On Jan 24, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Lee Actor wrote:
Kim Patrick Clow écrit:
Please forgive me, I don't have the Ted Ross book to refer to, but
what are wedges in a Finale file, and why are they evil? Thanks. Are
there any graphic images of these online?
Wedges are produced when beams intersect with staff lines.
Dennis
Particularly when the beam is angled slightly off the horizontal,
such that
the intersection of either end of the beam with a staff line
produces a
small wedge of white space. In the bad old days, this wedge would
tend to
get filled in with ink during the printing process, hence wedges
needed to
be avoided. This engraving practice has been carried over to
modern times
for reasons of clarity and attractiveness of notation.
And that's what one uses Patterson Beams plugin to correct. With the
right settings, the plugin works very well, but if you get picky (and
you do, after you get used to seeing the improvements the plugin
makes), you occasionally have to tweak some beams by hand after
running the plugin.
Chuck
Lee Actor
Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic
http://www.leeactor.com
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