Chuck Israels wrote:
Collective wise ones:
What is the best way to create a page of performance notes that
includes text instructions and small (one measure) musical excerpts?
Can a word processing document (formatted with musical inserts) be
dropped into a Finale page in toto? I have not had to do this before
and am looking for advice.
I have done it two ways. One is to just do TWDT it in Finale, writing
the notes, placing the instructions, and flowing the text from one text
block to the next as needed. And I don't just limit it to notes. I used
Finale to produce a complete program / libretto, including music for
chorales / hymns for Stainer's Crucifixion, and J.S. Bach's St. Matthew
and St. John Passions. The Bach had the German text and English
translation side by side in two columns.
The other way is to use a word processor for the text, and Finale for
the musical examples. I work on both documents at the same time,
adjusting the margin settings as I go in each document. When done, I
print both documents on the same piece of paper, printing the word
processing document on one pass (not necessarily the first) and the
musical example on a second pass.
Downsides: I did the Bach Passions with each section of the work in a
two separate text blocks, one for the original text, one for the
translation. The biggest pain is that other than selecting each block in
the document, and then clicking to open, the text block editor provides
no way to jump to edit a particular block, so that if one wishes to edit
text block 432, one has to click the "up" button the appropriate number
of times.
ns
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