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Centered hyphens are entered as `--
' between syllables.
The hyphen will have variable length depending on the space between
the syllables and it will be centered between the syllables.
When a lyric is sung over many notes (this is called a melisma), this is
indicated with a horizontal line centered between a syllable and the
next one. Such a line is called an extender line, and it is entered as
`__
'.
In tighly engraved music, hyphens can be removed. Whether this
happens can be controlled with the minimum-distance
(minimum
distance between two syllables) and the minimum-length
(threshold below which hyphens are removed).
Program reference: LyricHyphen, LyricExtender.
This page is for LilyPond-2.10.13 (stable-branch).