Spacing lyrics - GNU LilyPond
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#### 7.3.8 Spacing lyrics

To increase the spacing between lyrics, set the minimum-distance property of LyricSpace.

>          {
>            c c c c
>            \override Lyrics.LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #1.0
>            c c c c
>          }
>          \addlyrics {
>            longtext longtext longtext longtext
>            longtext longtext longtext longtext
>          }

To make this change for all lyrics in the score, set the property in the layout.

>          \score {
>            {
>            c c c c
>            c c c c
>            }
>            \addlyrics {
>            longtext longtext longtext longtext
>            longtext longtext longtext longtext
>            }
>            \layout {
>              \context {
>                \Lyrics
>                \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #1.0
>              }
>            }
>          }

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