: Re: How to display a duet in lyrics? I wonder if someone can tell me whether there is a convention when laying out a lyric to show different parts (or even a chorus). In my novel, there are

@Kristi637

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I've seen this done several different ways.

Chorus in bold (typical in printed lyrics to be sung from if everyone, including the lead, sings that part together)

It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see
I remember that day pretty well
Nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see, Jerusalem

Chorus in parentheses (typical if the lead does NOT join in the chorus and/or overlaps with it).

It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine (Run come see, run come see)
I remember that day pretty well

Singers in separate columns (this makes a nicer presentation for a book, where you're primarily just reading the lyrics, but you want to give a sense of what is being sung together.)

LEAD CHORUS
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Run come see
I remember that day pretty well Run come see
It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine

Run come see, Jerusalem

In the style of a script

Lead: It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Chorus: Run come see, run come see
Lead (overlaps chorus): I remember that day pretty well. Nineteen hundred and twenty nine
Both: Run come see, Jerusalem

Given that there's no one standard method, you can use the one that is best fitted to your needs.

For reference: Run Come See, Jerusalem

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