Just actually looked at the score.. Definitely would be clear to put them above the top phrase. Are you definitely using the anglicised lyrics? Steve P.
On 18 Feb 2012, at 15:29, SN jef chippewa <shirl...@newmusicnotation.com> wrote: > > i am doing a short orchestral score and in the final section the > whole orchestra (and i assume audience) are invited to sing along on > the tune "Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond". > > where would you mark the lyrics in the score? > > i thought of placing them in an instrument that plays the melody, but > there is noone in the orch that plays the whole thing in the same > register... the flute and oboe play it but with an octave jump in the > 2nd half of the verse; the clarinets play the melody in the correct > register (in relation to the fl-ob in the 1st half) but only play the > 2nd half of the tune. > > would it be ok to place it between the oboe and clarinet? and does > it matter that the slurring in the instruments does not correspond > exactly to the lyrics? or should this be a separate staff > altogether? (this would solve one instance of a rhythm not indicated > in the music but sung in every version of the tune i heard, > 16th+dotted-8th on the first "bonnie") > > in the parts i suppose the singalong should be on a separate staff, > and above the instrument, with the lyrics between the staves? > > here is the page, needs adjustments for the lyrics, but you get the idea: > http://newmusicnotation.com/TEMPFILES/lochlomond_singalong.pdf > > cheers, > jef > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
