multiple words for one long note
I have a pc, and am trying to find a way to put multiple words under a whole note. The program won't let me do it. It always jumps to the next note when I try. There's nothing in the manual. Can someone help me? I need to chart some music for Easter!
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Ctrl (or Alt) + spacebar?
https://musescore.org/en/node/21522
No, that didn't help. I need to put many words under one double whole note. How do I do that?
In reply to No, that didn't help. I by elsiegaertner@…
It really does work, I did it many times, instead of the spacebar alone separate the words by Ctrl+Space (Mac: ⌥+Space). It is also documented in the handbook, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/lyrics-0#special-characters
In reply to It really does work, I did it by Jojo-Schmitz
Hello. I know this post is two years old, but what about this alignment problem (see attached image)?
Using a text block below the stave would be the last resort to me.
Many thanks.
G-Power
In reply to Hello. I know this post is… by G-Power
What alignment problem? Everything aligns exactly like it should
In reply to What alignment problem? by Jojo-Schmitz
Excuse me for my lack of precision. What I meant is that I would like the words to be centred instead of having them being all grouped to the left. Is this something possible, you think?
Thanks.
In reply to Excuse me for my lack of… by G-Power
The standard is to left-align syllables that are continued to the next note, center them otherwise, and that's what MuseScore does by default. You can use the alignment buttons in the Inspector to override this.
In reply to The standard is to left… by Marc Sabatella
Many thanks for your response.
In the inspector, I see the alignment buttons you seem to be talking about. There are three options that I can see: left, right and centre. I there a "justify" option as well? This way the words would be spread equally across the text area.
Thank you very much.
In reply to Many thanks for your… by G-Power
No, there is not. Normally the spacing works out well by itself, but if you've got very long measure and/or line breaks forcing fewer measure per line than would normally fit, I can see that this wouldn't always work out so well. Feel free to attach your score - or at least a relevant excerpt - so we can understand and advise better how to best handle your particular situation.
In reply to No, there is not. Normally… by Marc Sabatella
I understand that this feature has not yet been developed. I see that a request for this feature has already been made, though, so I will not bother posting one myself.
Thank you for your answers and support, though !!
If ever you want to check out the score to see if there's anything to do, I've attached it to my response.
Regards.
G-Power
In reply to I understand that this… by G-Power
The existing talk about justification, as far as I know, has nothing to do with lyrics but is talking about blocks of text like in frames. Lyrics are different animal. Normally the notes space themselves out to accommodate the lyrics so justification isn't needed, but here you have a situation where you have "too few note" (opposite problem Mozart had in Amadeus!) so they are already spread out further than the lyrics.
I think in this case, rather than spread the words out more, you could consider spreading the notes out less. For instance, maybe drag the first note to the right, or add a spacer to either side of the system the line to shrink the measure?
In reply to No, that didn't help. I by elsiegaertner@…
Give an example if the attachment does not resemble what you mean