On 9 Jun 2003 at 12:31, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: > Is there any reason why chords HAVE to be attached > to items in the measure? Why can't they just be attached to beats?
There's a perfect example of something that derives from the type of file format. In a relational database, records of different types are related hierarchically. A record that is subsidiary cannot exist without a parent. In Finale, the frame is the highest-level record that matters. Beneath that are the entries in that frame. Then the articulations and expressions are attached to those entries. So, without an entry, there is no parent for the chord. Now, the file structure could have been designed differently, yes. But then the chords would be attached to the measure, and positioned somehow with a snap-to-grid functionality, where the grid would be rhythmic, at the appropriate level of granularity. Otherwise, you'd get chords occuring at random locations. Would the ability to attach chords to places in the measure be worth navigating the complexities of the UI for a snap-to-grid functionality? I don't know. But that is really what it would require, while the same thing is enabled in a rhythmically unambiguous manner by, shock of all shocks, simply notating the rhtythm you need for your chord chanes and attaching your chords to that rhythm. To me, the Finale way is more musical, even if it does cause complications and more work. The reason the Finale way is more musical is because the things you are attaching really are rhythmic and not visual, so it's critical that there be no ambiguity about where the chords are placed. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
