Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 649)

Chapter 20 View and edit music notation 649
Add lyrics and text
Lyrics and text overview
When you’re scoring a song for solo voice or for a vocal ensemble, you can add lyrics, which
are automatically aligned to notes in the score. Other types of text, such as dynamics and other
performance indications, can also be added to the score. You can add and edit text in the Score
Editor, and precisely control the position of text in the score.
The Score Editor includes automatic text for song name, date, and other information; you can
also add global text that appears in both the full score and in each individual part.
Add lyrics
You can add lyrics aligned to notes in the score using the lyric object in the Part box, which
also lets you add lyrics for multiple verses. After adding lyrics, you can adjust their vertical and
horizontal position for better readability.
If you’re working with multiple staffs, be careful to add lyrics to the correct MIDI region. It’s
recommended that you insert lyrics in Linear Score view and single MIDI region display mode—
especially when inserting more than one verse. Linear Score view also makes it easier to select
several lyric objects by dragging, to change their positions, for example.
Add lyrics to a score
1 Do one of the following:
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Drag the lyric object below the first note of the melody.
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Select the lyric object in the Part box, then click the position of the first note with the Text tool.
Note: Watch the help tag. Each lyric object must be at the same bar position as the note it
belongs to (taking display quantization into account).
2 Enter the text for the first note, then press Tab (not Return) to automatically move the insertion
point to the next note.
If a note is displayed as several tied notes, press Shift-Tab to move the insertion point to the next
tied note. This method allows you to write several syllables below one longer note, and lets you
enter all lyrics in one operation, although each syllable is saved as an independent lyric object.
3 To convert standard text to lyrics, select the text, then select the Lyric checkbox in the Text
Event inspector.