While it's always better for the software to have more flexibility, I'd recommend not spreading out this type of instruction.
i f y o u w a n t t o c o m m u n i c a t e w e l l then standard peripheral vision is the best way to go to the performers' eyes and brains. Wasn't it annoying to g r a d u a l l y read the spread out words? The spread out way doesn't even reveal that it's molto until a few inches into the gesture, and if the molto came first, then the player wouldn't know until later what to do molto. More important, it pulls the attention away from the notes. So despite some examples of this in traditional engraving, it isn't necessarily the best way to go transparently into players' minds. -DD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Noel Stoutenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 7:27 PM Subject: [Finale] Feature request (#12 in a series) > To whom it may concern: > > If not implemented in FIN 2k4, one thing I would like to see in 2k5 is > "smart hyphens" as part of the smart shape tool, on the one hand, or as > part of the text expression tool, on the other. I'd like to define, as > an example, the word "rall-en-tan-do mol-to" as a smart line, and > assign it to the score. At minimum length, the line would read > > "rallentando molto" > > but it could be stretched, and when stretched would display as > > "rall - - - en - - - tan - - - do mol - - - to". > > with the number of hyphens adjusted as necessary. > > ns > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
