Order of verses
Does anyone know of an easy way of switching the order of verses? I'm aware that I could simply re-type the lyrics from the point where I want to effect the change, but I wondered if there was a quick and simple way of changing the order of existing whole verses.
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No easy way. You could edit the mscx file with a plain text editor and fix it up that way.
In reply to No easy way. You could edit by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. That's what I suspected. It would certainly be a useful additional feature.
In reply to Thanks. That's what I by Andrew Mason
There is discussion about adding a verse editing feature in a future version that will perhaps make this easier, but it is not yet complete. We can hope for it in version 3.
In reply to There is discussion about by mike320
See https://musescore.org/en/developers-handbook/google-summer-code/ideas-2…
In reply to Thanks. That's what I by Andrew Mason
A simple way is to (for example):
right/option click a lyric word, then select more.../same subtype verse 1, then use Inspector to change vertical offset to raise it; then do similarly for verse 2 to lower vertical offset. The verse assignments are not changed - merely their positions.
In 2.0.3 there is a way of visually moving the lyrics but it doesn't change their order internally and it is best applied at the end of editing once all the lyrics have been added. Example with 5 lines of lyrics and you want to swap the 3rd and 5th verses:
Right-click on any lyric in the 3rd verse; Select ->More -> click "Same subtype" ->OK. Now use Inspector to change the Vertical offset to move it down a fair way.
Repeat for the 5th verse but move it up to fill the blank line vacated by the 3rd verse.
Repeat for the 3rd verse to get it sitting where the 5th verse used to be.
In reply to In 2.0.3 there is a way of by underquark
Thank you underquark, your technique works perfectly!
Occasionally I also need to move the verses around, delete some or insert a new verse between the existing ones.
I usually do this by automated editing of the .mscx file via an awk script executed from the OS command line. I have posted the script a while ago (https://musescore.org/en/node/106456). There are some instructions and few examples inside the script.