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Inputting lyrics
You can input lyrics by entering text into the lyrics popover, and you can advance the lyrics
popover to the next note on the staff without closing and reopening it for every note.
PROCEDURE
1. In Write mode, select the rst note to which you want to input lyrics.
2. Press Shift-L to open the lyrics popover.
By default, the lyrics popover opens with lyric line input selected.
3. Optional: Change the type of lyric in one of the following ways:
To change the lyric line number, press Down Arrow .
To input lyrics above the staff, press Shift - Up Arrow .
To input chorus lines, press Up Arrow .
To input lyric line translations, press Alt/Opt - Down Arrow .
4. Enter the word or syllable you want to add to the selected note into the popover.
To enter multiple words on a single note, press Shift-Alt/Opt-Space .
To include a hyphen within a single word or syllable, press Alt/Opt-- (hyphen).
To include an elision in a lyric, press _ (underscore).
5. Advance the popover to the next note in one of the following ways:
If you entered a complete word, or the nal syllable in a multi-syllabic word, press
Space .
If you entered one syllable of a multi-syllabic word that is not the nal syllable, press -
(hyphen).
If you do not want the syllable to be followed by an extension line or hyphen, press
Right Arrow .
6. Continue entering words and syllables into the popover for the rest of the notes to which
you want to add lyrics.
7. Press Return or Esc to close the popover.
The popover closes automatically when you reach the last note on the staff.
RESULT
The text you entered into the popover is input as lyrics of the type indicated by the icon on the
left-hand side of the popover.
If you advanced the popover to the next note by pressing - , a hyphen appears after the last
entered lyric. This is used for multi-syllabic words across multiple notes.
If you advance the popover by pressing Space , a gap appears after the last entered lyric. This is
used for single-syllable words or for the nal syllable in multi-syllabic words.
NOTE
You can later change whether a gap or a hyphen appears between lyrics by changing their
syllable type.
RELATED LINKS
Lyrics on page 616
Navigation during lyric input on page 282
Types of lyrics on page 618
Types of syllables in lyrics on page 619
Lyric line numbers on page 627
Write mode
Notations input
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