That's an important difference that Don points out: the "Tempo Marks" category defaults to "Beginning of Measure," (or "Start of Time Signature," I forget which) while the "Tempo Alterations" category defaults to "Horizontal Click Positioning"
Of course, either can be redefined as a category or individually, or - perhaps best for Phil's use - a new category could be made - with hidden tempo marks that default to horizontal position, for example. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Don Hart <donhartmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Phil, > > I've used hidden tempo marks for years (with and w/out HP) and have been > quite successful getting tempos how I like/envision them. > > For positioning, put those expressions in the "Tempo Alterations" category. > The default positioning in that category is "Horizontal Click Positioning" > which will attach the expression to a beat or note, and the playback is > affected starting where it's attached. Remember, you can option-drag to > change the point of attachment. > > Because I hide these expressions, I rarely create a separate staff for > them. Most of the time, attaching to notes available in the score is > sufficient. > > The only problem I haven't totally overcome is in certain situations where > I want to define an accel. or rit. differently from what HP gives me, but I > need the indication in the score/parts. I'm not sure how to turn off HP > for one rit. and not another. Does anyone know how? Would a hidden > character or hard space do the trick? > > Don Hart > > > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Phil Buglass <bloke...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > This is a great idea. The problem is that these > > tempo marks attach themselves to the beginning of > > the measure. The manual says you can attach > > expressions to notes, but it doesn't work with > > these. I tried dragging them around, but the > > attachment snaps to the next measure, not the > > next note. The end result is that they all take > > effect at the same time, so it ends up being a > > tempo change rather than a rallentando. > > > > Thanks for the help. My brain is fried, and I > > think it's time I got on with some other stuff > > for now. There has to be a way of getting this > > to work... Maybe it will come to me in my sleep or something, > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Phil. > > > > > > At 02:17 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: > > >On 7 Apr 2013, at 1:00 PM, <finale-requ...@shsu.edu> wrote: > > > > > > >If you really don't care what it looks like, you > > >can try this: put a real tempo mark (quarter = > > >whatever) wherever you want to change > > >tempo. For gradual tempo changes, put a tempo > > >mark one on every beat (quarter, eighth, > > >sixteenth). These DO work, at least nearly > > >always. You can create a silent scratch track > > >with a string of notes to which to attach the tempo marks. > > > > > > “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. > > Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
