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You can input all types of lyrics using the lyrics popover. The icon shown on the left-hand side of
the popover indicates the type of lyric currently being input.
RELATED LINKS
Lyric line numbers on page 712
Changing the line number and type of lyric lines on page 713
Lyrics popover on page 311
Changing the type of individual lyrics
You can change the type of individual lyrics after they have been input. For example, you can
change lyrics into chorus lyrics or translation lyrics.
PROCEDURE
1.
Select the individual lyrics whose type you want to change.
2.
In the Properties panel, activate/deactivate the following properties, individually or together,
in the
Lyrics group:
Chorus
Is translation
RESULT
Activating Chorus changes the selected individual lyrics to chorus lyrics.
Activating Is translation changes the selected lyrics to translation lyrics of the same lyric line
number. For example, selecting lyrics in Line 2 and activating
Is translation turns them into
translation lyrics for Line 2.
Activating both properties changes the selected lyrics to translation lyrics of the chorus.
Deactivating both properties changes the selected lyrics to normal lyrics. Their line number
is indicated by the number in Line number in the Lyrics group of the Properties panel.
NOTE
If other chorus lines exist at the same position on the side of the staff where you want to change
your current selection to chorus lines, the two lines collide. To avoid this, change the type of the
whole lyric line, which automatically avoids collisions.
RELATED LINKS
Showing lyrics in italics on page 710
Types of syllables in lyrics
There are different types of syllables in lyrics, depending on their position in words. The key you
press to advance the popover indicates the syllable type for each lyric.
Dorico Elements denes lyrics as different syllables depending on how you advance the popover
when inputting lyrics.
Whole word
Lyrics are considered a whole word if the lyric comes after a gap and is followed by a
gap or a period.
No hyphens are shown either side of whole word lyrics. Extender lines can be shown
after lyrics.
Lyrics
Types of syllables in lyrics
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