Re: lyrics to music

[Fr. Michael Gilmary, mma]

On Nov 20 AD 2012, at 12:54 PM, Phil Holmes wrote:

> I only sing, but I find beamed notes more difficult to sing from -  
> the rhythm of the bars is less important to me than aligning the  
> syllable to the correct note.



I'm grateful for all the input from everyone. So now I can add my 2  
cents: I also find it more difficult to read the lyrics when the  
music is beamed across syllables as opposed to being separated. That  
issue might be compounded by the input user's choice of a font, etc.  
For example, the musician who puts some music together for us monks  
uses beams across syllables and words ... and then has a very small  
font AND stacks 4 or more verses of lyrics on top of one another.  
That's definitely pushing my limits for ease of reading when the  
piece is unfamiliar!





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fr. michael gilmary, mma

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