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Adjusting vertical spacing of lyrics

This snippet shows how to bring the lyrics line closer to the staff.

% Default layout:
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  \new Staff \new Voice = melody \relative c' {
    c4 d e f | g4 f e d | c1
  }
  \new Lyrics \lyricsto melody { aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa }

  \new Staff \new Voice = melody \relative c' {
    c4 d e f | g4 f e d | c1
  }

  % Reducing the minimum space below the staff and above the lyrics:
  \new Lyrics \with {
    \override VerticalAxisGroup.nonstaff-relatedstaff-spacing =
      #'((basic-distance . 1))
  }
  \lyricsto melody { aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa aa }
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