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Lyrics
In Dorico Pro, the term lyrics is used for all text that is sung by singers.
Lyric line numbers
Lyric line numbers are used to organize lyrics when a single musical passage can have different lyrics sung to it, such as music that contains multiple verses. In Dorico Pro, you can specify the line number of lyrics as you input them and by changing the line number of existing lyrics.
Changing the line number of individual lyrics
You can change the lyric line number of individually selected lyrics after they have been input.

Changing the line number of individual lyrics

You can change the lyric line number of individually selected lyrics after they have been input.

Prerequisite

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

Procedure

Select the individual lyrics whose line number you want to change. You can do this in Write mode and Engrave mode.
In the Properties panel, change the value for Lyric number in the Lyrics group.

Result

The line number of the selected lyrics is changed to match the value in the value field.

Note

The position of the selected lyrics relative to other lyric lines might be changed. For example, if there were two lyric lines and you changed lyrics in Line 1 to Line 3, they now appear below Line 2.