On 20.03.2003 7:59 Uhr, LGS-Europe wrote > I know I seem to be alone in this, but I'm quite happy with the figured bass > font and input system supplied with Finale. I'm a continuo player, and I > make my own parts with Finale, so in this case the end user is happy with > it, too. > I made a template with MetaTools for all simple figures: e.g. 4 = 4, just > below on the keyboard (r) is #4, just below that (f) is flat4 and just below > (v) that is neutral4 (don't use neutrals for music you'll have to transpose, > it's very confusing). Having done the whole keyboard like this, I can type > away and adding figures to a bass is quickly done. Compound figurs are no > problem, as Finale stacks them neatly above each other. Changing figures > under a long note ar a bother, as you'll have to work with hidden layers. > Just a few such notes you can fix on the spot, for more serious matters you > can enter a hidden layer of small notes for the whole piece (just enter an > endless row of eights) and attach all figures to this hidden layer.
Which tool are you using? Chord Tool? Naturally you will get into trouble when you need slashed figures like 5+ where the + goes through the 5's upper stroke. Or various stroked 6s. I think that's where a custom font is the only pleasing solution. I originally did figures with the chord tool, too, and even had a rather good input system using the Midi keyboard, but compared to a custom font with the lyrics tool it was very much inferior. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
