Re: Having an actual hyphen in the lyrics?

[David Wright]

On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 18:43:06 (-0400), Kira Garvie wrote:
> Actually, I had quite a few spelling errors, I am sorry! Verse two is
> supposed to be arouse, so that is also a dash. Carl was right, the correct
> term was a dash not a hyphen, and putting it in quotes with on: “on – ”
> worked perfectly, and it looks great! Sorry for the mistakes, and thank you
> for the help!

On the lyrics, yes, you're right—I should have googled first.

As for the hyphen/dash, it all depends on the editorial style of the
hymnnal. I gravitate to the norms that LP uses by default for
lyric hyphens, extenders and syllable alignment. Looking at a few
non-conformist hymn books I happen to have, they don't.

As others have pointed out, you can line up hyphens with notes by
setting them as actual lyrics, but bear in mind that real lyric
hyphens have slightly different dimensions from those you insert
by hand. (Real ones are typically longer, thinner, and rounded.)

Cheers,
David.