7.3.8 Spacing lyrics

To increase the spacing between lyrics, set the minimum-distance property of LyricSpace.

     
     {
       c c c c
       \override Lyrics.LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #1.0
       c c c c
     }
     \addlyrics {
       longtext longtext longtext longtext
       longtext longtext longtext longtext
     }

To make this change for all lyrics in the score, set the property in the layout.

     
     \score {
       {
       c c c c
       c c c c
       }
       \addlyrics {
       longtext longtext longtext longtext
       longtext longtext longtext longtext
       }
       \layout {
         \context {
           \Lyrics
           \override LyricSpace #'minimum-distance = #1.0
         }
       }
     }