Shifting lyrics after copying where melisma causes copy to shift
I've hunted high and low and I'm thinking this may not be possible, but I have a four-part vocal which has lyrics. I typed in the lyrics for the first voice, using a melisma where there was a pitch shift during a sustained word. In the second voice, that word holds a single pitch.
I copied the text using the "select same elements this staff" and then pasted to the second voice. The melisma then extends into the first pitch of the next phrase shifting all the subsequent lyrics ahead. I cannot figure out a way to delete the melisma AND shift the remaining lyrics backwards. Is there a way to do this?
Next line, that same word extends over four pitches, so... that'll be a new problem! Thank you in advance for your responses.
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And, now I realize I've posted this in the wrong topic and can't seem to delete or move it. Sorry. First time posting.
In reply to And, now I realize I've… by John Asendorf
Ciao John, try this:
Select a syllable with a right-click->Select->more->Same subtype
Copy, click the note of the insertion point, Paste.
Or you can try the functionality Edit/Tools/Copy lyrics to clipboard
In reply to Ciao John, try this: Select… by Shoichi
Thanks Shoichi, but I'm not understanding how to use this solution. I'm attaching a pared down sample which shows the problem. The first 4 measures show the text copied from line one and pasted to each of the next two lines. Since the melisma wants to extend for the same amount of notes in each line, you can see how everything after the second bar is shifted. It's not too difficult to fix, I've just retyped it after the melisma... but I thought it was something that I'd like to learn if there was a better way. You can see the final/full version here: https://musescore.com/user/3337436/scores/5354990
In reply to Thanks Shoichi, but I'm not… by John Asendorf
Try to follow the steps in the attached image
In reply to Try to follow the steps in… by Shoichi
Or to put it another way: only copy lyrics up to the point where the rhythm in the next voice changes. It has to be a multi-step copy-and -paste if the rhythm differs occasionally.
In reply to Try to follow the steps in… by Shoichi
Ahhh... I was missing how to select just a section of text. Now I get it. I was selecting a text element and then selecting more of that element and it was giving me the whole text. Now I know to select the specific measures containing the text Thank you for explaining it to me!