Some years ago, I did try it using a chord library. I got it as far
as being able to play the chords and Finale getting the right
numbers. However, creating the figures in chord edit was quite a pain
i. t. a...
The bright side was that Finale would actually play the chords back,
but since figured bass notation is very "relative" related to the key
signature, e. g. 6 can mean major or minor, I run into a lot of troubles.
It would be very nice to get some kind of assistant that allows you
to play the chords and get the right numbers, wouldn't it. And play
them back as you played it afterwards. I guess this could be possible
if anyone would do the library.
Multiple figurings were not a problem, but correct spacing and
special "+" crossings were difficult.
However, if you do it all the time, lyrics might be faster, and I
don't see much troubles with lying bass notes. Just input a second
layer and hide it, and let the lyrics snap to the hided notes.
The problems with lyrics may be the vertical centering of the
figures. I mean, when you do more complicated pieces like Bach's mass
in b minor, you may get from one to three, (even four?) numbers, and
that might be difficult to space.
How about a seperate "Figured Bass" tool that does everything? I
guess it's time Finale should concentrate on notation instead of
playback and sequencer functions...
Kurt
At 23:29 06.01.2006, you wrote:
On 06.01.2006 David W. Fenton wrote:
Only as a sample. I'm not convinced it would be easier, but, as we
had this discussion onlist in some depth a few months ago, I'll not rehash it.
Just this much: I read in your other post that you only did very
simple figurings. In that case doing them in multiple verses might
be ok (though I still think it takes longer as soon as you have more
than one figure). With the kind of complicated figuring I have had
to deal with it's pretty much impossible without going crazy.
Have you tried using expressions utilizing the spacing controls
available since Finale 2K4?
Completely impossible. It's unclear to me how the tool would be used
for multiple figurings.
Johannes
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