Putting lyrics inside the staff
Lyrics can be moved vertically to place them inside the staff. The
lyrics are moved with
\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . dy)
and
there are similar commands to move the extenders and hyphens. The
offset needed is established with trial and error.
<<
\new Staff <<
\new Voice = "voc" \relative c' { \stemDown a bes c8 b c4 }
>>
\new Lyrics \with {
\override LyricText.extra-offset = #'(0 . 8.6)
\override LyricExtender.extra-offset = #'(0 . 8.6)
\override LyricHyphen.extra-offset = #'(0 . 8.6)
} \lyricsto "voc" { La la -- la __ _ la }
>>