musescore / musescore/MuseScore

Lyric input when there are multiple voices in the notes

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Description

Your idea

There should be a simpler way to input lyrics if there are multiple voices to which they need to be attached, like so:

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Problem to be solved

There doesn’t seem to be a way to create a hyphen between the two circled syllables, because of the voice assignments in the notes. I tried creating it on a different system, in both voice 1 and voice 2 and then copying and pasting it back, but it always pastes in with “ways” sitting over “will” no matter what I do.

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Additional context

Can be done in Sibelius just by changing the voice assignment of the lyric.

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The issue provides no source file, test, or entry point. Reproduce the multi-voice lyric case shown in the issue and compare the requested hyphen behavior with the current result. Done means lyrics can be entered across multiple voices with the syllable hyphen attached and positioned correctly.

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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