using dashes in lyrics

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michel
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Post by michel » Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:57 pm

Hello,

Sorry for writing in "bad English" but my native language is Flemish.

I have to write harmonica (bluesharp) tabs in a score as lyrics.
The problem is that "draw notes" (played while inhaling) are notated as -2 -4' etc (play hole 2 by inhaling, hole 4 with 1 step bend)
Blow notes are notated +2 etc


The problem is Sibelius interprets the dashes or hyphens as syllable separators for words, I would like it could understand "-2" as "minus 2".

How can I solve this problem

Thanks in advance

Michel


bobp
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Post by bobp » Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:41 pm

One way is to use different text.

Right click a blank area/select Text/Other System Text/try small text.

If you poke around in the right click menus, you can probably find other ways to do it. Look for a harmonica plug in both Sibelius and on the Avid web site.
Bob Porter
Sibelius 7.5, W10,i5,16 GB ram,desktop

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