Re: Positioning lyrics properly with beaming?

[Kevin Cole]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 2:33 PM William Rehwinkel via LilyPond user
discussion <lilypond-user@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hey Kevin,
>
> I found that the command to disable all logic for finding melismas (manual 
> beams when \autoBeamOff, slurs, etc.) is melismaBusyProperties = #'() . Refer 
> to the attached example which sets it in a \context block. In the words macro 
> I entered the lyrics in a few different ways, depending on which way you 
> would most prefer.
>
> I found it on this page: 
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/notation/common-notation-for-vocal-music
>  (ctrl-f melismaBusyProperties)
>
> Let me know if this is what you intended or if I am missing something.
>
> -William

Thanks. That appears to do the trick -- at least for the moment, and I
would have spent decades trying to find it, I think.