David W. Fenton wrote:
I think anyone who uses Type in Score is making more work for
themselves and I cannot understand this approach.
Hello David,
One of the great things about Type in Score are the following examples. Let's say I have a hymn with 4 verses. Each verse is in its corresponding Verse number in the Edit lyric - VERSE dialog box. After proofing I notice that I have a correction in Verse 2 to add a comma after a word in the first system, there are 2 punctuation problems in Verse 3 of the 2nd system and 1 capitalization problem in Verse 4 on the 6th system. With Type in Score I can easily edit all of these fixes quickly.
Using Type in Score I click on the note of the first fix (I will not have to worry about which specified verse is selected). When the cursor appears, I use my up and down arrow keys to cycle through the verses on that note. Once I am on the word that needs a comma, I arrow over so the cursor is at the end of the word, then add the comma. I continue this way through all the edits. This is a GREAT reason for Type in Score. In the old days I would have to go into the Edit Lyrics box and hunt for the problem or go through the process of Specifying current Lyric... then switch to Type in Score. Now the process takes 3-5 seconds to fix and not 15-20 seconds.
Once you learn the process you will understand the balance of working with both systems (Click Assign and Type in Score) and how they can complement your workflow and actually make your lyric input more reliable. The only reason using Type in Score would make more work is if you do not comprehend the underlying logic behind the lyric system and if you do not understand that then you will make a LOT of mistakes. I know because I was in the same boat when 2.0 came out. Just work with it more and do not disregard the power that Type in Score allows. It is a great way to work.
Let me give you another example. Let's say I am working on an opera score that I want to extract the lyrics for liner notes directly from my Finale file (forcing me to keep my lyrics in tact). As I am working I have the Baritone and Soprano bantering back and forth. When I go to the rehearsal I realize that the Soprano is singing much more than the Baritone to the point that it becomes overbearing (that never happens:-). So I go back to the Finale file and decide to balance out the banter. The first thing I would do is to use the Type in Score tool to erase the specific Soprano passages, THEN I delete the notes. Next I would add the notes to the Baritone line and then use the Type in Score to add his new text. At this point I can go into my Edit Lyric box and see that all of the text has been inserted and deleted from its proper place, ready to be extracted using Philip Aker's wonderful plugin. The other way of just adding it into the Edit Lyric box at the end of that Verse's Dialog box (**IMPORTANT** you cannot insert the text or delete the text here without major problems) and then Click Assign the lyrics is OK but it is not as easy and refined as working with the Type in Score tool.
I hope this can help clear up some of your misunderstandings of the "Type in Score" approach.
Cheers,
Steve
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