Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
Hi all,
I have been given a score for voice & guitar. The guitar sometimes is on
one staff, sometimes two. That's not a problem. I can optimize it away.
The voice is the issue. Only the first verse is to be written out with
music. The rest are to be words only. The composer wants the words to be in
place as if there were a staff there, but without a staff. In other words,
the lyrics have to be above the guitar, in the vocal rhythm.
OK. Based upon my experience, where I need a staff of four line /
square notation (for voice), and two staves of five line / standard
notation (for accompaniment) this is how I would approach this. Create
a separate staff for the lyrics, and fill it with rests as needed to
obtain the appropriate lyrics spacing.. Get the lyrics the way you want
them to appear, then hide the rests (using the "o" key method), and
redefine the staff so that no lines show. Even though the rests are
hidden, the lyrics will still be visible, and for your purposes, this is
complete.
For those who would otherwise ask, what I do next, is to use the
true-type fonts available from St. Meinrad's abbey in St. Meinrad, IN
USA, and create the necessary staff of four-line music as a text block,
arranging the spacing so it fits over the lyrics as I intend.
ns
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