Re:

[Hans Aikema]

On 11 Apr 2024, at 16:59, Gian Paolo Renello <gprenello@yandex.com> wrote:

Hi, i have a question:

ho can i add a 5th voice (for soprano) in a SATB choral work. The 4 voices are all under the staff. I need the fifth one to be over the Soprano staff while the second soprano voices sings the part under the staff. See attached image. Thank you.

There are some examples on lyrics placement documented at https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics

For your score you would put two voices (Solo and Sopranos) in the Sopranos staff 

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/multiple-voices#single_002dstaff-polyphony

and put the lyrics attached to the Solo above that staff, and the lyrics attached to the Sopranos below it. The location of each lyric can be controlled individually as documented on that page at https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/techniques-specific-to-lyrics#placing-lyrics-vertically

The preferred way is by coding the '\with { alignAboveContext = “<name of the staff>” }` to the Lyrics assigned to the Solo in your piece.

HTH

Hans