On Jul 5, 2007, at 9:37 AM, dr.a.s. weinstangel wrote:
Dear collective wisdom:
Two questions:
1. To slash a flagged grace note is easy. But, how to get slashed
beamed grace notes, without having to manually place a slash on
each group (and then have it move somewhere else every once in a
while)?
Sorry, articulation or note-attached expression are the only two ways
I know of. Though perhaps a Smart line would do it, too. I find
articulations tend to wander more than expressions, so I would go
with expressions if it was me.
2. I would like to place beamed grace notes that precede downbeats
into the previous bar. Could this be done globally for given
sections of the piece?
If there are other notes in the previous measure, then this is easy,
but I don't think you would be asking in that case. I imagine you
want grace notes in an otherwise empty measure, perhaps the last
measure of a multi-measure rest? I would create the notes as a
graphic and import it as a Shape expression, then position it
wherever it needed to be. You would have to come up with a different
graphic if ever there was a different configuration of notes, stems
up or down, or accidentals. You can set them to auto-place, too,
which saves some messing around.
Be aware, however, that handles on Shape expressions have been acting
very weirdly for the last couple of versions of Finale. You might
find your Shape expressions wandering even more than your articulations!
Christopher
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