Hi Phil, I've used hidden tempo marks for years (with and w/out HP) and have been quite successful getting tempos how I like/envision them.
For positioning, put those expressions in the "Tempo Alterations" category. The default positioning in that category is "Horizontal Click Positioning" which will attach the expression to a beat or note, and the playback is affected starting where it's attached. Remember, you can option-drag to change the point of attachment. Because I hide these expressions, I rarely create a separate staff for them. Most of the time, attaching to notes available in the score is sufficient. The only problem I haven't totally overcome is in certain situations where I want to define an accel. or rit. differently from what HP gives me, but I need the indication in the score/parts. I'm not sure how to turn off HP for one rit. and not another. Does anyone know how? Would a hidden character or hard space do the trick? Don Hart On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Phil Buglass <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > This is a great idea. The problem is that these > tempo marks attach themselves to the beginning of > the measure. The manual says you can attach > expressions to notes, but it doesn't work with > these. I tried dragging them around, but the > attachment snaps to the next measure, not the > next note. The end result is that they all take > effect at the same time, so it ends up being a > tempo change rather than a rallentando. > > Thanks for the help. My brain is fried, and I > think it's time I got on with some other stuff > for now. There has to be a way of getting this > to work... Maybe it will come to me in my sleep or something, > > Thanks again, > > Phil. > > > At 02:17 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: > >On 7 Apr 2013, at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >If you really don't care what it looks like, you > >can try this: put a real tempo mark (quarter = > >whatever) wherever you want to change > >tempo. For gradual tempo changes, put a tempo > >mark one on every beat (quarter, eighth, > >sixteenth). These DO work, at least nearly > >always. You can create a silent scratch track > >with a string of notes to which to attach the tempo marks. > > > “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. > Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
