note">Multiple syllables to one note</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Aligning-lyrics-to-a-melody.de.html#Aligning-lyrics-to-a-melody">Aligning lyrics to a melody</a> </div> <div style="background-color: #e8ffe8; padding: 2; border: #c0ffc0 1px solid;"> <p> <font size="-1"> Diese Seite ist für LilyPond-2.11.57 (Entwicklungszweig). <br> <address> Fehler bitte an <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs</a> melden. </address> <br> Ihre <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">Vorschläge für die Dokumentation</a> sind willkommen. </font> </p> </div> <P> Andere Sprachen: <a href="Multiple-notes-to-one-syllable.fr.html">français</a>, <a href="Multiple-notes-to-one-syllable.es.html">español</a>. <BR> </P> </BODY></html>