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Lyrics menu

How to get there

Click the Lyrics tool  image\Lyric_Tool.gif. The Lyrics menu appears.

 

What it does

The Lyrics menu contains all the commands you’ll need to create and edit lyrics, distribute the text in the score, adjust the positions of individual syllables, draw word extensions for syllables that are sustained, and so on.

You can have as many sets of lyrics as you want—up to 512 of each of Finale’s three lyric types: Verse, Chorus, and Section. There’s no technical distinction between these three types—the lyrics you enter as a Verse can be used in the chorus of your song, and vice versa. They’re only there to help you keep your lyrics straight, and to make it easy to change the font or style for a large chunk of lyrics at once (you can specify a different font for Verses, Choruses, and Sections by choosing Document Options from the Document menu and selecting Fonts).

 

Lyrics Window

Export Lyrics

Adjust Syllables

Click Assignment

Clone Lyric

Edit Word Extensions

Shift Lyrics

Type Into Score

Alignment

Default

Left

Center

Right

Justification

Default

Left

Center

Right

Specify Current Lyric

Adjust Baselines

Auto-Number

Verses

Choruses

Sections

Lyric Options

 

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