Re: lyrics free from notes

[Stan Sanderson]

On Jun 3, 2007, at 9:41 PM, Alan Jones wrote:

> Hi,
> I need a way to specify which beats the words of my
> lyrics fall on independent of the voice that they are
> associated with.  In the attached example I have
> three words that I want on the corresponding beats:
> one, two, three.  However, because the voice has a
> half note for the last two beats Lilypond overlaps the
> words 'two' and 'three' -- even though I've tried to override
> by placing length numbers after every word.  I do want
> the words to follow the music, for example if some
> accidentals move the horizontal placement of the beat, etc.
> Thanks for any help!
> Alan

I hope I'm not misinterpreting your question, but have you tried an  
underscore between the words?

\version "2.10.17"
\score {
  \new PianoStaff <<
    \time 3/4
<<
    \new Voice {
      \key g \major
      b4 a2
    }
    \new Lyrics \lyricmode {
      one two_three
    }
>>
>>
}

Stan