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Hi Everyone.
Please help.
How to add lyrics to an ABC music file format that already has chords?

For example, I would love to be able to add lyrics something like this...

|: "Am7" | "D7" | "Gmaj7" | "Cmaj7" |
L: hello sun | hello moon | hello cow | hello dune |
| "Cmaj7" | "Dm7" | "Bdim" | "G7" |
L: hello cat | hello dog | hello nothing | hello frog |

...etc...

...but I do not know the correct syntax, and (so far) cannot find it. of course, I want the lyrics to be shown in BIab (that is, I do not want to just add the lyrics as comments in the ABC file, I already know how to do that.)

Below is the actual ABC file content, which can be loaded in a plain-text file, given the .abc extension, and it does load and play in Biab 2024 using (File, Open Special, Open ABC)

abc_file_begin

X: 1 % Reference number of the tune
T: aaa_my_new_age_abc_test_version_08_02 % Title of the tune
M: 4/4 % Meter (time signature)
L: 1/4 % Default note length
Q: 70 % Tempo (beats per minute)
P: AABA
K: C % Key signature
N: this is a test of multiple sections, plus aligned chords
% A Section
P: A
|: "Cmaj7" | "Dm7" | "Bdim" | "G7" |
| "Cmaj7" | "Dm7" | "Bdim" | "G7" |
| "Cmaj7" | "Dm7" | "Bdim" | "G7" |
| "Cmaj7" | "Dm7" | "Bdim" | "G7" :|
% B Section
P: B
|: "Am7" | "D7" | "Gmaj7" | "Cmaj7" |
| "Am7" | "D7" | "Gmaj7" | "Cmaj7" |
| "Fmaj7" | "Em7" | "Am7" | "D7" |
| "Gmaj7" | "G7" | "Cmaj7" | "Cmaj7" :|]

abc_file_end

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.

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For the text format see the BIAB 2024 Manual, Paste-Special, pages 90-91. But I believe that Lyrics are not included.


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The w: is used to insert non-durational lyrics onto the bottom of the page, but they aren't associated with bars. The W: is used to associate lyrics with notes, but I couldn't get BiaB to import that correctly.

But you're not looking for either of these - you're looking for a way to associate lyrics with a bar of music, without attaching them to any notes.

I don't see any way to do that in ABC.


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There are notation apps that can do this but not BIAB to my knowledge.


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I always use the document window for lyrics.


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