I am trying to understand what you are trying to do, and if you want > the same chord to be played on beats 2 and 3 (oom-pah-pah) then the > standard way is to indicate BOTH beats 2 and 3 with Rhythmic > Notation. What you described will induce a guitarist (for example) to > play an A note on beat 2 and a chord on beat 3. If that is what you > want, you should only put the chord symbol over the 3rd beat slash, > not over the 2nd beat note. >
I agree. This is a klezmer arrangement, and I suspect that this way guitar, bass, trombone and whatever else read from the same part and can see the bass note. Selecting partial measures seems to be the way. Thanks. Dr.A.S.Weinstangel sasha.weinstan...@utoronto.ca NEW!!!!! cel.647-292-4605 > From: christopher.sm...@videotron.ca > Subject: Re: [Finale] slashed notation > Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:16:40 -0500 > To: finale@shsu.edu > > > On Wed Feb 10, at WednesdayFeb 10 7:47 AM, dr.a.s. weinstangel wrote: > > > > > I rarely have to deal with chord-and-slash notation, and am > > confused in this case: > > > > PC, Fin2010 > > 3/4 time: quarter rest, quarter note A with the chord symbol, slash > > on the 3rd beat, and similarly through the whole piece. > > > > I can get all slashed beats with no rests and no noteheads, OR > > rhythmic notation with an X instead of the notehead and VERTICAL > > stem, OR > > (the best version, but hard to read) normal rest, normal note with > > chord symbol and VERTICAL stem without the notehead. > > > > Isn't there an easy way to get an angled slash on the third beat? > > > > Dr.A.S.Weinstangel > > I didn't quite get everything you said above, but the standard way of > getting stemmed slashes is to select the passage of normal notes > using the Staff Tool and hit R (the metatool for Rhythmic Notation.) > You can select partial measures, but it isn't necessary if the only > thing you want is stemmed slashes and rests. > > You can right-click the blue bar over the staff that appears after > putting in a Staff Style and edit the staff style so the stems go up > instead of down, if you want. Stems down is standard, because they > won't interfere with anything above the staff like chord symbols. > > Stemless slashes would be metatool S for Slash Notation. > > I am trying to understand what you are trying to do, and if you want > the same chord to be played on beats 2 and 3 (oom-pah-pah) then the > standard way is to indicate BOTH beats 2 and 3 with Rhythmic > Notation. What you described will induce a guitarist (for example) to > play an A note on beat 2 and a chord on beat 3. If that is what you > want, you should only put the chord symbol over the 3rd beat slash, > not over the 2nd beat note. > > Christopher > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _________________________________________________________________ Check your Hotmail from your phone. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9708121_______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
