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Chapter 5: Lyrics Features36
Chapter 5: Lyrics Features
New Lyrics Features
Note-based lyrics.
Previous versions of Band-in-a-Box had lyrics based on a "line at a time". We've
added note-based lyrics. This allows more accurate placement of lyrics as you
can place a word under each note. As you enter the lyrics, the note is
highlighted, and pressing the TAB or Enter key moves to the next word. Note-
based lyrics are saved with the MIDI file, so you can use them in your other
MIDI programs.
Big Lyrics (Karaoke) Window.
We've added a 'Big Lyrics Window' to Band-in-a-Box. Selectable font, font size,
and Window size. This is great for singalongs or 'Karaoke'.
New Lyric Functions.
Since there are now 2 types of lyrics (line-based lyrics and the new note-based
lyrics), we've added functions to convert note-based lyrics to line lyrics. This
will update your old songs that might have line-based lyrics to note-based. And
the copy-lyrics-to-clipboard feature has been enhanced, you can select which
elements should be copied, margin size etc.
With previous versions of Band-in-a-Box, the only type of Lyrics input was
"line-based-lyrics". This allowed you to type in a line of lyrics that would
correspond to the notation. This was limited in that the Notation then couldn't
change its layout to a different number of bars per line, and the Lyrics weren't
written to MIDI files, since MIDI files expect lyrics to be done on a note-for-
note basis.
With Version 9, you are still able to enter and display lyrics in "line-based'
format, but now have the option to enter and display lyrics in "note-based'
format.
The Lyrics functions are accessed from the new menu called Lyrics.