Re: "Extra" verses

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "RI" == Ruth Ivimey-Cook <address@hidden> writes:

    RI> Having throught some more about it, I don't think there is an
    RI> optimal solution.  Mats' solution (all verses with score) is
    RI> fine for 1 or 2 verses, adequate for 3 and hopeless for 5 and
    RI> more IMO; the reason is that you get so many lines of text
    RI> under each line of score that it becomes easy to lose track of
    RI> which line you're on, so you end up singing the second half of
    RI> verse 3 when you should be singing the second half of verse 4!

Some hymnals solve that by having alternate verses in italic, which
can be a problem for aging eyes in that italic is less readable at a
given size than upright letters.



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