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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00900000000000000000"></A>
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<A NAME="sec-lyrics"></A>
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Lyrics
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</H1>
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<P>
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MIDI files can include song lyrics. And some MIDI players or
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sequencers can display them as a file is played. Some, but not all.
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I'm not aware of any keyboards which display lyrics; and most Linux
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based players do not display them. Exceptions to the rule are the
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programs <SPAN CLASS="textit">Kmid</SPAN> which displays and highlights lyrics almost in a
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Karaoke manner, <SPAN CLASS="textit">xplaymidi</SPAN> and <SPAN CLASS="textit">timidity</SPAN> which display the
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lyrics in a secondary panel.
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With this qualifier out of the way, there really is no reason for
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lyrics NOT to be useful in a program like
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> . Singers do not want
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a melody playing while they are vocalizing (really, they are no
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different in this than any other instrumentalist). And some
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platforms<A NAME="tex2html36"
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HREF="#foot3690"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">9</SPAN>.<SPAN CLASS="arabic">1</SPAN></SUP></A> other than Linux support lyric display in a more
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useful format.
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The ``Standard MIDI File'' document describes a <SPAN CLASS="textit">Lyric</SPAN> Meta-event:
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<BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN CLASS="textbf">FF 05 len text <SPAN CLASS="textit">Lyric</SPAN>.</SPAN> A lyric to be sung.
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Generally, each syllable will be a separate lyric event which begins
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at the event's time.<A NAME="tex2html37"
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HREF="#foot3694"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">9</SPAN>.<SPAN CLASS="arabic">2</SPAN></SUP></A></BLOCKQUOTE>
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Unfortunately, not all players and creators follow the
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specification--the most notable exception are ``.kar'' files. These
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files eschew the <SPAN CLASS="textit">Lyric</SPAN> event and place their lyrics as a
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<SPAN CLASS="textit">Text Event</SPAN>. There are programs strewn on the net which convert
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between the two formats (but I really don't know if
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conversion is needed).
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If you want to read the word from the source, refer to the official
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MIDI lyrics documentation at
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<TT><A NAME="tex2html38"
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HREF="http://www.midi.org/about-midi/smf/rp017.shtml">http://www.midi.org/about-midi/smf/rp017.shtml</A></TT>.
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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00910000000000000000">
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> has a number of options in setting lyrics. They are all called
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via the L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL> command. Most options are set as option/setting
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pairs with the option name and the setting joined with an ``=''.
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Event Type</A>
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> supports both format for lyrics (discussed above). The
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EVENT option is used to select the desired mode.
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>Lyric EVENT=LYRIC </B>
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selects the default L<SMALL>YRIC </SMALL>E<SMALL>VENT</SMALL> mode.
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<B>Lyric EVENT=TEXT </B>
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selects the T<SMALL>EXT </SMALL>E<SMALL>VENT</SMALL> mode. Use of this option also prints a
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warning message.
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<H2><A NAME="SECTION00912000000000000000">
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Word Splitting</A>
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Another option controlled by the L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL> command is to determine
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the method used to split words. As mentioned earlier (and in various
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MIDI documents), the lyrics should be split into syllables.
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> does
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this by taking each word (anything with white space surrounding it)
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and setting a MIDI event for that. However, depending on your player,
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you might want only one event per bar. You might even want to put the
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lyrics for several bars into one event. In this case simply set the
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``bar at a time'' flag:
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>Lyric SPLIT=BAR </B>
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You can return to normal (syllable/word) mode at anytime with:
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<B>Lyric SPLIT=NORMAL </B>
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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00920000000000000000">
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Chord Name Insertion</A>
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It is possible to have
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> duplicate the current chord names and
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insert them as a lyrics. The option:
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<B>Lyric CHORDS=On </B>
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will enable this. In this mode the chord line is parsed and inserted
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as verse one into each bar.
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The mode is enabled with ``On'' or ``1'' and disabled with ``Off'' or
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``0''.
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After the chords are extracted they are treated exactly like a verse
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you have entered as to word splitting, etc. Note that the special
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chord ``z'' is converted to ``N.C.'' and directives after the ``z'' in
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constructs like ``C7zCS'' will appear with only the chord name.
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Chord Transposition</A>
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If you are transposing a piece or if you with to display the chords
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for a guitar with a cappo you can tell
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> to transpose the chord
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names inserted with C<SMALL>HORDS=</SMALL>O<SMALL>N</SMALL>. Just add a transpose directive
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in the L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL> command:
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<B>Lyric CHORDS=On Transpose=2 </B>
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T<SMALL>RANSPOSE</SMALL> setting.<A NAME="tex2html39"
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> isn't too smart in it's transposition and will often display the
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``wrong'' chord names in relation to ``sharp'' and ``flat'' names. If
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you find that you are getting too many ``wrong'' names, try setting
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the CN<SMALL>AMES</SMALL> option to either ``Sharp'' or ``Flat''. Another
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example:
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>Lyric CHORDS=On Transpose=2 CNames=Flat </B>
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By default, the ``flat'' setting is used. In addition to ``Flat'' and
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``Sharp'' you can use the abbreviations ``#'', ``b'' and ``SPMamp;''.
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<P>
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You can (and may well need to) change the CN<SMALL>AMES</SMALL> setting
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anywhere in the song.
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<P>
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<H1><A NAME="SECTION00930000000000000000">
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Setting Lyrics</A>
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</H1>
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Adding a lyric to your song is a simple matter ...and like so many
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things, there is more than one way to do it.
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Lyrics can be set for a bar in-between a pair of <SPAN CLASS="textbf">[]</SPAN>s
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somewhere in a data bar.<A NAME="tex2html40"
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HREF="#foot3726"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">9</SPAN>.<SPAN CLASS="arabic">4</SPAN></SUP></A> For
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example:
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>z [ Pardon ]
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<BR>
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C [ me, If I'm ]
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<BR>
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E7 [ sentimental, \r]
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<BR>
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C [when we say good ] </B>
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The alternate method is to use the L<SMALL>YRIC </SMALL>S<SMALL>ET</SMALL> directive:
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>Lyric Set Hello Young Lovers </B>
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Unlike the other L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL> options, the S<SMALL>ET</SMALL> option must be
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the last one on a line, and it does not use the ``='' sign. If you are
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setting the lyric for a single verse the <SPAN CLASS="textbf">[]</SPAN>s are optional;
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however, for multiple verses they are used (just like they are when
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you include the lyric in a data/chord line). The advantage to using
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L<SMALL>YRIC </SMALL>S<SMALL>ET</SMALL> is that you can specify multiple bars of lyrics at
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one point in your file. See the sample file <TT><SPAN CLASS="textbf">egs/lyrics.mma</SPAN></TT> for
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an example.
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<P>
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The lyrics for each bar are separated into individual events, one for
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each word ...unless the option S<SMALL>PLIT=</SMALL>B<SMALL>AR</SMALL> has been used, in
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which case the entire lyric is placed at the offset corresponding to
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the start of the bar.
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<P>
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> recognizes two special characters in a L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL>:
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<UL>
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<LI>A <SPAN CLASS="textbf"> \r</SPAN> is converted into an EOL character (hex
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value 0x0D). A <SPAN CLASS="textbf"> \r</SPAN> should appear at the end of each
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lyrical line.
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</LI>
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<LI>A <SPAN CLASS="textbf"> \n</SPAN> is converted into a LF character (hex
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value 0x0A). A <SPAN CLASS="textbf"> \n</SPAN> should appear at the end of each
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verse or paragraph.
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</LI>
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</UL>
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When a multi-verse section is created using a R<SMALL>EPEAT</SMALL> or
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G<SMALL>OTO</SMALL>, different lyrics can be specified for different passes.
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In this case you simply specify two more sets of lyrics:
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<P>
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<tr><td>
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<B>A / Am / [First verse] [Second Verse] </B>
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</Table>
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However, for this work properly you must set the internal counter
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L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL>V<SMALL>ERSE</SMALL> for any verse other than 1. This counter is set with
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the command:
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<P>
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>Lyric Verse=Value | INC | DEC </B>
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</Table>
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<P>
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This means that you can directly set the value (the default value is
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1) with a command like:
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<P>
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>Lyric Verse=2 </B>
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</Table>
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<P>
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And you can increment or decrement the value with the INC and
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DEC options. This is handy at to use in repeat sections:
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<P>
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>Lyric Verse=Inc </B>
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</Table>
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<P>
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You cannot set the value to a value less than 1.
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<P>
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There are a couple of special cases:
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<P>
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<UL>
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<LI>If there is only one set of lyrics in a line, it will be treated
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as text for verse 1, regardless of the value of L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL>V<SMALL>ERSE</SMALL>.
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</LI>
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<LI>If the value of L<SMALL>YRIC</SMALL>V<SMALL>ERSE</SMALL> is greater than the number of
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verses found after splitting the line, then no lyrics are produced.
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In most cases this is probably not what you want.
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<P>
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</LI>
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</UL>
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<P>
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At times you may wish to override
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> 's method of determining the
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beat offsets for a lyric or a single syllable in a lyric. You can
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specify the beat in the bar by enclosing the value in ``<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
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ALT="$< >$"></SPAN>''
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brackets. For example, suppose that your song starts with a pickup bar
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and you'd like the lyrics for the first bar to start on beat 4:
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<P>
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<Table Hspace="40%" CellSpacing=0 CellPadding=10 BGColor="OldLace" Border=3>
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<B>z z z C [ <4>Hello ]
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<BR>
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F [ Young lovers ] </B>
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</Table>
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<P>
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Assuming <SPAN CLASS="textbf">4/4</SPAN> the above would put the word ``Hello'' at beat
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4 of the first bar; ``Young'' on the first beat of bar 2; and
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``lovers'' on beat 3 of bar 2.
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<P>
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Note: there must not be a space inside the ``<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
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ALT="$< >$"></SPAN>'', nor can there be
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a space between the bracket and the syllable it applies to.
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<P>
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Only the first ``<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
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ALT="$< >$"></SPAN>'' is checked. So, if you really want to have
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the characters ``<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
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ALT="$<$"></SPAN>'' or ``<SPAN CLASS="MATH"><IMG
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ALT="$>$"></SPAN>'' in a lyric just include a dummy to
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keep
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<FONT Face="Serif" Color="Navy"><I>MMA</I></FONT> happy:
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<P>
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<B>C [ <><Verse_1.>This is a Demo ] </B>
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</Table>
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<P>
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<A HREF="#eg:twk">This example</A><A NAME="tex2html41"
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HREF="#foot3791"><SUP><SPAN CLASS="arabic">9</SPAN>.<SPAN CLASS="arabic">5</SPAN></SUP></A> shows a complete
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song with lyrics. You should also examine the file
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<TT><SPAN CLASS="textbf">egs/lyrics.mma</SPAN></TT> for an alternate example.
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<P>
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<SPAN CLASS="textbf"><BIG CLASS="XLARGE">Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</BIG></SPAN> <A NAME="eg:twk"></A>
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<B>Tempo 200
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Groove Folk
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Repeat
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<BR> 1 G [Twinkle,] [When the]
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<BR> 2 G [Twinkle] [blazing ]
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<BR> 3 C [little] [sun is]
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<BR> 4 G [star; \r] [gone, \r]
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<BR> 5 Am [How I] [When he ]
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<BR> 6 G [wonder] [nothing]
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<BR> 8 G [are. \r] [pon. \r]
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<BR> 9 G [Up a-] [then you]
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<BR> 10 D7 [bove the] [show your]
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<BR> 11 G [world so] [little]
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<BR> 12 D [high, \r] [light, \r]
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<BR> 13 G [Like a] [Twinkle, ]
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