Re: [Finale] Hash marks with chord diagrams

[George Ports]

Changed to Slash Notation with no problem.  Lost the Chords and Chord diagrams when I did it.    Tried to edit the Staff Style and couldn't figure out just how to do it. Am using winXP and winfin 2005. Thanks for your help, George   ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher Smith To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Hash marks with chord diagrams This is a real hard way to do it. Here's an easier way. There is a staff style called Slash Notation. In the Staff tool, select the passage, hit S (for Slash). All of layer 1 is turned into slashes. If you hit R (for RHythmic) every thing turns into stemmed slashes. As you noticed, you need entries in layer 1 to attach the chords to. I use rests so they don't play back. To make items attached to Layer 1 and other layers appear as well, you have to edit the Staff Style. Make this edit in your default file, too, and save it, so that you won't ever have to do it again. 1) To make Slash Notation and Rhythmic Notation staff styles show notes in other layers (essential for drum parts!) Select the Staff Tool (looks like a treble clef) Staff Menu>Define Staff Styles Beside “Available Styles” select “Slash Notation” Directly below that about two inches is a check box and “Alternate Notation.” Click on the “Select” button just below that. In the “Alternate Notation” dialogue box at the bottom, there are four options available; “Show Items Attached to Notes, Show Notes in Other Layers, Show Items Attached to Notes in Other Layers, and Add Dots to Slashes in Compound Meters.” ALL of them should be checked. Click OK Beside “Available Styles” select “Rhythmic Notation” Click on the “Select” button just below “Alternate Notation” again In the “Alternate Notation” dialogue box at the bottom, there are four options available; “Show Items Attached to Notes, Show Notes in Other Layers, Show Items Attached to Notes in Other Layers, and Stems up in Rhythmic Notation”. Check ONLY the first three; leave the stem direction alone. Click OK, then OK in the Staff Styles dialogue box. That's it! Christopher On Mar 15, 2005, at 12:42 PM, George Ports wrote: Thanks for such a quick reply Dick. Everything you said was understood. I had already made a chart with regular quarter notes and am trying to change them to hash marks. Tried to select all in staff attributes as you said. The noteheads wouldn't change. Has it anything to do with layers or ? George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick Hauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <finale@shsu.edu> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Hash marks with chord diagrams On Mar 15, 2005, at 8:29 AM, George Ports wrote: Is there a way to make a chart with 1/4 note hash marks showing the chord names and the guitar fretboards? Select Staff Attributes select "Alternate Notation" button click "Select" select Slash button Ok out. Fret board can be selected from the chord drop down. Dick H _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

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