different notations in measure
How do you handle a verse where in a measure you have on word and one note but in a separate verse for the same measure you have two words and now you need two notes. Do you do this with different voices? See example attached.
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Yes, you use voices. When I do this I normally silence all but the first voice for playback and make the alternate rhythm small in the inspector.
You could use half notes tied to a quarter notes here, and in the 1st and 2nd verse use a melisma underscore to extent the word accross both notes/chords, that should get the meaning accross just fine.
Or use another voice , tweak stem direction, make silent and small, esp. if you want to Keep the original look.
Or use those dotted half notes and enter the 3rd vers using Ctrl+Space. but that then won't get the rythm accross