Re: [Finale] diamond breve notehead?

[Dorothy Ker]

In my own music, I want to use the diamond notehead to denote residual 
tones sounding at the fingered pitch on the flute, which means that the 
'resultant' pitch and the fingered pitch are the same (unlike harmonics 
where the fingered pitch and resultant pitch are normally different; 
Brian Ferneyhough uses the diamond notehead on its own in this way also, 
for example in Unity Capsule). This is all fine until I get to the value 
of a breve (or what you call 'double whole note').  I employ the breve 
as 'a duration lasting a whole breath' so for obvious reasons 
subdividing it won't do. Presumably I can create something like this 
myself but I haven't yet attempted this in Finale. I'm sure I can also 
change my choice of notation for a 'whole breath' but would rather not 
have to be 'technology led' in the notational choices I make. Perhaps 
there is someone else who has come across this question?

On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 08:59 PM, John Howell wrote:

Does anyone know of a font that includes a breve diamond notehead? 
(ie a
diamond hugged by 2 short vertical lines either side)

Dorothy Ker
Interesting request.  I've never come across that combination in either
historical use or modern use.  Historically the breve was notated as a
simple square note, black through the 14th century, becoming white
(outlined) during the 15th.  Flanking an oval semibreve (modern whole 
note)
with little vertical lines is a modern convention for a breve (double 
whole
note) value.  Never have I seen both a diamond note AND the little 
lines.

John

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