If you don’t work with lyrics much, feel free to skip this section. If you drag the triangle, you’llįind that you can move the baseline (and all the attached lyrics)Īs it happens, “Oh, Susannah” has two verses. The baseline of the lyrics (the imaginary line upon which theīottom edges of the words sit). The two small triangles at the left edge of the screen control Oh, Su-san-nah, now don’t you cry for me, PrintMusic will create word extensions for In such cases, just skip past the sustained Question so that it’s highlighted then type in your correction.Īs you type the rest of these lyrics, you’llĮncounter some syllables that are supposed to be held through two melody Replace it all at once with anything you type.) If you want to changeĪ word you’ve already typed, click in the staff above the syllable in Syllable, PrintMusic highlights the whole syllable for you, so that you can If you make a mistake, just backspace over it by pressing BACKSPACE. PrintMusic automatically scrolls the music as you enter the lyrics, so youĪs you type, there are a few things you should Point to the next note in preparation for entering the next syllable. You type a space or a hyphen, PrintMusic automatically moves the insertion “Oh, I come from Al-a-ba-ma, with a ban-jo on my knee.” Each time Instead, click anywhere within the staff lines above it.Ī small blinking cursor-the insertion point-appears beneath the first On the staff above the first melody note. The Lyrics menu, choose Type Into Score, if it’s not already selected. Of four positioning triangles appears to the left of the staff. A new menu, called Lyrics, appears and a row In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to type lyrics into the score. You can type the lyrics directly into the score, so that you knowĪt all times where you are in the music-a feature called Type PrintMusic also adds word extension underlines for melismatic To its note if the note moves horizontally, the syllable moves with To the melody line, neatly avoiding tied-over notes and rests, andĬentering every syllable under its note. If you provide the lyrics, complete with hyphensīetween syllables, PrintMusic can automatically distribute them One of PrintMusic’s greatest powers is its ability to handle lyrics You’d prefer 2/2, see the User Manual under Cut (PrintMusicĭefaults to displaying the cut time symbol for 2/2. You’ve now put “Oh, Susannah” into cut time. The radio button for “Measure 1 Through End of Piece.” The Time You increase the value from a quarter note to a half note (by The lower scroll bar sets the rhythmic pulse-the lower number in the time Half notes per measure-so you decrease the upper number, which governsĬlick the right scroll bar arrow twice on the lower scroll bar. The upper scroll bar, click the left scroll bar arrow twice, to change The top number of the time signature, and the bottom bar controls the Two scroll bars in the Time Signature dialog box: the upper bar controls You click the middle of the measure (within the staff lines). Choose the Time Signature tool, and double-click the first measure.Your folk song would work better in cut time. Start off with the correct time signature, too. The dialog box goes away, and your piece is instantly transposed The radio button for “Measure 1 Through End of Piece.” Now specify what region of measures you want Leave the settings as they are you’re transposing the song up a whole Or not you want to transpose the notes when you change the key signature. Now look at the bottom of the dialog box: PrintMusic lets you specify whether The up arrow on the scroll bar twice, so that no sharps or flats appears. To add sharps to the key signature or subtract flats. In this particularĭialog box, you use the scroll bar to select a new key. PrintMusic displays a dialogīox when it’s requesting some information from you. The measure highlights and a dialog box appears. The first measure (within the staff lines to the right of the time signature). If you use the Setup Wizard, you should start off with the correct The end of this tutorial, you should be able to create a simple lead To explore PrintMusic’s prowess in creating a lead sheet. Open the Document called “TutorialĢ” in the Tutorials folder: We’ll use this version of “Oh, Susannah” In this tutorial, we’llĬover how to add details-key and time signatures, lyrics, There’s a lot more to music than just notes.
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