I have done it both ways and haven't noticed any problems with either yet. The most logical trouble free way is as you said, create it slightly larger so when it reduces, it will look normal. But it's somewhat specious to argue placement as the grace notes already have spacing parameters regarding their object notes, and unless you change a lot of music spacing parameters that affect both the entries and the grace notes, the amount of detectable movement of the slash is extremely small. I've done this for several years and have resized & repaginated systems both in the parts and in the score and have not had to tweak them very often. They seem to pretty much stay put. As long as I add them after I have already spaced the music, which is, as I said, my pattern of work. What I have had to adjust often is (when I create the parts) the grace notes, which sometimes have to be manually dragged to a correct position (even though I always have scale manual positioning of notes turned ON, and clear manual positioning turned OFF as my program/documents/spacing defaults). When I have to do that, the slash attached to the object note is useful as a guide.
Unless I've dreamed it, I thought there was also a selection now to slash beamed grace notes somewhere in 2K7. In the Beaming menu maybe? Anyone know the answer? > >>It will work, but the reduction of the grace note sizing affects the >>sizing of the slash as well once it is attached. Usually, I don't >>have to go back and change it as I place the slashes after the music >>has been spaced, and any slight change due to moving systems around >>is not usually noticable. > > i still don't se any point in attaching the slash to a note it > doesn't relate to. i know it is smaller / thinner when attached to > grace notes... so i make the thing bigger right from the start; it is > ONLY used for grace notes anyways. > > whatever the sequence you do things, if you do for some reason change > the spacing at a later date (who knows what future revisions might > pop up?) and the slash is attached to the right note from the start > (i.e. the grace note) you will never have to worry about the slash > being wrongly placed. > > either do it in a way that possibly to likely guarantees no future > problems, or do it in a way which is sure to avoid problems, fussing > and having to reprint because you will have forgotten this small > detail by then. > > -- > > 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 mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
