\version "2.18.2" \parallelMusic #'(voiceA voiceB voiceC) { % Bar 1 c2 c | c2 c | c2 c | % Bar 2 \parallelMusic #'(voiceD) { \tuplet 6/4 { \override TextScript.padding = #3 c4^"this" d_"staff" e^"above" d_"last" e^"staff" f } | } s1 | s1 | s1 | } \relative c' << \new Staff = "1" { \voiceA } \new Staff = "2" { \voiceB } \new StaffGroup << \new Staff = "3" { \voiceC } { \skip 1 << \lyrics { \set alignBelowContext = #"1" below4 first staff } \new Staff { \set Staff.alignAboveContext = #"3" \voiceD } >> } >> >>