Here is what I do for the situation you outline. However, I must preface this by saying that the handwritten notation is much more effective because it draws attention to itself.
I learned this many years ago from Dr. Charlene Archibeque, at that time (perhaps still) Director of Choral Music at San Jose State University. My impression at the time that this was in common usage and just new to me. I had never seen it before. Now I use it constantly. Use hash marks such as /////. The longest hash mark goes over the first beat of the measure. If the music is in triple meter then use shorter hash marks to indicate beats 2 and 3. If the meter is in 4 then use a medium length hash mark over beat three. This clearly shows the relative strength of the beat pattern and where the beat occurs. What you are doing is marking the tactus. This is especially useful in complex syncopations You will need to generate these as note attached expressions or articulations if you want them printed in the score. When I encounter problems in reading rhythms either for myself or my ensembles the first thing I do is write these hash marks into my score. If a particular player or section is having rhythmic difficulty then I will mark the section leader's part with soft lead pencil in BIG marks so they can easily see and read them, then ask that person to assure that all the parts are marked the same way. Marking in pencil on the necessary measures assures that a particularly tricky spot will get attention. I hope this helps. Guy Hayden, Minister of Music St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 372 Hiden Boulevard Newport News, Virginia 23606 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Giovanni Andreani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:45 AM > I didn't get to explain myself correctly. Her's how it stands: > I've got, lets say, a 16 bars melody in 3/8 and a metronome value as: > sixteenth = 120. > I want to display the metronome's pulse over each of the 16 bars, like a > series of beats overlaying the melody, shifted above the staff; I would have > to display, in this case, six metronome symbols per each measure. The symbol > of the M.M.'s beat has not to be related to the sixteenth value. > I personally selected a cross symbol like the percussion map ride cymbal, > but was asking myself if there where a sort of conventional symbol/s for > displaying M.M.'s beats > > Thanks again > Giovanni > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
