> I'm doing some 17th century arias some of which have up to 7 or 8 verses > with the same music. How many can one enter under the music without making > the whole illegible? Starting with how many would it be preferable to
The general rule is a maximum of six. Put a little horizontal divider line at the beginning of each system between verses three and four. I have occasionally seen eight verses in hymnals (with two divider lines), but by the point you get to verse eight you are singing by memory anyway. ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** ** Benjamin Smedberg, Director of Music ** ** St. Patrick's Church, Washington D.C. ** ** VOX 202-347-2713 x102 - FAX 202-347-1401 ** ** [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** ** "Soli Deo Gloria" ** ** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ** _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
