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.

-- mkamoski

Last edited by mkamoski; 11/10/24 01:44 PM.