100% in favour of 1-line staff (not as an extra, do it as a staff style) as robert proposed. also the use of normal noteheads. however, if the clapping is in a staff that has also music in another layer then yeah, do it (e.g.) in layer 3 with layer 3 prefs stems up. and in that case, x-noteheads. if your pitched instrument requires ledger lines you just have to be clever about where and when to use the hide ledger lines PI.
christopher, thanks for the faith, but i'm afraid i'm not aware of a notation standard for children snapping fingers and slapping themselves 8-) > On 25 February 2017 at 22:23 Lee Dengler <[email protected]> wrote: > I know how to put a symbol above a note. I just need to settle on what the 2 > symbols will be. I just looked up "hiding ledger lines" and discovered the > plug-in. That will not be a problem if I end up doing it that way. Again, > thanks for your help. > Lee > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Christopher Smith > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 3:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] Finger snap and patsch symbols > > This is certainly possible in Finale, even easy. is that the only problem you > have? > > Christopher > > > > On Sat Feb 25, at SaturdayFeb 25 3:33 PM, Lee Dengler > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks, Christopher, for your quick reply. The issue which I failed to > > mention is that they occur while the children are singing and there is > > little room on the score for extra staves. I will need to figure out a way > > to have the notes hanging above the vocal stave. I guess I was hoping > > there might be a symbol I could place above the stave, rather than an > > actual note which would create ledger lines. > > Lee > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Christopher Smith > > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 12:07 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Finale] Finger snap and patsch symbols > > > > If it is actually for children to read, it might be better to use > > more-or-less standard notation. That would be X-head notes with an English > > text just above saying “finger snap”. I usually see this on the 3rd space > > of the staff when it is JUST finger snaps. For the side pat, you should > > probably put the X-head note on a different space (probably lower) to > > differentiate it, but still with the text. > > > > I doubt there is anything truly standard, but if there is, jef chippewa > > would know it! > > > > Christopher > > > > > >> On Feb 25, 2017, at 11:53 AM, Lee Dengler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I am writing a piece for children that has side pats (patsch) and > >> finger snaps. The side pats occur on beats 1 & 3 and the finger > >> snaps on beats 2 & 4. Does anyone know if there is a commonly used > >> symbol for these two motions? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
