Re: Need advice re; text and lyrics combination(s)

[Kieren MacMillan]

Hi Jay,

> What suggestions does anyone have to get the two lines to be  
> together so the words attached to both notes and rests line up better.

I'm not sure exactly what you want (especially, for example, with the  
bold markup "In Position..." -- is that supposed to be a subtitle?)...
Regardless, I took a stab at clearing up your code a bit -- maybe my  
edits will give you a shove in the right direction.

Hope this helps!
Kieren.
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\version "2.10.25"

\header
{
        title = "Tunnel Piece"
        composer = "Jay Hamilton"
        copyright = \markup
                {
                        \tiny \override #'(baseline-skip . 0.5)
                        \center-align
                        {
                                "CC lic 2.5 some rights reserved Jay Hamilton 
1989"
                                "see 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/";
                        }
                }
}

muA = \markup { \tiny \italic "words spoken on rests and handclaps" }
muB = \markup { \hspace #0 \raise #1.5 \bigger \bold "In Position at  
the middle of the Tunnel" }
crossesOn = \override NoteHead #'style = #'cross
crossesOff = \revert NoteHead #'style

fluteMusic = \relative c''
{
        \tempo 4=75 \time 6/8
        r4^\muA es8 des ~ des4 |
	\crossesOn bes8 bes^\muB \crossesOff r4 \crossesOn bes8 bes  
\crossesOff |
        r4 es8 des ~ des4 |
        \crossesOn bes8 bes \crossesOff r4 \crossesOn bes8 bes \crossesOff |
}

fluteLyrics = \lyricmode
{
        ay oh rack \markup { \column { RACK a } } rack a ay oh rack  a rack a
}


\score
{
        <<
		\new Staff \with { instrumentName = "Singer I" shortInstrumentName  
= "I." midiInstrument = "flute" }
                        << \new Voice = "flute" \fluteMusic >>
                \new Lyrics \lyricsto flute \fluteLyrics
        >>
}