Lyrics on parts
I want to have lyrics shown on all printed parts.
But I don't want the conductor's score littered with duplicated lyrics on every stave.
How can I get lyrics on every part, but only one set of lyrics on the conductor's score?
TIA (MuseScore 3)
Comments
Mark them invisible in the conductor score.
Visibility is not shared between score and parts.
In reply to Mark them invisible in the… by jeetee
Thanks. On screen invisible elements appear pale blue - is there a way to totally hide them?
In reply to Thanks. On screen invisible… by WalterMilner
The View menu allows you to control the display of invisible elements as well as non-printing elements like system breaks etc.
I wanted to be able to do the same thing too. And as was said, putting another set of lyrics in the director's part (then make it invisible) still affects the layout adversely. It would be great if the program had a way to anchor lyrics to notes in both the staff above them and below them. I otherwise LOVE this program for its incredible features!
In reply to I wanted to be able to do… by missa22missl25
Can you explain what you mean in more detail, and you attach the score you are having problems with? Invisible lyrics should not affect layout at all. And it's not clear what you be by "anchor lyrics to notes in both the staff above them and below them", but probably there is a way to accomplish whatever it is you are trying to do.
In reply to Can you explain what you… by Marc Sabatella
I have written an SAB choral piece, SA together on a treble clef staff and B on the bass clef staff. When I entered the lyrics, I did it by selecting the soprano pitches. Or in the case of 2 places where I had moving parts in which the alto and baritone shared a different rhythm from the soprano, I entered those lyrics by selecting the alto pitch. When I generated parts (women, men, piano), there were, of course, no lyrics on the bass-clef-only men's part. You are right about invisible lyrics. While I entered another line of lyrics for the men as visible, the layout changed to accommodate; but it reverted once those lyrics were made invisible. I've since decided to eliminate typing in an extra line of lyrics and just generate a "vocals" part which includes both vocal staves. My "anchoring" comment just meant having a way to apply one typed line of lyrics to two vocal lines on different staves so that if each of those staves were generated as different "parts", the lyrics would still appear on both.
In reply to I have written an SAB choral… by missa22missl25
You can always copy-paste the lyrics of the soprano part onto the alto part..
In reply to You can always copy-paste… by jeetee
Thank you, jeetee. I could certainly do that to get the lyrics on my baritone part, which was what I was initially talking about. After seeing the bass clef only separate on a part, I decided I didn't want to give it to my vocalists that way anyway. Thanks again.
It's very easy, when your work is ended, to have 2 versions of your score, with just a difference of name. I use that for each work I do, for big scores like Big Bands or concert bands, 1 for all the parts, and after, a copy, where I delete all the parts, for the director score, where I do what I want
In reply to It's very easy, when your… by Raymond Wicquart
Neat idea! Thank you.