Lyrics without notes.

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Post by Lebovitztap1 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:26 am

Hello. My question is---I have a musical number where the band members stand up and sing some lyrics so at this point they are not playing.

IS there a way to write in lyrics without having any musical notes above it. I use windows Finale full version.

Thanks, I appreciate it.

Michael


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Post by miker » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:18 am

Put them in as text expressions.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:31 am

Or put them in as measure/staff attached text blocks.
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Post by N Grossingink » Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:41 am

Or, enter them as usual but in Layer 4, then apply the Staff Style "Blank Notation - Layer 4".

EDIT: Enter the melody or just the rhythms with lyrics, then the Staff Style will hide the notation and leave the lyrics.

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Post by Lebovitztap1 » Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:12 pm

Thanks everyone for your help. I truly appreciate it.

Michael

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