Thanks Peter for your response earlier, it got me working!
For the life of me I can't figure out why the lyrics in the bass line collide in the following snippet (below).
If I use only the bass line, it looks fine - but when combined with the soprano line, I get strange collisions and stuff. It looks like the bass lyrics are trying to align with the soprano lyrics, and I don't know why.
Any pointers?
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\version "2.11.28"
soprano = \relative c' { \time 3/4 c4 c c \time 4/4 c2 c }
bass = \relative c' { \clef bass \time 3/4 f,4. f
\time 4/4 f f8~ f4 f }