A "How-To" question re: entering lyrics
Good day all:
While transcribing lyrics from commercially printed sheet music into a script, I periodically run into a large closing meta bracket at the end of the verse section of a multi-verse lyric set and before the chorus starts. The closing meta bracket ends a section of multiple verse lines and begins a section of chorus where there is only one line of lyric.
Is this something that MuseScore can do and, if so, can you point me in the right direction.
Note: I know that I could end each verse line with a current font sized closing meta bracket, but I like the look of the single large bracket to fit the size of all of the multiple verse lines.
(Musing: If this feature is available what does the large bracket attach to - the last character of the last verse line? Hm-m-m-m. This could get messy for the programmers.)
Thank-you,
Cliff
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Comments
You could use a staff text, size and position it manually.
In reply to You could use a staff text,… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank-you sir. I shall give a try.
I am still hoping for an object that is attached to another element in the score, so that it moves & resizes logically with the lyrics.
Cliff
In reply to Thank-you sir. I shall give… by cj_graham
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In reply to Any update? by RowenaLockhart
"I am still hoping for an object that is attached to another element in the score, so that it moves & resizes logically with the lyrics."
I don't think that is going to happen any time soon, but in the meantime the suggestion from Jojo-Schmitz is worth following. This is an example using an arpeggio line instead of a bracket:
![Meta_brackets_for_lyrics.jpg]( "Meta_brackets_for_lyrics.jpg")
The arpeggio is attached to the first note of the chorus, with its Play property disabled. Obviously some vertical and horizontal offsets are applied to the arpeggio line. The positioning of the arpeggio line is reasonably robust even if the the number of measures in the system changes.