On 9/2/2017 5:26 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > i watched the video chuck mentioned and wonder if it could be hacked > to provide a nice way to build a new music symbols library. normally > i would do this with multiple text expressions, or (yuck!) as a > multi-component shape expression; both these approaches are > unsatisfying. > > for example, if you set the foundation (A, for example) to a snare > drum character, you could have various manifestations of additional > symbols replaced to show (for example) snare sticks striking the > instrument in various ways: e.g., ord, with butt, hoop crack, stick > on stick rim shot... so instrument symbols assigned to the notes and > playing techniques to the suffixes. > > would be a pain in the ass to do this in finale's chord editor, but > it looks like the graphic approch in dorico would make this a breeze, > no? > > it would be awesome if you could change the angle of the symbols... > add to that the possibility to add lines, shapes and you would > essentially have a mini graphics editor inside the software. >
I just did a brief checkout of the video and tried some things in Dorico and you are correct that it is very easy to add various glyphs and graphics to chord symbols (or change them entirely to show the example Jef mentions) although I'm not sure how one would access such a chord symbol without editing each instance of it in the score while entering the music. You can simply enter a C chord and then in the Engrave mode double-click that particular instance and edit it to show whatever you wish without changing any other instance of the C chord (unless you make your changed version the default for that project). I suppose one could enter a very obscure chord symbol, edit it to show what you want and then make that the default appearance for that chord symbol in the project and then simply enter that obscure chord every time you want that pictogram shown. You can add glyphs from any existing font and you can add graphics and then resize them. What you can't apparently do is to add your own hand-drawn line in the editor. Neither can you rotate any of the items added in a chord symbol. So it's sort of a mini-graphics editor but not complete. However if you create your own graphics with the rotated items outside of Dorico you can use them inside this editor. This is a great example of how the Dorico development team is slowly but surely making the program potentially the most powerful music engraving programming available. However it does raise the question of what percentage of people working with notation programs actually need or want that deep a level of editing. Obviously they think/hope enough for the Dorico team to put development time into it. But for those who do need/want such deep editing capabilities, I think Dorico is well on its way to taking over Finale's long-held position as the most powerful notation program. -- ***** David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
