Forcing Lyrics

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Forcing Lyrics

2002-06-01 10:48 pm

I came across an old hymn that I want to redo. The problem is this: Say on verse 1, a lyric syllable is a quarter note, but on verse 2, in place of that is 2 lyric syllables sung as 2 eigth notes. Is there a way, to force a lyric on the second note of a tie?

Re: Forcing Lyrics

Reply #1 – 2002-06-01 11:26 pm

You can select any note and edit it, then use the Lyric Syllable pulldown to select default behavior, or association with a lyric "never" or "always."

HTH

Re: Forcing Lyrics

Reply #2 – 2002-06-01 11:54 pm

Thanks HTH, I'll try it!

Re: Forcing Lyrics

Reply #3 – 2002-06-03 01:19 am

Eric Hahn wrote in https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2414.msg13398#msg13398:

> Thanks HTH, I'll try it!

Hey, Freddie! This new name fits you like a charm: Mr. HTH :-þ

Eric,

HTH stands for hope that helps. You may wish to give a visit to Acronym Finder for more abbreviations frequently used in cyber-conversations.

HTH

Re: Forcing Lyrics

Reply #4 – 2002-06-04 06:39 pm

One other thing:

In the Scriptorium, I placed a helpful font file called "NWslurs." It contains, among other things, a selection of slurs/ties that can be used as text items (that is, they have no effect on playback).

You can use a solid or dashed tie for those split notes. My choir frequently has to sing bilingual hmns, where the number of syllables per language is very different. A dashed tie is often used to indicate that the notes are tied for some verses, separated for others.