Elision Slurs in Lyrics

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Volodarskaya

• August 05, 2020 00:07

I haven't been able to find a way to type in elision slurs in lyrics. In Spanish, for instance, if a word ends with a vowel sound and the next word begins with a vowel sound, they would be sung as a single syllable under the same note. Currently, Noteflight is not allowing this and is forcing the second syllable on to the next note. It would be great to have this feature!

 

Thank you,

 

Anna

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  Noteflight

  • May 14, 2026 19:50
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  Hi All!

  Sorry to keep you waiting for so long but I'm pleased to announce that this feature has been added to Noteflight. You can create an elision slur via the tilde character `~`. 

  Let us know what you think!

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  Sarah Buisman

  • November 13, 2020 23:54

  Yes, this would be so helpful!

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  BelovedET

  • November 19, 2020 08:41

  Got similar problems, simply can't add a space in between, even though it's under the same note. Why is that? Is there any solution to this?

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  jeanbean14

  • October 13, 2021 20:22

  The guide says to use a + (since using a space takes you to the next note/word).  

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  kaducarrasco

  • April 28, 2022 14:27
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  I've just been in touch with the Noteflight team. They confirm that elision slurs are not supported in Noteflight. Let's hope someday they include elision slurs because they are so useful.

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  kaducarrasco

  • April 28, 2022 14:30

  By the way, the option @jeanbean14 put above (using a + sign) didn't work for me. The + sign is automatically replaced by an empty space when you finish editing the lyrics.

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  Drol

  • September 04, 2022 20:21

  Hi! The + sign put a space between the syllables and helps. But it would be wonderful that appear like the image Volodarskaya posted at the beginning. Thanks! 

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  paradocs

  • February 03, 2023 09:30

  I frequently just use the + between text to leave a space to seperate.

  But it looks better when I copy an Underline character

  into the clipboard with Ctrl + c, then position the cursor,

  and paste while editing the text with Ctrl + v   (I use linux).

  Fancier but dangerous is to copy the  unicode character:

  ‿ undertie  Codepoint (hexadecimal): 0x203F Codepoint (decimal): 8255

  and paste it at the desired point. But the font may give

  a box if it does not support this character.

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  megivens

  • October 25, 2024 00:49

  SO! Noteflight supports using the "+" to put multiple syllables on one notes, but it (so far) hasn't shown us a way to put the elision slur in the lyrics. I *think* I have found a soluition. The online IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) site from typeit.org hasa a full IPA keyboard with all of the phonetic symbols, including the slur, and has copy-paste capability. I pasted the slur into my score and then used the + to complete my elision. I haven't printed it yet, but it looks good on the monitor.

  https://ipa.typeit.org/full/

  Fingers crossed

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