Measures

• Aug 29, 2025 - 18:24

First, I want to thank all who have replied to my questions. You've been a big help.
I have seen in some songs, especially in hymnals, where a measure is divided in half. The first half is the last measure of a system and the second half is the beginning of the next measure. I know how to split measures, but this will leave a bar line. The split measures I refer to are open, no bar lines. Is there any way to do this?
Currently I put the measure on the next live and do not split it. I hope my explanation is clear enough,

Also, I have questions concerning hyphens. I have seen in some songs the lyricist put a hyphen between words similar to putting them between syllables of words. But these hyphens are a little more bold. I don't know why this is done, but is there a way to do this with Musescore?
Currently I just substitute a comma.


Comments

In Lyrictext you can add hyphens (which are not used as a divider) via Ctrl. Hyphen (Ctrl.-). Then you may mark the hyphen and assign different font, different attribute (i.e. Bold?!), different size via Properties. Is it that what you are looking for?

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