How to change the voice of lyrics
Hello everyone.
I'm transcribing a sheet music for choral singing where all four instruments have more or less identical lyrics. I typed in the soprano notes and lyrics, and then copied them to the alto instrument. So far so good. But when I change the alto notes to "voice 2", the lyrics disappear. How can I retain the lyrics when I change the voice (or: how can I change the voice of the lyrics along with the notes)?
Thanks
Samuel
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If I'm not mistaken, the text should only be pasted after changing the voice.
Sorry for my English but I don't know the language.
Good music
Is it an open or closed (e.g., SATB) score?
If all notes are already entered, why do you need to change notes to different voices?
Attaching the score would clarify, along with an explanation of what you are attempting to accomplish.
In reply to Is it an open or closed SATB… by Jm6stringer
It is a four-instrument SATB score. I already entered the soprano notes and lyrics. Now I want to enter the alto, then the tenor, then the bass. Since the note durations are all more or less the same (only the pitches differ), it saves me time to just copy the entire soprano notes and lyrics onto the alto instrument, and fix the pitches. But in this particular case, I want the lyrics to be present on all instruments.
In reply to It is a four-instrument SATB… by ugcheleuce
You wrote:
It is a four-instrument SATB score.
If each instrument is on its own individual staff (with 4 staves per system) you only need to use voice 1 for each instrument. No need to change alto notes to "voice 2", since (presumably) alto is on its own separate staff - as in an open SATB score.
See:
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/voices
In reply to You wrote: It is a four… by Jm6stringer
That is true: no need for separate voices, good point. Force of habit -- I usually merge the instruments into two staves, but you're right in this particular case.
I'm guessing you changed the notes to voice 2 using the voice button. Don't do that. Either use Tools / Voices / Exchange Voice 1-2, or - assuming the goal is to recombine them with soprano onto one staff - don't do this manually at all; let Tools / Implode combine for you.
In reply to I'm guessing you changed the… by Marc Sabatella
Yes, I used the button. I'll use the menu, as suggested.
Thanks for the tip about "implode".