[VIHUELA] Re: Typesetting scores

[LGS-Europe]

Hi Rocky

No up-to-date tab examples on my site at the moment, I'll send you something
off-list tomorrow. Recieved your files and had a quick look: polished!


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.

Yes, carefull placement is done only once, then with metatools you can add
all the articulations (or fingerings, or upstroke dots, or ...) _very_ fast. 
That's how i do my ciontinuo figures, too. With Finale's continuo figures 
library (am I the only one?). Practically blind and lightning fast. One 
number at a time, Finale takes care of placement above each other in 
compound figures.

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

I thinks that's adjustable in Staff Attributes => Stem Settings.

the half and whole as they are. Do you manually entering the rhythms
measure by measure?

No. Copy all the tabbed music (make sure it's one layer), then Plug In =>
Single Pitch. Maybe run check accidentals. Manually check the ties across
barlines. If you like to hide repeated rhythm signs go through the staff in
Speedy Entry, one hand on the O-key (hide note). It's fast. I've created a
staff style for rhythm-staff-above-tab: hide all but the notes and the time
signature.


How do you enter diapasons?

Bother. Change my system everytime. Basically what you do: I hide the note
and attach the diapasson as expression or articulation. I'm not interested
in playback. If I am I make a different file for playback anyway. Polyphony
is an issue then, so for playback I use a staff notated file (I usually
start my tabs as staff notation anyway).

Nice to see someone else busy with Finale for tablature. I has improved so
much in the last few versions. Finally it's worth it, I feel. But still some
issues to deal with. What software do you use for font creation?

David




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