Right Lyric Order with Repeats in Melody

2000-05-23 04:00 am

Help - I've tried the FAQ's & the offline Forum but can't find an answer to this one:

I have a tune which goes AABAAB (It's actualy "Fairest Isle by Purcell)
Musicaly it's easy enough to do A(repeat A)B(repeat the whole lot) to give AABAAB but the verses go:

A Verse 1 part 1
A Verse 1 part 2
B Verse 1 part 3
A Verse 2 part 1
A Verse 2 part 2
B Verse 2 part 3

I could write the tune out "flat" as AAB (repeat) with two flat verses
Lyric line 1- V1.1, V1.2, V1.3
Lyric line 2- V2.1, V2.2, V2.3

But this seems rather inelegant as you don't need to do this musicaly.

I can get it to work with just one verse by:
A (master repeat) B
Lyric line 1- V1.1
Lyric line 2- V1.2, V1.3

And there are one or two other combinations which seem to work with one verse.
But I've tried all sorts of combinations of master & local repeats, redirections etc. and I haven't been able to find any combination which lets me write
A(repeat A)B(repeat the whole lot) musicaly and gets the lyrics right.

I'm using Version 1.55b (32 bit), but I've just downloaded the V1.70 beta 4 if that's got any new features which help ... on which note ... help please! <G>

Thanks - Terry Jones

Re: Right Lyric Order with Repeats in Melody

Reply #1 – 2000-05-23 04:00 am

If you are simply trying to get the lyric to highlight in a particular order, you should know that this is not always possible. When you are combining different repeats and flow directions, NWC will not always highlight the same lyric that you think should be sung. You basically just have to live with this limitation, at least for now.