\version "2.19.53"

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On 31.10.2017 18:09, pkarl wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out the correct way to have LilyPond, v2.19.53, generate the attached score, which is for an instrument and a singer, but the singer doesn't sing all the notes that the instrumentalist plays. Furthermore, the last thing before the singer tacet's is a melisma.
>
> My first naive attempt was:
>
> Music = \relative c'' { c4 d e f    c d e f    r d e f    c d e f }
> Lyrics = \lyricmode { do re mi fa __ _ _ _ _
>     \repeat unfold 3 { \skip 1 } sol la ti do }
> \score {
>     \new Staff \Music
>         \addlyrics \Lyrics
> } 

The correct way would be
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Music = \relative c'' {
  c4^\markup { "Simon Albrecht's solution" } d e f\melisma
  c d e f\melismaEnd
  r d e f
  c d e f
}
Lyrics = \lyricmode {
  do re mi fa __
  _ _ _
  sol la ti do
}
\score {
  \new Staff \Music
  \addlyrics \Lyrics
}

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Best, Simon 
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