David,
Thanks for this help! I haven't had much time to work on it today,
but did try some of these things and it seems they will work. I
couldn't view your file however, as I'm still on 2008 and your file
must be newer. That's ok. I upgraded to 2008 when I got a new
computer to get the tablature feature. But then considering its state
of completion for lute, and the lack of improvement in the last 2
releases, I haven't bothered spending the money to upgrade.
One more immediate question for you though. It seems as though the
rhythm notation above the tablature lines is "hard coded" in some
ways. I don't find a way to move it up or down, for example, which
would be a nice thing to do if moving the tab symbols up to *between*
the lines. But, more importantly, I have a real rhythm problem with
these symbols. I'm using Finale rather than Fronimo because I'm doing
a version of a recorder sonata for which I wrote a continuo part for
myself on 10 course lute in A. And the better standard notation and
page layout are desirable. But the movement I started working on
tonight is in 3/2. The others staves say 3/2, and I could enter 6
"quarter" note values into the first measure. The rhythm signs were 6
"sticks". But then in a measure with 2 half notes and 2 quarter notes,
I get 4 sticks! It thinks that is the correct amount for that measure,
as the cursor advanced to the next measure. But *visually* you can't
tell the difference between half notes and quarter notes. They must
all be implemented as regular notes without note heads.
So is there a way to say "show the note heads" in the tablature
rhythm? Or some other trick for using 3/2 time with half and quarter
notes?
Thanks for your help and ideas.
Suzanne
-------------- Original message from David van Ooijen
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> Dear Suzanne
>
> Finale is great software for staff notation and page layout. Lute
tab
> is a a bit of bother, though, but I use it anyway. There are
several
> approaches to notating tab for more than 6 courses. Over the years
> I've changed between a number of these. Some people use (make,
even)
> nice fonts, I try to live with what Finale offers. Find attached
file
> containing some of the things I describe below.
>
> 1) Set the tab for the desired number of courses:
> Staff Tool > Staff Attributes > Notation Style > Tablature >
Select >
> Edit Instrument
> Then, in Staff Tool > Staff Attributes > Staff > Other > Staff
Setup >
> Set Staff Lines at 6 (and set Top repeat dot at -3 and bottom
repeat
> dot at -7)
> Enter your music in your usual way.
> Make a set of Articulations (or use the ones from the Tablature
> Libraries) for /, // and /// or for /a, //a, ///a. (I prefer to
draw
> these articulations, as the spacing of two or three forward
slashes is
> too wide).
> Attach these manually to the low basses.
> This will not look good, as the glyphs on courses 8 to 10 are
placed to low.
> To fix this, either move them manually to the right position, or
> change the note head to an invisible one (Special Tool > Note
Shape
> Tool > Click a measure > Select a note > Select Symbol (choose an
> empty shape, e.g. nr 1). I'm sure this process can be automated.
>
> 2) Set tablature for an 8-course lute, display only six lines (see
> above). Enter (or change) notes on courses 8 to 10 as if they were
all
> glyph a (or b if so desired) on course 8. Then attach
articulations /,
> // or /// as desired. You can place the articulations
automatically at
> a desired distance from the note head (Articulation Tool > Edit >
> Articulation Designer > Positioning). Take your time once to
figure
> out what looks best, then copy these values for all like
> articulations). This way you don't have to replace note heads by
> invisible ones, and also setting articulations with automated
distance
> goes really fast, but the notes on screen and are no longer
> representing the real pitches within the file. If you like to use
> playback, you might want to make two separate files.
>
> There are many more ways. Most need time to set up, but once done,
you
> can save all in a template and forget all about how you made it in
the
> first place.
>
> Good luck and don't hesitate to ask if the above is unclear,
>
> David
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:28 AM, Suzanne and Wayne wrote:
> > Are there any users of Finale for Renaissance lute tablature out
there
> > that could give me some pointers about how to get diapasons?
Haven't
> > made much progress with the Help feature. I can define the
instrument
> > as having 10 courses, but can't see how to write notes on the
strings
> > numbered higher than 6. And it would be nice if they could look
like
> > ///a. Does this require a specialized font somebody has? Any
help
> > appreciated. Replies off list are good. Thanks.
> >
> > Suzanne
> >
> >
> >
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> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
> >
>
>
>
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