Best way to add words for subsequent verses
Hello,
I am new to arranging and to using MuseScore and am starting easy with a christmas carol.
I have an arrangement which I have written in four parts (all voices), each on a separate line of music, with the lyrics of the first verse.
There are several more verses but as the music is simple, rather than having a very long score I was hoping to add the words for the second and later verses in a 'text box' below the music.
Is this possible and if so how would you recommend I do it? I have poked about in the 'add / text' options but I don't think there is anything there that is intended for this purpose.
Thank you so much.
Comments
Select the last measure and use "Add/Frames/Append Text Frame".
In reply to Select the last measure and… by HildeK
Or add the lyrics as a 2nd (3rd, 4th) verse below the 1st
In reply to Select the last measure and… by HildeK
Ah thank you, that is what I was looking for
And instead of 4 staves consider using just 2 staves, voice 1 for Soprano and Tenor, voice 2 for Alto and Bass, Closed Score SATB, that way all voices have the lyrics in view, even if you have then just once (likely for Soprano). Saves paper...
In reply to And instead of 4 staves… by Jojo-Schmitz
https://musescore.org/en/handbook/4/lyrics#overview
In reply to https://musescore.org/en… by Mr Fox
Or see “How to add lyrics in columns at the end of a score “ https://musescore.org/en/node/286258
In reply to Or see “How to add lyrics in… by Brer Fox
Thank you, I see I need to get better at searching for the answers myself in the forum before I ask questions! I shall work on that.
In reply to And instead of 4 staves… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, I agree I think this would be a better way to display the arrangement. It feels more intuitive for me to learn using a separate stave for each voice to start with, when everything else is new.
Searching the support pages found me this
https://musescore.org/en/node/12345
So I think my next step will be to try to make a version of my arrangement as you describe using that method and then experiment navigating around and making changes to that.
I appreciate your help :-)