Adding lyrics

• Oct 10, 2019 - 21:42

How do I add lyrics to a score of music??? I might have missed something, but I can't figure it out. When I try to add lyrics, it tells me I haven't added lyrics yet and that i need to choose a note or lyrics then retry. I can't figure it out.
Thanks for your help,
Marsha Hadley


Comments

As Raymond's link shows, you need to select only one note as the starting point for lyrics. If you have a section or multiple notes selected, MuseScore will not understand where you want to start your lyrics.

If a syllable is spread over several notes, just keep hitting dash "-" until you get to the next syllable. If the last syllable in a word has more than one note corresponding to it, hit space until you are under the last applicable note, then hit underscore "_" . Then space again to move to the next note. I get the best results by tying the lyrics to the voice part that has the most detailed note changes. That gives more opportunities to peg dashes and underscores to notes.

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