Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
I need a dotted quarter note as an indicator above the staff over a quarter rest that is in the staff. [...] This is for text, not in a staff. George if it is only notes you need (i.e. no alphabetical characters) and they need to be aligned with specific notes in the staf, use a different layer and hide ledger notes, this way the spacing and positioning of the musical symbols will be exactly as other musical elements in the score, which is NOT the case when entering it as text (without piddling like a maniac). i have done this in the past to indicate rhythms/durations that weren't obvious from the stuff written in the staff, reduced to 75% and in parentheses. another solution, if it is rhythms you want to write which do NOT align with the music in the staff, try the ossia tool. -- shirling neueweise ... new music publishers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :.../ http://newmusicnotation.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. Thanks for any help. George Ports ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
On 15-May-07, at 1:39 PM, George Ports wrote: Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. The short answer is no. There is no single character that is a dotted quarter in Maestro. Why do you need this? There might be a better alternative. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
On 15.05.2007 George Ports wrote: Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. Do you mean in a word processor or in Finale as music? In Finale, not as such, but I guess you could easily program a macro using ikey or Quickeys, which types 5.. Or was that not what you meant? Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
I need a dotted quarter note as an indicator above the staff over a quarter rest that is in the staff. I could type the quarter note (Maestro) and then add a period for the dot but, was hoping for an easier way. Now I'm having trouble creating an eighth note that has a (beam) extention instead of a flag. I can see how to do it at the end of a couple of eighths but, not just one eighth. I really searched a lot in the help section to no avail. George - Original Message - From: Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes On 15-May-07, at 1:39 PM, George Ports wrote: Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. The short answer is no. There is no single character that is a dotted quarter in Maestro. Why do you need this? There might be a better alternative. Christopher ___ 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
[Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes is Sovled
Aha!!! Just solved the problem by merely typing (Maestro) q for the quarter note and k for the dot!! The problem with the way I had it was that the dot was too low in relation to the quarter note. That was because I typed a period instead of a (k). Thanks to Christopher and Jonannes for taking your valuable time to help me. George ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
On 15-May-07, at 2:50 PM, George Ports wrote: I need a dotted quarter note as an indicator above the staff over a quarter rest that is in the staff. I could type the quarter note (Maestro) and then add a period for the dot but, was hoping for an easier way. Make new text expression. Make the font Maestro 24. Type q, then period. Done. What could be easier? If you want the dot higher (I might) then select it and adjust the baseline in the Text menu. You can make it farther away by adding spaces in between of varying point sizes (darn Finale to heck for making routine kerning adjustments such a kludge!) Now I'm having trouble creating an eighth note that has a (beam) extention instead of a flag. I can see how to do it at the end of a couple of eighths but, not just one eighth. I really searched a lot in the help section to no avail. Yeah, this one is tougher. The beam is normally drawn as a line in Finale, and it is not a character. I would create this one as a Shape expression. Add a text character q in Maestro font, then draw a line of appropriate thickness for the beam. I always hate the Shape designer in Finale, as it is so ungraceful and unforgiving. Read up on the Shape Designer in the manual. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
On 15.05.2007 George Ports wrote: Now I'm having trouble creating an eighth note that has a (beam) extention instead of a flag. I can see how to do it at the end of a couple of eighths but, not just one eighth. I really searched a lot in the help section to no avail. Get the Bach font, which is meant for this kind of thing. It is available here: http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/%7Etomita/bach-mf.html Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
Thanks Christopher.I'll read more on Shape Designer. George - Original Message - From: Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes On 15-May-07, at 2:50 PM, George Ports wrote: I need a dotted quarter note as an indicator above the staff over a quarter rest that is in the staff. I could type the quarter note (Maestro) and then add a period for the dot but, was hoping for an easier way. Make new text expression. Make the font Maestro 24. Type q, then period. Done. What could be easier? If you want the dot higher (I might) then select it and adjust the baseline in the Text menu. You can make it farther away by adding spaces in between of varying point sizes (darn Finale to heck for making routine kerning adjustments such a kludge!) Now I'm having trouble creating an eighth note that has a (beam) extention instead of a flag. I can see how to do it at the end of a couple of eighths but, not just one eighth. I really searched a lot in the help section to no avail. Yeah, this one is tougher. The beam is normally drawn as a line in Finale, and it is not a character. I would create this one as a Shape expression. Add a text character q in Maestro font, then draw a line of appropriate thickness for the beam. I always hate the Shape designer in Finale, as it is so ungraceful and unforgiving. Read up on the Shape Designer in the manual. Christopher ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
Christopher Smith wrote: On 15-May-07, at 1:39 PM, George Ports wrote: Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. The short answer is no. There is no single character that is a dotted quarter in Maestro. Why do you need this? There might be a better alternative. If you need to ask this you've obviously not entered much music in 6/8 where some of the music moves at the dotted-quarter beat. :-) -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
This is for text, not in a staff. George - Original Message - From: dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes Christopher Smith wrote: On 15-May-07, at 1:39 PM, George Ports wrote: Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. The short answer is no. There is no single character that is a dotted quarter in Maestro. Why do you need this? There might be a better alternative. If you need to ask this you've obviously not entered much music in 6/8 where some of the music moves at the dotted-quarter beat. :-) -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
George, Actually, the best solution might be to use the Bach font, as someone (Johannes?) suggested. If you don't need the actual typeface of Maestro, creating the expression in the Bach font would be the easiest, and the font is free. It has half-beamed eighths in it. Christopher On 15-May-07, at 3:58 PM, George Ports wrote: Thanks Christopher.I'll read more on Shape Designer. George - Original Message - From: Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:12 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes On 15-May-07, at 2:50 PM, George Ports wrote: I need a dotted quarter note as an indicator above the staff over a quarter rest that is in the staff. I could type the quarter note (Maestro) and then add a period for the dot but, was hoping for an easier way. Make new text expression. Make the font Maestro 24. Type q, then period. Done. What could be easier? If you want the dot higher (I might) then select it and adjust the baseline in the Text menu. You can make it farther away by adding spaces in between of varying point sizes (darn Finale to heck for making routine kerning adjustments such a kludge!) Now I'm having trouble creating an eighth note that has a (beam) extention instead of a flag. I can see how to do it at the end of a couple of eighths but, not just one eighth. I really searched a lot in the help section to no avail. Yeah, this one is tougher. The beam is normally drawn as a line in Finale, and it is not a character. I would create this one as a Shape expression. Add a text character q in Maestro font, then draw a line of appropriate thickness for the beam. I always hate the Shape designer in Finale, as it is so ungraceful and unforgiving. Read up on the Shape Designer in the manual. Christopher ___ 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 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
On 15-May-07, at 3:55 PM, dhbailey wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: On 15-May-07, at 1:39 PM, George Ports wrote: Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. The short answer is no. There is no single character that is a dotted quarter in Maestro. Why do you need this? There might be a better alternative. If you need to ask this you've obviously not entered much music in 6/8 where some of the music moves at the dotted-quarter beat. :-) Hmm? Hitting 5-period on the numeric keypad is just as fast as 5 alone. Right index on the 5, ring finger on the decimal; lead with the index like a grace note and it is really fast. Now, tuplets and grace notes slow me down somewhat, but nothing to worry about. Same with switching layers. But the biggest slowdown by far is still lyrics, despite all the improvements in entry and editing. Hyphenation... arrgh! I get SO many lyrics that are improperly hyphenated, and for me to correct them means dictionary time (because I don't know what the correct way is off the top of my head). Chrisotpher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
Hey Chris, This is why OS X's built-in dictionary service (based on the New Oxford American) comes in handy -- open TextEdit, copy lyrics into a new empty document. Format - Make Plain Text (cmd-shift-T). Double- click a word for which you want to check the hyphenation, then right- click (or ctrl-click) and choose Look Up in Dictionary. Easy and fast. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 15 May 2007, at 6:15 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: On 15-May-07, at 3:55 PM, dhbailey wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: On 15-May-07, at 1:39 PM, George Ports wrote: Is there a way to type in a dotted quarte note (stem up or down) using Maestro fonts with one stroke instead of typing a note and then adding a dot? Am using winfin2006. The short answer is no. There is no single character that is a dotted quarter in Maestro. Why do you need this? There might be a better alternative. If you need to ask this you've obviously not entered much music in 6/8 where some of the music moves at the dotted-quarter beat. :-) Hmm? Hitting 5-period on the numeric keypad is just as fast as 5 alone. Right index on the 5, ring finger on the decimal; lead with the index like a grace note and it is really fast. Now, tuplets and grace notes slow me down somewhat, but nothing to worry about. Same with switching layers. But the biggest slowdown by far is still lyrics, despite all the improvements in entry and editing. Hyphenation... arrgh! I get SO many lyrics that are improperly hyphenated, and for me to correct them means dictionary time (because I don't know what the correct way is off the top of my head). Chrisotpher ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Dotted Quarter Notes
Nice cue there, bye! T'anks! Christopher On May 15, 2007, at 6:31 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hey Chris, This is why OS X's built-in dictionary service (based on the New Oxford American) comes in handy -- open TextEdit, copy lyrics into a new empty document. Format - Make Plain Text (cmd-shift-T). Double-click a word for which you want to check the hyphenation, then right-click (or ctrl-click) and choose Look Up in Dictionary. Easy and fast. On 15 May 2007, at 6:15 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: Now, tuplets and grace notes slow me down somewhat, but nothing to worry about. Same with switching layers. But the biggest slowdown by far is still lyrics, despite all the improvements in entry and editing. Hyphenation... arrgh! I get SO many lyrics that are improperly hyphenated, and for me to correct them means dictionary time (because I don't know what the correct way is off the top of my head). Chrisotpher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
