It seems to have inherited organ and accordion notation. Two staves like a piano, with expressions above the staff explaining the "registration" (to borrow an accordion term) or the "stop" (patchname, from organ writing.) You write the note(s) they have to press down with a dynamic, and any other controllers that are necessary are notated with the most convenient tool (like pedals, pitch bend with articulations, vibrato, opening filters and the like.) Graphic notation is common, too, along with X heads for non-pitched rhythmic sounds.
There is some discussion as to whether you should notate octave-transposing sounds in the played octave or the sounding octave, but as long as you are clear as to which is needed and stay consistent, it should work out either way. I bet Dennis B-K here on the list has some great suggestions, and examples that are available on his website. Christopher On Mon Apr 4, at MondayApr 4 11:53 AM, Eric Dentremont wrote: > > This is one topic I can't seem to find on the internet (without revealing a > million sites about either notation software or hindi music). How does one > write a part for synthesizer in a score with more traditional instruments? > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
