[sib-access] Re: Lyrics on notes with sib-access
- From: "Ramy Moustafa" <moshtaqlealganna@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 13:29:08 -0700
Sorry I ment Malysma not syllabic
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Ramy,
Here's text from a couple Sibelius Blogs. I'll follow with a couple other
text files in my tips and tricks collection:
Lyrics Tips from Blog
Easy input
To input lyrics in Sibelius, there are several methods:
Type them syllable by syllable, hitting - (hyphen) to break a word, and
Space to start a new word, hitting - or Space multiple times to input a
melisma
Paste them syllable by syllable from a text file, which doesn't even need to
be hyphenated
Flow them into the score from a text file in a single operation
These last two methods are unique to Sibelius. Pasting lyrics syllable by
syllable is really simple.
First, select the text in your text editor or word processor, and copy it to
the clipboard, normally done via Edit > Copy (typical shortcut Ctrl+C on
Windows or Command-C on Mac)
In Sibelius, select the note on which you want the lyrics to begin, and type
Ctrl+L on Windows or Command-L on Mac to start lyrics input
Now type Ctrl+V on Windows or Command-V on Mac to paste the first syllable,
and hit the shortcut again and again to paste further syllables.
When you come to a melisma, simply hit Space or - (hyphen) to move on to the
next note.
Even easier is flowing the lyrics automatically into the score from a text
file.
First, select the passage of notes into which you want to flow the music. If
the passage contains melismas (places where the same word or syllable is
sung to multiple notes), make sure that they are marked with slurs before
you begin.
Next, choose Create > Text > Lyrics > From Text File.
In the dialog that appears, click Browse to choose the text file, then click
OK.
Moments later, the lyrics are flowed into the score in a single operation,
automatically hyphenated and with all the melismas marked.
Only Sibelius contains these time-saving lyric input techniques with
automatic hyphenation. And they always appear on screen exactly as they are
going to print out!
Adding extra lines of lyrics
Think of your singers before you decide to do this!
Continuing a series of posts about lyrics in Sibelius, today we're going to
talk about adding extra lines of lyrics. Each line of lyrics uses its own
text style. This has lots of advantages, such as allowing you to change the
font or point size in one operation, making it easy to select all the lyrics
in a particular line by filtering for that text style, and so on. But there
are only text styles for five lines of lyrics set up by default.
In most situations, if you have more than five lines of lyrics, you should
probably consider putting the lyrics at the end of the score in a separate
block rather than putting them under the notes, but if you're determined to
give your singers eye-strain, you can of course add extra lines of lyrics,
like this:
Choose House Style > Edit Text Styles
Select Lyrics line 5 from the list of text styles, and click New
When asked if you're sure you want to create a new text style on this, click
Yes
In the dialog that appears, on the General page, change the name to Lyrics
line 6 and click OK, then Close
Now choose House Style > Default Positions
With the Text styles radio button selected at the top left of the dialog,
choose the new Lyrics line 6 text style from the list on the left-hand side.
In the Creating with keyboard group of options, change Vertical position
relative to staff from 14 spaces to 16.5 spaces. (Each line of lyrics should
be 2.5 spaces below the last by default.)
Click OK.
Now you can create your sixth line of lyrics by choosing Create > Text >
Lyrics > Lyrics line 6.
But do consider whether you really need more than five lines of lyrics under
the notes. There's normally a better, easier to read way to present the
music and lyrics.
One final tip: if you want to add nicely-aligned verse numbers to the start
of each verse of lyrics in a single step, use Plug-ins > Text > Add Verse
Numbers.
Traditional lyrics beaming and slurs on melismas
Continuing a series of posts looking at lyrics in Sibelius, today I'm going
to talk about a couple of plug-ins that can help you achieve a traditional
appearance for the lyrics in your scores.
Beaming
In vocal music published until the middle of the last century, it was
customary for beams to be broken for every change of syllable or word, like
this:
Nowadays, common practice for lyrics is that the beaming should follow the
normal rules for beaming, on the grounds that beaming shows the metrical
grouping of the music, and singers have as much need of this information as
vocalists. The same passage above would look like this using modern beaming
conventions:
Sibelius produces the modern convention by default, but if you want to use
the old-fashioned beaming in your score, it's easy to do by choosing
Plug-ins > Text > Traditional Lyrics Beaming.
Which convention should you follow? It's up to you, but most singers find
the modern convention much easier to read.
Melismas
A different convention for lyrics was to use slurs to indicate melismas,
where a single syllable or word spans multiple notes, like this:
Again, one of Sibelius's supplied plug-ins makes it very easy to achieve
this: simply choose Plug-ins > Text > Add Slurs to Lyrics and Sibelius will
take care of it all for you.
Dave Carlson
From my Dell Latitude 630, currently not nearly close enough for my comfort
to my Audio Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area. But I'll
try to remedy that situation.
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From: "Ramy Moustafa" <moshtaqlealganna@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 0:38
Subject: [sib-access] Lyrics on notes with sib-access
Hi all:
I need to put some lyrics on a melody that I wrote.
I have 2 problems,,
1, how can I achieve this using the sib-access? I need step by step please?
2- will the language make a difference?
Any ehlp will be highly abbreciated
Cheers:
Ramy Moustafa
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