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The easiest way to add lyrics to a melody is to append
\addlyrics { the lyrics }
to a melody. Here is an example,
\time 3/4 \relative c' { c2 e4 g2. } \addlyrics { play the game }
More stanzas can be added by adding more
\addlyrics
sections
\time 3/4 \relative c' { c2 e4 g2. } \addlyrics { play the game } \addlyrics { speel het spel } \addlyrics { joue le jeu }
The command \addlyrics
cannot handle polyphony settings. For these
cases you should use \lyricsto
and \lyricmode
, as will be
introduced in Entering lyrics.
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