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I'm trying to write intervals underneath notes in LilyPond. Just something simple like: P5, M3, m2, d5. I thought the lyrics environment would work, but it ignores the numbers. Is there a way to escape the numbers so they are included as text in the lyrics? I tried P\5 but that doesn't work. Or maybe there is a better way to do this?

R. B. Jawad
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Numbers are interpreted as durations. To have them interpreted as lyric words, include them in quote marks. So basically

\addlyrics { "P5" "M3" "m2" "d5" }
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Perhaps insert them as you would insert text markups on notes, e.g. change c4 to c4_\markup{P5}. Or c4^\markup{P5} if you want the markup to appear above the note.

Rosie F
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  • A reasonable approach (+1). However, note that the markups for different notes wouldn't necessarily be vertically aligned under this approach, which may or may not be a problem. – Michael Seifert Feb 16 '21 at 15:40