If you make a mistake, just press BACKSPACE. As you type, Finale automatically scrolls the music so you always know where you are. Each time you type a space or a hyphen, Finale automatically moves the insertion point in preparation for entering the next syllable. For a full discussion, see To set the baseline (vertical position) for lyrics graphically, below. The triangles control the baseline of the lyrics (against which the bottom edges of the words line up). A set of four positioning triangles appears at the left edge of the screen. Click a note to display a blinking cursor beneath the staff.If you’re returning from other lyric editing, choose Lyric > Type Into Score.If you don’t specify a type, your first lyrics will be a Verse.

If you want to specify a lyric type (Verse, Chorus, or Section), choose Lyric > Specify Current Lyric. You can also change the font and style within any lyric.) Entering and deleting lyrics (You can have as many as 512 of each lyric type. You could specify, for example, that all Verses are to be set in boldface type, but that all Choruses are set in italic type. These types are identical in every respect-you can write the verse of a song and define it as a Chorus, if you want to-except that you can set the default font and positioning for each type differently. For that reason, Finale provides three different lyric types-Verse, Chorus, and Section. Lyrics are often written in distinct sections-verse and chorus, for example. Finale also provides a way to automatically beam notes according to lyric syllables. When you put the lyrics into the score, Finale places the syllable in your score by the settings in the Lyrics Options dialog box, centers the hyphen between notes, and moves any syllable correspondingly if its notehead moves. Noteman says: See Adding lyrics for a step-by-step tutorial overview on adding lyrics.įinale defines a syllable as any letters separated by a space or a hyphen. Regardless of the method you use, the Lyrics window is available for ease in entry and editing. Or you may prefer the Click Assignment method-where you type the lyrics in Finale’s text processor (called the Lyrics window), and then paste them into the score.

You can type the lyrics directly into the score, so that you know at all times where you are in the music-a feature called Type Into Score.

There are two ways to add lyrics to your score in Finale. Noteman says: View the Enter and edit lyrics QuickStart Video for an overview.

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