\version "2.18.2" \header { title = "Maria durch ein Dornwald ging" poet = "Nach Harthausen (1850)" composer = "Aus Deutschland, 17. Jh." arranger = "Arr: Lorenz Maierhofer" % hide 'Music engraving by...' footer tagline = ##f } \paper { score-system-spacing #'basic-distance = #24 } global = { \time 4/4 \partial 4 \key e \minor } finalbar = \bar "|." chordsOne = \chordmode { \global s4 | e1:m | e2:m b2:7 | e2:m a:m | b1:7 | g1 | d2. b4:7 | e1:m | b1:7 | e4:m b:7 e2:m | e4:m b:7 e:m } verseOne = \lyricmode { \set stanza = #"1." Ma4 -- | ri4. -- a8 durch4 ein4 | Dorn4 wald4 ging.2 | Ky4 -- rie8 e8 -- lei2 -- | son.2. Ma4 -- | ri4. -- a8 durch4 ein4 | Dorn4. -- wald8 ging,4 der8 _8 | hat4. in8 sie8 -- ben8 Jahr8 kein8 | Laub4. ge8 -- tra4 -- gen.4 | Ky4. -- ri8 -- e4 e4 -- | lei4 -- _4 son.4 } \score { << \chords { \set chordNameLowercaseMinor = ##t \chordsOne } \new Lyrics \verseOne >> } %{ [...] ‘simultaneous’ music expression is formed by enclosing expressions inside << and >> [...] [...] An invisible rest [...] can be entered like a note with the note name s [...] [...] do not use an underscore, _, to skip notes – an underscore indicates a melisma, causing the preceding syllable to be left-aligned. [...] http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics %}