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#### 7.3.6 Another way of entering lyrics

Lyrics can also be entered without `\lyricsto`. In this case the duration of each syllable must be entered explicitly, for example,

    play2 the4 game2.
    sink2 or4 swim2.

The alignment to a melody can be specified with the `associatedVoice` property,

    \set associatedVoice = #"lala"

The value of the property (here: `"lala"`) should be the name of a Voice context. Without this setting, extender lines will not be formatted properly.

Here is an example demonstrating manual lyric durations,

>          << \new Voice = "melody" {
>               \time 3/4
>               c2 e4 g2.
>            }
>            \new Lyrics \lyricmode {
>              \set associatedVoice = #"melody"
>              play2 the4 game2.
>            } >>

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