Lyrics Engineer

Lyrics Engineer helps you writing song lyrics. The app selects suitable words in order to match the melody accent to lyrics accent to achieve prosody and lyrics to fit comfortably the melody.

This is full version of Lyrics Engineer Lite - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyokovsolutions.lyricsengineerlite

with extended features:
- more words available
- option to load custom prepared dictionary
- option to save the work
- option to open saved files
- option to use medium stress in words

You can use the app to:
- Write lyrics over existing melody
- Write lyrics only (without melody)

Writing lyrics over existing melody:
1. Start with a melody - input melody notes by selecting notes in needed octave (C5 - note C from 5th octave)
2. Select the maximum number of syllables in a word.
3. Press WRITE LYRICS button. The app will choose suitable words. You can choose between the other suitable words in drop down menu under the word start note.
4. Once you have some lyrics you can change a part of them by selecting some syllables and pressing WRITE LYRICS button. Then only selected syllables will be rewritten.

Writing lyrics only (without melody)
1. Check syllables where you want to put some lyrics
2. Select the maximum number of syllables in a word.
3. You can hear the lyric rhythm by checking RHYTHM checkbox and pressing PLAY button.
4. Press WRITE LYRICS button - the lyrics are auto written. You can change them by selecting words from suitable words list in drop down menu
5. Once you have some lyrics you can change a part of them by selecting some syllables and pressing WRITE LYRICS button. Then only selected syllables will be rewritten.

In directory [Lyrics_Engineer/dictionaries] you have an example file for custom dictionary that can be loaded from MENU - LOAD DICTIONARY. In custom dictionary you can put any word or combination of words. You have to provide word hyphenation and stress in format:

syllable1:syllable2;stress1:stress2

If the syllable is stressed stress=1 else stress=0. For example:

a:wake;0:1
take;1
take:ad:vice:from:you;1:0:1:1:1

if there is syllable with medium stress you can put 2 instead of 1. In this case check option for medium stress usage in settings.

Check also the other music composition related apps:

Song Engineer - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyokovsolutions.songengineerlite

Melody Engineer - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyokovsolutions.melodyengineerlite

Rhythm Engineer - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyokovsolutions.rhythmengineerlite

Guitar Engineer - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyokovsolutions.guitarengineerlite

Bass Engineer - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyokovsolutions.bassengineerlite

and the poetry writing app Poet - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyokovsolutions.poetlite