For what it's worth, the Lutheran Book of Worship puts four verses in between the staves and any extra verses below the music in a stanza. However, I did find one hymn (#174) that sets five verses. I think you could get away with six if the client is really insistent and there's enough room on the page.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Rich Caldwell <caldw...@shypuppy.net>wrote: > To those with experience in setting hymns: > > I'm setting a hymn with 6 verses. I'm not terribly familiar with the > conventions — what would be a good limit to the number of verses between the > treble & bass clefs in a system? They want all the verses to be in the > music, not separate as is sometimes customary. > > Personally I feel 6 is too much space between the staves, but if it's > standard, whoever is singing will be used to it. Or should one repeat the > music and have three verses each time? > > Thanks, > Rich > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
