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Chapter 5: Lyrics Features38
highlighting the first note of the song. We type "Way" in the lyric window, and
then move to the next note. We can do this by pressing ENTER or TAB. (Shift
TAB gets us moving
back
one note.) You can enter each word or syllable as it
corresponds to the notes. "Way down u- pon the Swa- nee Ri- ver\" would be the
syllables you'd enter. Note that a hyphen is put at the end of syllables, and a
backslash is put at the end of a phrase, to indicate a line break. The notation now
looks like this …
You can see that the lyrics are written under each word.
You can control the height that the lyrics are written
by the setting in the Notation Options called Lyric Position. A setting of -10 puts
the lyrics directly under the treble clef, higher values put them lower down.
Lyrics Event List.
You can edit the lyrics using an event list as well. This
allows you to enter lyrics at any point, not just tied to a note.
Once you press the # button, you then press the Edit Lyrics
button. You can then see the Lyrics Event List.