[sib-access] Re: Entering lyrics

  • From: "Kevin Gibbs" <kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:02:08 -0500

No you don't.  It works if I have the screen set to 400%  You use hypens if
you're spreading a multi-syllable word over several notes  this involves
spreading the same syllabel over several notes.  That's different.  


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[mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Sacco
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:37 PM
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Subject: [sib-access] Re: Entering lyrics


Kevin
You have to type a hyphen for each note your melism extend to. Claudio

> 
> guys,
>     I'm having a weird situation where writing a melisma
> doesn't always seem to work.  I always thought that if you 
> type a syllable and then hit the space bar twice, a dash 
> should appear under the succeeding note indicating that the 
> previous syllable is extended.  However, this doesn't work 
> reliably.  When I can get it to work, it only seems to work 
> when I write a syllable, exit lyrics so that the syllable is 
> highlighted, then re-enter the lyrics field at that point and 
> then hit a space bar.  What am I doing wrong?
> Kevin
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