Is it still customary when entering lyrics to use an apostrophe and dropped vowel to indicate a "merged" syllable in English (i.e., where the word as sung has fewer syllables than the dictionary hyphenation)? Or is that an archaic practice?
Except maybe for a few reified situations (e.g. "heav'n"), it's archaic.
In other words, should a two-syllable "opening" be written
"o-pening"
or
"o-p'ning"
?
- Darcy
The former. Note, however: In places where the underlay allows a word to fit without hyphenization, the elision of two syllables within that word should be indicated by a ligature (curved line) above or below the affected syllables. In Finale, this can easily be entered as a smart-shape slur at high magnification.
-- Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press
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