2.3.1 Setting simple songs
Music Glossary: lyrics.
Here is the start of the melody to a nursery rhyme, Girls and boys come out to play:
\relative {
\key g \major
\time 6/8
d''4 b8 c4 a8 | d4 b8 g4
}
The lyrics can be set to these notes, combining both
with the \addlyrics keyword. Lyrics are entered by
separating each syllable with a space.
<<
\relative {
\key g \major
\time 6/8
d''4 b8 c4 a8 | d4 b8 g4
}
\addlyrics {
Girls and boys come out to play,
}
>>
Note the double angle brackets <<…>> around the
whole piece to show that the music and lyrics are to occur at the
same time.