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Working with text
the option “Don’t Sync Lyrics” in the Lyrics category on the
Score Settings–Project page (Notation Style subpage). If
this is activated, the note positions will not be affected,
which may be preferable.
• When entering words with several syllables you normally
separate the syllables with a dash (-). By default, the dash
signs are automatically centered between the syllables – if
this is not what you want, activate the option “Don’t Center
Hyphens” in the Lyrics category on the Score Settings–
Project page (Notation Style subpage).
Lyrics and measure widths
When you first enter lyrics, the result may look crammed,
since the words take up more space than the notes (the lyr-
ics are also selected just after entering the last word, which
will make them look a bit odd when overlapping). To rem-
edy this, use the auto layout function to automatically adjust
the measure widths (see “Auto Layout” on page 612).
Before and after using the auto layout function.
Adding a second verse
To insert a second line of lyrics, proceed as follows:
1. Enter the new lyrics above or below the existing verse.
2. Select all the words that should be in the new verse.
3. Right-click the selected words to open a context
menu.
4. Select the appropriate verse from the Move To Verse
submenu (Verse 1–6).
This assigns the selected lyrics to the selected verse.
To indicate that the words belong to another verse, they
are automatically displayed in another color. However, all
verses will print in black as usual.
• To select all words in one verse only, press [Shift] and
double-click on the first word in that verse.
This selects all following words in the verse.
Inserting lyrics into voices
Each voice can have its own lyrics. If for example you have
a vocal arrangement with several voices, you can add ly-
rics to them, one by one.
1. Click on the Lyrics symbol in the Other symbol tab, so
that the Pencil tool is selected.
2. Make sure that the correct voice is selected (on the
extended toolbar). See “Entering notes into voices” on
page 535.
3. Click on the first note in the selected voice.
4. Enter the lyrics for this voice, using the [Tab] key to
move from note to note, as described above.
5. Start over, by activating the next voice, clicking on the
first note in that voice and proceeding as with the first voice.
6. If needed, adjust the position of the lyrics for each
voice (see below).
Moving lyrics
If you want to move the lyrics up or down, for example to
make room for a second verse, proceed as follows:
1. Hold down [Shift] and double-click on the first word in
the lyrics.
All lyric “blocks” are selected.
2. Drag one of the lyric blocks up or down.
All selected lyric blocks are moved accordingly.
Adding lyrics from the clipboard
If you want to prepare your lyrics in another program, you
can import them into Cubase the following way:
1. Create the lyrics in another program.
Separate words with space as usual, syllables within words with dash
signs (-).
2. Copy the text.
3. In Cubase, select the first note to which the lyrics
should be added.
4. Pull down the Scores menu and select “Lyrics from
Clipboard” from the Functions submenu.
The lyrics are added, starting at the selected note.