Verse Labels in Songs

Hi Matthew

I am unsure of the question you are asking.

Font sizes in songs are consistent throughout the song and are at a maximum size to fit the lines on the screen. That is to make the font larger one has to manually split the lines.

One can use any label for a verse providing the label is contained between { and }

Matthew Hardy said:

Thanks for the reply. I realize I wasn’t as clear as I could‘ve been. They want the label “Verse 1…Verse 2” etc displayed on the bottom of the slides for everyone to see.  

Can't think of an easy way Matthew. It is a kind of perverse request. It clutters up the screen with exteraneous verbiage. Usually the only cue required is one to denote the end of the last verse. That can be accomplished by adding a text box to the last frame.

DMB said:

Mike Binks said:

(I still fail to understand how it helps anyone to know the number of the verse if they are singing from the screen.)

Obviously, I won't convince you, I'm guessing from different hymnal/worship traditions. We have the hymns largely memorized, so you only need to know which verse (a glance).  And having played organ, ditto.  A quick glance , and try to negotiate with the congregation (speed).

I don't use it myself, so I may be 'speaking' out of turn but I thought that this information is available on the confidence screen - which is what musicians and church leaders should be using.

The display screens should be configured for maximum efficiency of folk who are reading the stuff for singing rather than for planning.