Lyrics paragraph styles

Dorico Pro Help

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Dorico Pro
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5.1
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English
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There are different paragraph styles for different types of lyrics. You can change different aspects of these paragraph styles in the Paragraph Styles dialog, such as changing their font size to make lyrics appear larger.

Musical phrase with different types of lyrics labelled

The following paragraph styles are used for lyrics:

  1. Lyrics: Used for lyric lines and verse numbers, by default

  2. Lyrics (Translation): Used for lyric line translations

  3. Lyrics (Chorus): Used for chorus lines

  4. Lyrics (Chorus Translation): Used for chorus line translations

  5. Lyrics (Verse Numbers): Optionally used for verse numbers