Can there be a way in the next version for the lyric words to not be stuck together?
So, I currently write and score things for vocal and all that. I am a little tired of having words that are back to back. Theyliterallylooklikethis in the score. There is no way as of right now to fix that. Also, when I write in hymnal style, I can only make the first words of the first line of each verse line up. The rest of the lines do not line up. How do I do it? I have attached a score to replicate the problem.
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I believe this has been reported in #88171: Add dash max distance to lyrics parameters already and with https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/2294 there is a fix for this in the works
Sorry, no, this is something different, but I am pretty sure your request has been discussed elsewhere already.
In reply to I believe this has been by Jojo-Schmitz
Is there a way to do it?
In reply to Is there a way to do it? by Elwin
It is normal that lyrics are centered under a note, except if they are prefixed by a verse number or have a Melisma (i.e. the sylable extends to the next note).
If they don't, you'd can still play with the horizontal offset in Inspector, or with the lyrics text style, change even and odd lyrics from centered to left bound
The narrowness has been reported in #94331: lyrics: syllables sometimes too narrow
In reply to [inline:Text alignment.png] by Jm6stringer
Yep, that's what I meant, thanks for the picture
In reply to [inline:Text alignment.png] by Jm6stringer
For the ones under "They formed. I would like them to be centered and spread out. I figured out "But These Can Not".
In reply to For the ones under "They by Elwin
Well if you want some centered and other left bound, you'd need to tweak them individually
In reply to Well if you want some by Jojo-Schmitz
I wanted the lyrics for "They Formed" to be centered and spread out.
In reply to I wanted the lyrics for "They by Elwin
Understood, but you can't have it one way here and another way there without manual tweaks.
In reply to Understood, but you can't by Jojo-Schmitz
I am fine with doing manual tweaks.
In reply to I am fine with doing manual by Elwin
Then use the inspector and the horizontal offset.
In reply to I am fine with doing manual by Elwin
But see my post below - eventually, I do think making the minimum lyric distance a configurable parameter will be a good idea.
The minimum distance for lyrics is currently the same as the minimum distance for notes, so whatever you have that set to in Style / General / Measure is what will also be applied to lyrics. it has been proposed to add a new style parameter specifically for this, but most likely a change like that will need to wait for the next "major" release of MuseScore.
As for the lining up of the notes, the standard in music publishing is to center them, but indeed, as shown, you can override this in the text properties for the lyrics you wish to have non-standard alignment.