Re: Lyrics not starting on 1st bar of music

[Christopher R. Maden]

On 11/16/2013 07:50 PM, ayutheos wrote:
> I have a song consisting of a single staff which has the following
> structure:
> 
> (1) Intro | (2) Part one | (3) Music only | (4) Part two
> 
> How do I add lyrics to Parts One and Two only? Section (3) is a
> short 4 bars of music.
> 
> I've gone through the help documentations, but didn't find anything
> to make the lyrics *not* start on the first bar, or having a break in
> the middle of the music.

Voices.

Parts one and two should be (or include) an explicitly labeled voice.

The lyrics are then lyrics to that voice, and will synchronize with the
notes in that voice, ignoring any music that isn’t in that voice.

HTH,
Chris
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