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Typing in lyrics by hand can be quite a laborious task—especially if you have to work out where to syllabify words. Sibelius can import
a text file containing the lyrics to your song and automatically syllabify them for you. A text file containing the words to Scarborough
Fair is included in the Project Files folder of example scores.
You can also copy lyrics from other programs (such as word processors), create multiple verses of lyrics, and control every aspect of
their appearance and formatting.
Dynamics
The term dynamics is used to mean both text instructions like mp and hairpins (wedge-shaped cresc./dim. lines), which Sibelius will re-
spect when playing back your score – just as you’d expect a performer to do. Text dynamics are written in a text style called Expression.
Sibelius’s text styles are listed in categories in the Text Styles Style gallery. This gallery is embedded directly in the ribbon, allowing
you to see the first few items in the gallery without opening it. In-ribbon galleries like this allow you to scroll up and down the list using
the scroll arrow buttons at the right-hand end, or to open the gallery, making it appear like a drop-down menu.
4 Press Command+F (Mac) or Control+F (Windows)—holding down Command (Mac) or Control (Windows) tells Sibelius to write
the letters using the special bold characters which should be used for dynamics—you can also right-click to see a menu of useful
words. This menu is, appropriately enough, called a word menu.
5 Press Esc to stop creating text.
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Now add the rest of the missing text dynamics to the vocal, clarinet and acoustic guitar staves in the score, referring to the printout of
Scarborough Fair that you made at the start of this project. You can write all the dynamics in this arrangement either by holding down
Command (Mac) or Control (Windows) as you type them to tell Sibelius to use the special bold characters, or by using the word menu.
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