pasting lyric works with ties?
When I paste a line of text, it works perfectly repeating the command-V keys but when it comes to a tied note it places the syllable on the tied note instead of the following note. Am I doing something wrong?
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I use the "_" under the "8" under the line of the F touches
In reply to I use the "_" under the "8"… by Raymond Wicquart
I use that for melismas, but I'm talking about pasting lyrics from a word processor. I mean two tied eighth notes are equivalent to one quarter note, but pasting hasn't worked. It interpreted it as two eighth notes.
In reply to I use that for melismas, but… by edurbrow
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/lyrics#lyrics-from-clipboard
Step 5 states:
"Repeatedly applying paste will enter successive words of the lyrics. You may need to enter melismas and make other corrections as you go along."
O.K... So you may need to enter a dash (hyphen) under the tied note, followed by the syllable under the following note.
In reply to I use that for melismas, but… by edurbrow
To be clear, hyphens and underscores work the same when pasting from a word processor as when entering directly into MsueScore. Just enter the necessary underscores into the word processor before copying. At least that's my understanding; for whatever reason, pasting lyrics in lyrics edit mode isn't working at all for me.
Also, FWIW, the tie on the eighths in that measure isn't needed; that particular rhythm is better to write eighth quarter eighth. You only need to tie eighths between two-beat groupings (eg, from the "&" of 2 into 3.
In reply to To be clear, hyphens and… by Marc Sabatella
Right. In most cases there is no problem. It is just that whether it is a hyphen or a syllable, it was placed on the wrong note.
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You are right about the first tie. It was a mistake I didn't notice until after I posted. It was the second tie, over the barline that I was looking at. And there is a hyphen there. The problem is "cers" should be under the 'and of one' and not under the first beat.
Thank you for sticking with this.
In reply to Right. In most cases there… by edurbrow
Enter - twice
In reply to Right. In most cases there… by edurbrow
For typing lyrics into the score...
Enter 'sau' then hyphen, then hyphen, then 'cers'.
If you are entering by copy/paste from the clipboard (e.g., from a text file) and already have the hyphen between 'sau' and 'cers' -- once you paste the 'sau', you need to press the hyphen (even though one already shows), then paste the 'cers'.
In reply to For typing lyrics into the… by Jm6stringer
I'll definitely try that the next time it comes up.
Thank you.
See #304139: Entering lyrics should skip tied notes