Lyric position above/below staff

• Jun 21, 2025 - 01:38

I have Voice 1 upstaff and Voice 2 downstaff in the same staff, and would like to show lyrics for each Voice as Voice 1 above the staff and Voice 2 below the staff. I am unable to find a way to do this; I seem to be able to have lyrics either all above or all below, but don't find a way to have above/below based on the Voice.

Where should I be looking for this?


Comments

Select the first note (the first note with a lyric syllable) of Voice 1. Add one word of its lyric. It will appear at the default Below position. Exit lyric entry mode. Select the lyric and press the X key, the shortcut to toggle the location between Above and Below. This will move that first word above the staff.

Now select the first note of Voice 2. Begin adding its lyrics.

Once you have them begun, you can double-click on the last lyric entered--either the Voice 1 or Voice 2 lyrics-- and continue adding to that lyric.

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