Changing the alignment of lyrics relative to notes

By default, the center of lyrics is aligned horizontally with noteheads, but you can change the horizontal alignment of individual lyrics. You can do this for the current layout and frame chain only or for all layouts and frame chains.

There is no default setting for the alignment of lyrics relative to notes, as Dorico Pro automatically adjusts the horizontal position of lyrics to minimize note spacing changes.

Note

Changing the alignment of lyrics manually overrides Dorico Pro’s automatic spacing for the selected lyrics, meaning that note spacing at the affected rhythmic positions might change.

Prerequisite

• If you are in Engrave mode, Graphic Editing is selected in the Engrave toolbox.

• You have chosen the appropriate property scope for local properties.

Procedure

1. Select the lyrics whose alignment you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
2. In the Properties panel, activate Lyric text alignment in the Lyrics group.
3. Select one of the following alignment options from the menu:

   • Left

   • Center

   • Right

Result

The alignment of the selected lyrics is changed. If the property scope was set to Locally, this change only takes effect in the current layout and frame chain.