In my wish list, I wrote, in part:
> >6) Lyric tool: At present, editing lyrics in the "edit lyric box" can, under
> >some circumstances, cause lyrics to wrap from one line to another, while making
> >the same changes in the "type into score mode" does not. I'd like to see the
> >edit lyrics adjusted to have the same end result as making the same changes in
> >type into score.
Mark asked
> Since I use the Edit Lyrics box routinely and type-into-score only rarely,
> I'm not sure I understand this.
>
> What exactly do you mean by wrapping from one line to another? As far as I
> can tell, returns are completely ignored in the Edit Lyrics box. I
> typically like to enter the text with hard breaks according to the line
> breaks in the verse.
As background, I am on a windows platform. Much of my work to date has involved
polyphonic choral music, where some phrases may be repeated differently in each
voice. Thus, I have found it most expedient to type the full lyrics for each voice
in, in full. The practice I have thus far evolved is to begin in the "Edit lyrics",
and type a label to each part ("[Soprano 1]") followed by a space, followed by the
first word of the text of each line, followed by the last word of the text for each
line. After the labels, and the first and last words of each line are typed in, I
size my labels to a different point size than the rest of the text, for example, if
the lyric size is 15 points, then I may set the labels to 20 points. I then use
"click assignment" to assign the first word of each line to the first note of its
respective part, and use "type into score" to type the balance of the text.
Now, what I found [Note: this may have been installed in Fin2k3; I've not installed
it yet, so haven't checked to see if this has been fixed] is this. Imagine that I
make an error in entering the text, entering a two syllable word ("father") as
having three syllables ("fa-t-her"), and imagine further that the proper place for
the second syllable is the second note following the note assigned to the first. If
I correct this in "type into score", I can remove the 't' from the intervenient
syllable, and prepend it to the proper syllable. If I then go to the "edit lyrics"
box, I find that in that place, the string "fa--ther" appears. I can remove the
second hyphen, resulting in "fa-ther", and when I go back to the score, all of the
syllables are attached to their appropriate syllables. However, if I go straight to
the dialogue box, and edit out the "t-" there, when I go back to the score, I find
that all following syllables have shifted left by one note, and the last note in the
line now shows the label of the next line. Using the "shift lyrics" option is not
effective in moving the altered syllables back to where they belong.
Suppose, though, that I have made the opposite mistake, that is, entered "father" as
a one syllable word instead of a two syllable one; if I make the correction in the
"edit lyrics" box, subsequent syllables shift to the right, and, if the balance of
the line has been completed, the label is now considered as the first syllable of
the next part. "Shift lyrics" is not effective in reversing this. On the other
hand, if I make the corrections in "type into score", this shift does not occur.
ns
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