On Mar 26, 2007, at 9:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Finale 2002
1) I have created a rolled chord, using the articulation tool.
Most of
the time this spaces okay, but when it is at the beginning of a
bar, there
is insufficient space between and barline, the articulation and the
following notes (or more usually accidentals). The music "spacing
options"
under "document settings" appears to have no effect and I do not
want to
increase spacing options that will affect all bars. Which method
is best?
The Avoid Articulations music spacing settings should work (they
always have for me, even in 2002) but you have to respace the bar
once you have changed the settings. Move the roll symbol as far left
as you have to in order to avoid accidentals. Select the measure in
the Mass Mover (select all staves for that measure by double-
clicking) and hit 4 above letter R (the note-spacing metatool.) Or if
you just open a Speedy Entry frame on that measure and exit it again,
it will respace on exit (if you haven't changed the default settings).
2) To ensure the rolled chord works over the entire chord, I have
entered
the notes in a single stave of the piano part and used the "note
mover" to
drag them to the stave above. When the notes either side of this
join are
a step apart, Finale offsets one of them to avoid note collisions.
Unfortunately, Finale appears to be unaware that a note has been
dragged to
another stave and remains offset. I know I can fix it by entering the
notes in separate staves (and lose the playback effect). Is there an
alternative that does not involve losing the offesetting of notes
for the
whole piece?
In the Special Tools, the second tool is NoteHead Position Tool, made
just for this. You will probably want to respace after doing anything
with this tool, too.
Maybe it's just me, but this seems like quite a lot of kludging just
to have a smooth two-handed roll on playback. For my clients (_I_
certainly don't need it!) I let them know that this is just a mockup,
kind of like a storyboard for a movie (they have all seen those in
the DVD extras of rented films) and exhort them to use their
imaginations. For added emphasis, I play them an old project with the
tinny Finale kazoo band, then play them the finale product with the
top-flight musicians in the expensive studio, just so they can have
an idea what the relation is between the MIDI mockup and the final
concert. I'm sure they would rather I spent my time on things that
will affect the final outcome, and not spend time on ear candy in the
early versions that benefits noone in the long run.
Christopher
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