On Dec 17, 2007, at 9:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone-----in jazz band score, what is the best way to write
cues above
the top line of the drum set part so the drummer knows what the
ensemble
figures are?
I'm using Finale 2007 and Windows XP Pro.
Thanks in advance-----Brian
Assuming you've used the Setup Wizard's drumset, then do this.
In Layer Options, set Layer 3 to always stems up, always ties
flipped, shift rests by 6 steps, and for these options to apply even
if there is nothing in other layers.
In Layer 3 enter the cues as G treble clef above the staff.
Once everything is in, choose Show Active Layer Only (so that this
next step won't affect notes in other layers), select the entire drum
staff in Mass Edit by clicking the drum clef, and Change... Note
Size... to 75% to make them cue sized.
You may have to edit Slash Notation staff style so that items in
other layers and items ATTACHED to other layers show. If you don't do
this, then your cues in layer 3 will disappear when you apply slash
notation to Layer 1.
Done.
The only drawback is that the G is mapped to the open cuica sound by
default, so unless you change this to a crash cymbal or something
manually, you will get playback that sounds like a seal barking.
I use Layer 3 because I might be using Layer 2 for choir or piano
parts, and Layer 4 I use for cues under the staff (D in treble clef)
so that they don't interfere with chord symbols in piano/guitar
parts, set to stems down etc.
On Jari Williamson's site there is a method for quickly changing a
trumpet melody into a drum cue, but I use Layer 3, not layer 2.
http://www.finaletips.nu/tipsmisc.php#KICKS_OVER_TIME
This is a good link
akamai.www.berkleemusic.com/assets/display/3541164/drumsetnotation.pdf
also this (might be very similar)
http://www.berkleeshares.com/songwriting__arranging/drum_notation_finale
Christopher
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