In this situation I use slurs on all the rolled notes except the last, where you can use a tie. For correct playback use the sustain pedal (controller 64). A single slur would not indicate that the rolled notes are to be held down.
Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Chuck Israels > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 5:15 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: [Finale] Piano notation question > > > Showing a little ignorance here and looking for advice. I'd like to > notate a rolled chord with the rhythms of the roll specified - > happens to be a 16th note triplet before the barline landing on the > 4th note of the chord on the db with all notes held. Ties to the > held notes don't work (except for the last triplet note). I could > use slurs as ties, but maybe a slur over the whole figure ending on > the db is sufficient to indicate the sustained notes. But this looks > a little funny, because the chord shows up with all the notes on the > db, and that makes it look like they are re-struck there which, of > course, they are not. It seems ridiculously picky to notate the > value of each note using voices, or layers, and I may be being overly > picky even with this notation. How is this done in piano music. > Sorry for my ignorance of this notation convention. All grace notes > and no rhythm? What to do to make it work without being overly picky. > > Thanks, > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > Chuck Israels > 230 North Garden Terrace > Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 > phone (360) 671-3402 > fax (360) 676-6055 > www.chuckisraels.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
