User guide

NEW FEATURES IN DIGITAL PERFORMER 7.24
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Entering lyrics shared by multiple tracks
Lyrics can be associated with two or more tracks. For
example, in a SATB choral score (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and
Bass), you might have lyrics that are shared among the Tenor
and Bass parts (tracks) for a portion of the score, or perhaps
shared by all four parts. You can freely choose which parts
the lyrics are associated with, at any time. For example, the
four SATB parts might have individual lyrics for some
sections of the score and shared lyrics for other sections of
the score. You have complete control over which parts
(tracks) the lyrics are associated with.
If you wish to associate lyrics for multiple tracks when first
entering the text, simply select a note in each track at the
location where you want the shared lyric text to begin, and
then either click with the Lyric Text tool or press the Enter
Lyric command keyboard shortcut, as usual. An empty lyric
text box will appear, but its vertical position below (or
between) the shared staves will be governed by the Lyrics
Preferences. See “Lyrics placement” on page 32.
Working with shared lyrics
Lyric text that is shared among several staves, will appear
with each staff that it is linked with, whether the staff is
displayed by itself or together with shared tracks.
If you have existing lyric text on the page, and you would like
to see which tracks it is linked with, click the lyric text box
with the Arrow cursor to select it and choose Tex t m e nu >
Display> On These Parts Only. Tracks with check marks next
to their names are linked to the lyric. Choose any track from
this sub-menu to toggle its checked/unchecked status. Doing
so will link/unlink the track to the lyric text, respectively.
You can freely assign and unassign lyric text to any track or
tracks using the On These Parts Only sub-menu as explained
above.
Editing lyric text
To edit existing lyric text, double-click the lyric. While the
lyric text box is pop-edited, you can press Tab or Shift-Tab to
advance to the next/previous lyric. Tabbing will go to the
next or previous lyric that is linked with that same track or
tracks. Be sure to keep this in mind when you are working on
a section of a score that has lyrics linked to different tracks, as
tabbing may not necessarily jump to the very next, adjacent
lyric text box if it is not linked to the same track(s) as the
current text box.
The Lyrics window
The Lyrics window (Project menu) allows you to enter and
edit lyrics into your score via a conventional text editor
environment. The Lyrics window is particularly useful when
you already have lyric text from another source (such as a
word processor or email) and would like to add them to your
score all at once using the Auto Flow command.
Figure 52: The Lyrics window
Auto Flowing lyrics
Follow these steps to Auto Flow lyrics into your score:
1 Open the Lyrics window and type or paste text.
2 Format the text so that it will flow properly onto the
QuickScribe page, using spaces, dashes, and underscores as
described in “Entering lyrics for a single track”, above.
3 Select the portion of the text in the Lyrics window that you
want to flow onto the QuickScribe page.
If you place the insert cursor anywhere in the Lyrics window,
only the text after the insert cursor will be flowed. If you
make a selection in the Lyrics window, only the selected text
will be flowed. If you wish to flow all of the text in the Lyrics
window, either place the insert cursor at the very top of the
window, or select all the text in the window.
4 Select the track(s) that you want to associate with the
flowed lyrics.
If you don’t make a track selection, then the lyrics will flow
into the first visible track in the score, beginning at the first
note at or after the playback wiper location. If you select a
note in a track, the lyric will flow over the notes in that track
only, beginning at the selected note. If you select notes in
multiple tracks, the lyric will be “shared” by all of those
tracks, and will flow over the combined notes in all of the
selected tracks. See “Lyrics preferences” below for settings
that control how lyrics are displayed for multiple tracks.