Removal of entire second verse lyrics
I had entered lyrics for a second verse but now need to remove them. I can select each syllable and delete but is there a way to delete it all in one go?
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I know of none.
It could be a good idea.
Can you suggest ways of how this can be done?
One possible way is a menu item (Remove Line/Verse ... Of Lyrics).
In reply to It could be a good idea. Can by chen lung
or better and in line with other usage: right-click -> select all similar in same verse -> delete
In reply to or better and in line with by Jojo-Schmitz
That could be a good idea too :).
In reply to or better and in line with by Jojo-Schmitz
The select all similar idea would be a good short term fix for this particular issue. But I think what is really needed is a separate lyrics editing mode with more powerful lyrics editing. Say, what if you wanted to exchange verses 2 and 3? Or copy lyrics from the soprano part to the alto part? Or search and replace "he" for "she"? But such a facility woild be a big project.
In reply to The select all similar idea by Marc Sabatella
This is what Marc is for ;).
In reply to The select all similar idea by Marc Sabatella
As you say, this sounds like a big project. Would it not be easier to have "Export lyrics" and "Import lyrics" functions. This would require defining a syntax for lyrics to show the note assignment, in the simplest case using '-' or ' ' to mark "move to next note"; it also requires syntax within MS to mark "Verse n starts here". Of course it would be lovely to have the world's best lyrics editor embedded within MS, but until then, if you have a one-click import, you can use whatever text tools you are familiar with to do just about anything with the text. Lots of things need considering, like other languages (Japanese in my case) which do not use the hyphen separation convention.
In reply to As you say, this sounds like… by Imaginatorium
7 years later this is far easier with the select dialog
In reply to It could be a good idea. Can by chen lung
I was expecting to be able to select a bunch of lyrics the same way I'm selecting bars: select first, shift-select last.
Then I'd like to be able to copy/cut/paste/delete them by using the usual shortcuts.
In reply to I was expecting to be able to by Robert-Jon
You can however ctrl-select them.
I like what Marc is proposing—a more robust text editor. I don't know how you'd do it but I think its a great idea.
I agree that a true editor would be great. Somewhere else I did see a workaround that you might try, though. You can delete the lyrics a line at a time by shift-clicking around a line of lyrics. You can tell they are selected when they change color. Then hit delete. You have to experiment to figure out how big to make the selection box.
To delete the lyrics: Right click on one of the lyrics -> Select -> Select similar elements on this staff and press Del.
In reply to To delete the lyrics: Right… by lninow
This is an old thread but for those who are interested, do NOT choose to delete ALL similar elements on this staff as it will do what it says on the tin and kill all your lyrics.
You can delete ONLY the second verse lyrics by Right-clicking on a lyric, choosing Select> More> Same subtype> Verse 2, OK.
In reply to This is an old thread but… by underquark
Then how do you move verses 3-5 up to remove the blank space left by verse 2?
In reply to Then how do you move verses… by odetospot
Select them the same way you did the other verses and move them using the inspector (F8)
In reply to Select them the same way you… by mike320
That molested visually, but not logicall, so leaves space below the last verse.
In 2.x moving them logically is not possible, on the next major version it will be though, vers by vers, via the inspector and the lyrics' version number
In reply to That molested visually, but… by Jojo-Schmitz
At the moment in version 2.x one could use this https://musescore.org/en/node/106456 AWK script work around. This would move the verses by changing their logical number as in the future 3.x inspector.
(make sure though, you use the most recent version of the script and apply it to an uncompressed .mscx file)
I tried to create a plugin but due to some limitations in the plugin API it is not possible to change anything in verses 2 or higher. I also tried to wrap the script with a plugin to simplify the selection and parameters but again API does not expose the full path of the current score. I may be wrong here so any help or hints would be appreciated.
In reply to This is an old thread but… by underquark
Thank you so much - age of thread isn't really an issue in Musescore! Searched fora are the main way I find out stuff - and now I have really tightened up my song!
In reply to This is an old thread but… by underquark
Works perfectly, there is always something new to learn!
In reply to To delete the lyrics: Right… by lninow
That wasn't possible back in 2012
In reply to That wasn't possible back in… by Jojo-Schmitz
But it was @ Oct 19, 2018 - 00:51 which is the post I was replying to
In reply to But it was @ Oct 19, 2018 -… by underquark
My reply was for @Ininow. Somehow the indent doesn't show that
In reply to To delete the lyrics: Right… by lninow
Bingo!! I had the same original question and this worked perfectly!!