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A stanza of a strophic text.
Printed above a vocal line (Verse 1, 2nd verse) where a stanza begins, or implied by numbered lines of underlay (1., 2., 3.) under one melody; in strophic songs it applies until the refrain or the next verse.
In strophic songs the music repeats while the words change, so check that each stanza fits the same rhythm and stresses; where a line has an extra syllable, split a note and show the extra one in small type. Numbered underlay saves space, but write verses out when the setting varies. A refrain or chorus label marks the repeating section, and repeat signs or a D.C. show the route between them.
Satie, Je te veux, voice, m. 47: “1er Couplet / Verse 1” heads the first verse, a bar after “Fine”.
Verse is one of 1755 terms in the Gradus musical dictionary: the words, abbreviations and instrument names that appear in printed scores, plus the vocabulary composers use to talk about them.
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