[newbie] Some \markup stuff

[Mark Probert]

Hi, all.

I've hit a small snag which I can't find an elegant solution for.  In 
the following snippet I want to get the verbb text to show as italic.  
I can surround each element with \markup \italic{ xx } but that is 
ugly.  And I can't seem to see anything obvious jumping out of the 
documentation to help.

Second question: I want to replace the "G" in verba with a Greek Upper 
Gamma (Γ doesn't work). Is there a simple way of doing this?

Any pointers greatly appreciated!

TIA .. mark.


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chant = \relative c { \clef bass g1 a b c d e }
verba = \lyricmode { G A B C D E }
verbb = \lyricmode { ut re mi fa sol la }

\score {
  \new Staff <<
    \new Voice = "melody" \chant 
    \new Lyrics = "one" \lyricsto melody \verba 
    \new Lyrics = "two" \lyricsto melody \verbb 
  >>
  \layout { 
    \context {
      \Staff
      \remove "Time_signature_engraver"
      \remove "Bar_engraver"
      \hide Stem
    }
  }
}

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