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To create invisible syllables when typing lyrics

  1. Click the Lyrics tool . The Lyrics menu appears.
  2. Choose Lyrics > Lyrics window. The Lyrics window appears. Type the lyrics in the usual way, up to the melisma.
  3. Type the syllable to be sustained, followed by the usual space or hyphen. For each subsequent note of the melisma, type CTRL+SPACEBAR Finale considers each CTRL+SPACEBAR a syllable. Therefore, you need to separate it as you would any syllable—with a space or a hyphen. Thus you type an CTRL+SPACEBAR followed by a regular space (or a hyphen) for each subsequent note of the melisma. Complete the remaining lyrics.
  4. Click OK. When you enter these lyrics using the CTRL–Click Assignment method (see Lyrics), Finale distributes the invisible melismatic syllables you just created to the corresponding notes of the melody.

Note: that you can add slurs to melismas automatically using the Auto Slur Melismas plug-in.

 

 

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