To
place lyrics into the score (click assignment)
- Click the Lyrics Tool . The Lyrics menu
appears.
- From the Lyrics menu, choose Click Assignment
. A box appears, containing the lyrics you created in the Edit
Lyrics window. The bottom scroll bar scrolls through the syllables, left
to right. The top scroll bar scrolls through the Verses, if there are
more than one.
- If you want to place one syllable at a time,
click the first melody note. You must click on the staff at the
position of the note—not necessarily on the note itself. When you click,
the first syllable displayed in the Click Assignment window disappears
from the window and appears in the score, aligned with the note you clicked.
Note: you must have the layer in which the notes are placed active for
lyrics to be attached. Also, if you want to attach lyrics to notes in
Voice two, hold down the shift key, then click on the note.
- If you want to assign all the lyrics at once,
click the first melody note while pressing option.
This technique, called Option–Click-Assigning, tells Finale
to assign each of the syllables, one after another, to consecutive melody
notes, automatically skipping rests, tied notes, and notes in different
layers and voices. If any syllables are assigned to the wrong notes, see
To correct
misaligned lyrics.
You have to repeat this process for each
Verse, Chorus, or Section. If you have a second verse, for example, simply
scroll back to its beginning spot, advance the upper scroll bar to Verse
2, and option–click-assign
again.