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Chapter 16 Score Editor 581

Example of Automatic Text

Insert the INSTR object above the top margin (centered, Pages set to 2…). It will

automatically be treated as a Global Text object. Now, create an Instrument Set (see

“Instrument Sets and Score Display Levels” on page 552) named “Score” in the

Instrument Set window. If you use this Instrument Set, there will be a line saying Score

on the top of every page, except the first one. If you now extract parts for the

individual instruments, each part will display the particular (track) instrument’s name

on top of every page, except the first one.

Lyrics

For song lyrics, there is a Part box object named LYRIC. Before you start with lyric input,

select the Text Style that you want to use for the lyrics, in the Event Parameter box, with

no object selected (indicated by Default Inserts in the title line of that box). Just click

on an empty spot, anywhere in the Score window, to deselect everything.

Now drag the LYRIC object below the first note of the melody, or just click the Text tool

at that position. Watch the help tag: each LYRIC object has to be at the same bar

position as the note it belongs to (taking into account display quantization). Now, enter

the text for the first note. Now, don’t press Enter, but Tab, which moves the text cursor

automatically to the beginning of the next MIDI note. If a MIDI note is displayed as

several tied (graphic) notes, it is also possible to move the cursor only to the next

graphic note with Shift-Tab, in order to be able to write several syllables below one

longer note.

With this method, you can enter all lyrics in one process, although each syllable is

saved as an independent LYRIC object.

Editing lyrics is the same as editing regular text. The Event Parameter box displays the

same parameters (LYRIC is set to ON here).

Apart from the fast input mode using Tab, the only difference from regular Text objects

is that Lyric objects affect the distance between the notes to which they are assigned.

This is to create enough space for the text to be displayed properly, without overlap. If

the text (or the Text Style) is changed later, the note distance will again be calculated

accordingly.

Some Hints for Working with Lyrcs

Setting all Words and Syllables to the Same Height

If you don’t enter the lyrics in one continuous process as described, the Lyric objects

probably will not have the exact same vertical position. To quickly set all LYRIC objects

to the same height (vert.pos), select Edit > Select Similar Objects after having selected

one object, select the Align Object Positions Vertically key command. Note: you do not

want to use this method if there are multiple lines of lyrics for different verses, since all

of them would be set to the same height.

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