Second set of Sibelius 7 lyrics with repeat bar to midi?
In music sometimes a line is repeated with the repeat bar ||: :||. I'm using Sibelius and it doesn't seem to understand the repeat bar when it creates midi's with lyrics. It jumbles the text of the lyrics mixing the first and second line. Could someone tell me how to split the lyric lines and do proper repeats automatically?
This is what it looks like now:
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Okay, I scoured the web trying to find answers, but had no luck. After a bit of lateral thinking I have found a solution for you…
Select all of your Line 1 Lyrics (on Mac I click on the first syllable of the line and press shift-cmd-A). Then open the Inspector (right click on the lyric text and select Inspector). Then uncheck the "2" box under "Play on pass:" (which is itself under "Playback"). To be absolutely safe, you could uncheck all except the "1" box, but this seems like overkill.
This seemed to work fine when I Exported as MIDI and then reopened in Sibelius. It's worth noting that you can also Export as MusicXML files, depending upon which program you want to open the file in. And, of course, an absolutely safe way to get around these problems is to simply enter music with no repeats, but instead written out in full!
Thanks to @Wheat Williams for Sibelius forum advice.
All text in Sibelius has a Text Style which defines font, size and position. Yours is all 'Lyrics Line 1'. 'Lyrics Line 2' has a different vertical position. Use it!
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