Then you will layer the 2 staves to be one staff with lyrics on top and bottom.įor the staff that you want to assign lyrics above, click the staff to make it active, use Ctrl+L (Edit:Lyrics) to open the lyric editor and on the Configuration tab, for Staff Placement - Assignment, set Top. With staff layering, you will create one staff with the lyrics on top of the staff and create another staff with the lyrics under the staff. To assign lyrics above the staff and below the staff, you will need to use staff layering, details at faq #4. In the Font dialog box, change the Font, Font style and Size as you like.Īssigning Lyrics Both Above and Below a Staff In the scroll box, click Staff Lyric and click Modify. To change the lyric size and font for an open file: You may also want to use a font other than the default Times New Roman. In some cases you may want to keep the staff size the same, but increase the size of the lyrics. If you would like to assign lyrics to these notes, select the notes, press Alt+Enter, under the Notes tab, set Lyric Syllable to Always.
See the diagram below for an example.Īssigning Lyrics to Tied or Slurred Notesīy default, lyrics are not assigned to notes that are the beneficiary of a tie or slur. These notes will not have lyrics and the underscore will not show in the editor or print. For example, entering _ in a Lyrics tab will skip 4 notes. If you have several lines of lyrics and you want lyrics both assigned and not assinged to the same notes based on the verse, you will need to use the underscores. Use an (underscore) in the Lyric Editor (Ctrl+L) for each note you want to skip. To do this, select/highlight the notes that you do not want to have lyrics, press Alt+Enter to access the note properties dialog box, and under the Notes tab, set Lyric Syllable to Never. Set the property of the notes to never have lyrics. If you have notes at the beginning, or anywhere in the song, that that you do not want lyrics assigned to, there are 2 methods to skip the notes. Lyrics will start at the first note of the song. Sample song files, such as JINGLE.nwc and SAVEQUEN.nwc - go to Edit: Lyrics to see how lyrics were entered. The �Lyrics Command section of the online help file. When you need to change or add to the lyrics, go back to Edit: Lyrics. If you do not have notes on the staff yet, the lyrics will show once notes are added. If you already have notes placed on the staff, the lyrics will appear with the notes. You will enter your lyrics in this box, as shown below. Setting Line Count to "1 Lyric Line" will make the Lyric 1 tab available. You cannot add lyrics until you have set the Line Count. So, if you are not sure how many lines you will have, start with "1 Lyric Line" as shown below. Select the number of lines with the drop down box. Once you have the Staff Lyrics dialog box open, on the Configuration tab, set how many lyric lines your song will have with Line Count.
To set lyrics for a staff, click the staff to make it active and access the lyrics command (Ctrl+L). The Lyric icon, which is the blue capital L Select the Edit command menu and then select Lyrics. The command can be accessed in any of the following manners: Lyrics, the words for a song, are entered with the command Edit: Lyrics.