Instruction Manual

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Working with Lyrics
Notation and Lyrics
Adding and Editing Lyrics in the Lyrics View
Lyrics appear in the Lyrics view as a stream of syllables, each one
associated with a note in the track. In this context, a syllable is any
continuous string of characters, without a hyphen. For example, “love,”
“desire,” and “infatuation” are all syllables; each one would be associated
with a single note. If you want to break a word into multiple syllables, you
must hyphenate the word. For example, “de-sire” would map onto two
notes, since it is now two syllables long.
When you enter the lyrics, you can mark the syllables the way you want, or
you can simply type the text in normally and use automatic hyphenation to
break the text into syllables. This means that you can add lyrics to a project
by copying and pasting them from another application (such as a word
processor), and then hyphenate them automatically.
To extend a single syllable over more than one note, you can use extra
hyphens, separated by spaces. For example, in “Oh-say can you see…”,
the “Oh” is extended over two notes. If a track contains no lyrics yet, the
display will show only a series of hyphens (one for each note in the track).
If you enter more syllables than there are notes in the track, SONAR
assigns the extra lyrics times at quarter note intervals.
To Enter Lyrics in the Lyrics View
1. Click in the upper left corner of the view to position the cursor at the
start of the text.
2. Follow the instructions in the table:
To Edit Lyrics in the Lyrics View
Editing in the Lyrics view follows standard Windows conventions for cursor
movement, selection, cut (Ctrl+X), copy (Ctrl+C), paste (Ctrl+V), and delete
(Delete). When you pause, SONAR will update all lyric events in the track.
To do this… Do this…
Enter a word or syllable Type it
End a word or syllable and
move to the next note
Type a space or hyphen
Break a line for easier
viewing
Press Enter