Lyrics to multiple notes of a melisma - GNU LilyPond
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##### 7.3.7.1 Lyrics to multiple notes of a melisma

One possibility is that the text has a melisma in one stanza, but multiple syllables in another one. One solution is to make the faster voice ignore the melisma. This is done by setting `ignoreMelismata` in the Lyrics context.

There is one tricky aspect: the setting for `ignoreMelismata` must be set one syllable before the non-melismatic syllable in the text, as shown here,

>          <<
>            \relative \new Voice = "lahlah" {
>              \set Staff.autoBeaming = ##f
>              c4
>              \slurDotted
>              f8.[( g16])
>              a4
>            }
>            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lahlah" {
>              more slow -- ly
>            }
>            \new Lyrics \lyricsto "lahlah" {
>              \set ignoreMelismata = ##t % applies to "fas"
>              go fas -- ter
>              \unset ignoreMelismata
>              still
>            }
>          >>

The `ignoreMelismata` applies to the syllable “fas”, so it should be entered before “go”.

The reverse is also possible: making a lyric line slower than the standard. This can be achieved by insert `\skip`s into the lyrics. For every `\skip`, the text will be delayed another note. For example,

>          \relative { c c g' }
>          \addlyrics {
>            twin -- \skip 4
>            kle
>          }

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