Lyrics alignment inconsistent below full notes

• Jan 28, 2020 - 19:25
Reported version
3.4
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S4 - Minor
Reproducibility
Always
Status
active
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
MuseScore

When you enter lyrics below full notes, the alignment is inconsistent if the syllable is tied to another syllable by a hyphen or melisma. It seems that the alignment depends on the stem direction (assuming that the full note had a stem, of course). If the note would have an upwards stem, the lyrics seem to be placed too far to the right.
Other notes (e.g. quarter notes) seem not to be affected.

I'm using:
OS: Windows 10 (10.0), Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version (64-bit): 3.4.1.9660, revision: 20414b2

Example (lyrics in Alto and Bass are placed too far to the right):
Lyrics_Alignment.png

See the attached .mscz file for the example.

Attachment Size
Lyrics_Alignment.mscz 7.81 KB

Comments

• Jan 28, 2020 - 21:08
Workaround No ⇒ Yes

Good insight that it's connected to the "stem", since that is what we use to help us align the note with other notes in other voices, staves, etc. So, the workaround is to press "X" to flip the "stem" the other way. Meanwhile, there are other related issues connected to this algorithm, but also lots of interconnected pieces to the puzzle so things to hopefully not mess up along the way.

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