Melisma and text editor

[Sherry C]

Hi Eddie,

While using a text editor will indeed minimize the amount of editing you do in Composer, you will most likely still need to do some adjusting. As you've suggested, Composer does associate one "lyric box" per note - that's my most-often needed adjustment when I use a text editor myself to enter lyrics (and I, too, have done a lot of that!)

ttfn,
Sherry

[dj]

Hi, Eddie and Sherry:

I use the underscore character (shifted hyphen). Usually two or three are sufficient to stretch the lyric, as in: ro- __- ses.

That, combined with a slur in the notation, should do it for you.

David

P.S. Pushing a foot of new snow near Ottawa right now, Sherry. How's the tip of the thumb of Michigan doing?

[Sherry C]

re. snow - it's hard to tell how much new snow we have. It's been snowing near-whiteout since last night, with wind that's high even for out here. We've got some places scoured nearly clean of snow, but 6-8 foot drifts in a lot of places. I don't think I'll do my usual cross-country ski trek around the field today.

ttfn,
Sherry

[Sherry C]

David,

re. snow: Interesting phenomenon at present. If I look out the first floor windows it's like a whiteout. If I look out the second floor windows, it's nearly blue sky with white swirling just below. The end is coming

ttfn,
Sherry

[dj]

Originally Posted by Sherry C

David,

re. snow: Interesting phenomenon at present. If I look out the first floor windows it's like a whiteout. If I look out the second floor windows, it's nearly blue sky with white swirling just below. The end is coming

ttfn,
Sherry

I've got about two hours of shovelling here this morning just to get out to go in to town to our theatre building to shovel for three hours.

My snow-blower is cranky and won't start.

Ah, to be in sunny Australia! . . . wait a minute . . .

David

[Sherry C]

Originally Posted by dj

My snow-blower is cranky and won't start.

Mine are cranky sometimes, too, but plying them with hot chocolate and a little cash gets 'em going (my kids, that is )

Ah, to be in sunny Australia! . . . wait a minute . . .

It's much harder to shovel water and expect it to stay where you put it.

ttfn,
Sherry

[EddieCG]

Thank you for your help - I am now getting the hang of what to do to achieve the resuts I want!!