The event lyric line object

Type: Dictionary

This encodes a single lyric syllable within a single lyric line (i.e., a single verse).

Attributes

Name Type Required? Description
extender event lyric line extender No Specifies that this syllable has an extender line (also called a word extension), indicating that the syllable is sustained beyond this event.

To explicitly specify that this syllable has no extender line, use {"show": false}.

If not provided, the meaning depends on the document's useLyricExtenders value. If useLyricExtenders is true, this should be interpreted as {"show": false}. If it is false (the default), consuming software should determine whether the syllable has an extender line according to its own logic.
text string Yes The text of the syllable.

This might be an empty string in the case of lyrics that are skipped for a given verse.
type event lyric line type No Specifies the syllable's part of the word: "start", "middle", "end" or "whole". If not provided, the default value is "whole".

Generally software uses this data to determine whether to put a hyphen after a syllable, if space is available. The data can also be used to inform synthesized vocal audio playback.

Note: The hyphen character itself should not be encoded within "text".

Plus globally available attributes: _c, _x, id

Parent objects

This object is used by the following parent objects:

Examples

This object is used in the following examples:

Lyric line metadata, Lyrics (basic), Lyrics (multi-line)