[VIHUELA] Re: Typesetting scores

[Mjos & Larson]

Your reply sent me to read about articulation metatools--something I  
have never used. This will be interesting to try for upstroke dots,  
but I'm guessing this could be handy for any frequently used symbol.

Last night I visited your website and viewing your scores clarified  
your earlier posting in which described your working method.

        http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/david/sheetmusic_f.html

The technique I have been using for rhythm signs is to use Finale's  
beaming. But because Finale thinks of the tab letter (or number) as  
the notehead, I have been manually placing an open (half)notehead of  
whole note on the stem (in the case of a half note) or in the empty  
space (in the case of a whole note). I am always wishing my placement  
of the halfnote head was more automatically precise, rather than  
zooming in to adjust.

I would also like my rhythm stems to move a little further away from  
the topmost string tab letters.

Your score has given me the idea to try your method, but making a  
font with no noteheads for quarter note, eighth, etc., but to keep  
the half and whole as they are. Do you manually entering the rhythms  
measure by measure?

Entering rhythm signs as lyrics produces clear and good placement,  
but I miss the beamed note groups.

How do you enter diapasons?

-- Rocky



On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:39 AM, LGS-Europe wrote:

Dear Rocky

Thanks for the list. It does include many of the problems I  
encounter and offers some insights in alternative ways to solve these.

Rhythm signs as fonts, didn't think of that.


I still haven't figured a way to easily enter Renaissance upstroke
dots -- I usually just leave them off.
<<

I use the articulation tool, experiment with placing and then enter  
with metatools.

David




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