Vertical position of lyrics after layout change
When inserting lyrics above the staff (for example an SATB reduction), each time there is a system break, I have to approximate the vertical position manually. If the system break is then moved because of some reformatting or note-spacing, the lyrics don't always line up vertically.
Is there a way to fix the vertical positioning of lyrics for a particular voice in a particular staff? Or is there an single-line input (like panorama view in Sibelius) which would help me get around this problem?
Many thanks,
Steve
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This is something that needs addressing sooner, rather than later IMO.
The current system that lyrics cannot be positioned above the stave without manually dragging them there is a big problem if you are writing for choirs, particularly in closed score format.
I have yet to find a workaround for this, but will let you know when/if I do.
In reply to This is somethng that needs by ChurchOrganist
Thank you - I'll keep my eye on this post.
Steve :)
In reply to This is somethng that needs by ChurchOrganist
I agree. I have just started using MS and find it pretty tedious entering lyrics for 4-voice parts on a two-stave (bass/baritone, lead/tenor) chart. I notice that a lyric word turns blue when I click on it, but also you can select successive words by holding Ctrl down and clicking on them. This is analogous to Windows file selection in explorer.
Two things would be really cool however:
- Mass selection of a lyric line by clicking on the first word, then clicking on the last word with Shift held down - this is like explorer also - it selects all files from the first one you clicked on to the last one.
- When you click on a word to drag it all the selected lyrics drag along with it.
It's intuitive, and shouldn't conflict with any existing key bindings.
In reply to This is somethng that needs by ChurchOrganist
MuseScore does have the concept of a different style (and hence positioning) of odd and even lyrics. Only in 1.x it doesn't work, but in 2.0 it should do the trick.