'Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves'

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Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - bradytosto, 10 Jan 06:00PM
     Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - Robin Walker, 10 Jan 06:39PM
         Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - bradytosto, 10 Jan 08:24PM
             Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - Robin Walker, 10 Jan 08:27PM
                 Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - Richard Mix, 13 Jan 10:09PM

Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves
Posted by bradytosto - 10 Jan 06:00PM
I am somewhat new to Sibelius, but I have the basics down at this point. One thing I am stuck on is adding lyrics to a Piano/SATB score, for choral arrangements. If two staves have the same or near the same rhythms, then only one set of lyrics is needed - which should be placed in between the two staves.
BUT, how do I attach that one set of lyrics to both staves instead of it just attaching to the upper or lower staff? Mainly asking for if I want to extract individual parts and other stuff... any help would be appreciated.

I have attached an example below. Right now, the lyrics are only "attached" to the upper staff (the soprano)...

THANKS!
Brady
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Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves
Posted by Robin Walker - 10 Jan 06:39PM
Singers almost never have individual parts: they sing their line from the SATB score.

If, for some other reason, you want lyrics under all parts, then you have to put lyrics under all the staves in the Full Score, and then do "Hide in Full Score, Show in Parts".

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Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves
Posted by bradytosto - 10 Jan 08:24PM
Okay, that makes sense... so is there any way to anchor the text to both staves in the full score since the lyrics are for both, or should it just be placed above or below the staff you choose to anchor it to...
What is the normal place you anchor lyrics in a SATB score?
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Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves
Posted by Robin Walker - 10 Jan 08:27PM
Lyrics should be anchored only to the single staff to which they apply.
It is not possible to attach one lyric to multiple staves.

If you are writing lyrics in-between combined SA and combined TB staves, then they are attached to the SA staff only.

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Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves
Posted by Richard Mix - 13 Jan 10:09PM
I recently encountered a problem attaching lyrics to the upper staff. In an antiphonal passage, my first thought was to put lyrics under the top staff and then erase, but it seems one can't edit the rest into a bar rest without deleting underlay. The only kludge I could see was to use lyrics above staff and keep an eye on distance between staves, though it now occurs to me I should have hidden notes in a different voice.
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Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - bradytosto, 10 Jan 06:00PM
     Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - Robin Walker, 10 Jan 06:39PM
         Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - bradytosto, 10 Jan 08:24PM
             Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - Robin Walker, 10 Jan 08:27PM
                 Re: Sharing Lyrics Between Two Staves - Richard Mix, 13 Jan 10:09PM