the characters you are referring to (by the sounds of it) are found in engraver extras, so you would need to have the instrument defined (in ScoreManager) to use that font to be able to access the noteheads with l.v. (laisser vibrer [let ring]) symbols built into the notehead character.
http://www.finalemusic.com/UserManuals/Finale2012Mac/Finale_Left.htm#CSHID=9515|StartTopic=Content%2FFinale%2FEngraver_Font.htm but i also add these as articulations as opposed to changing the notehead character, and i do this *far* less frequently than most composers believe they are really needed. your question is not about this, but... as the *normal* manner of playing a gong (for example) is l.v., you really do not need to indicate the symbol, except where playing method alternates between dampened / l.v. in quick succession. even in the music i notate i rarely find justification to place l.v. symbols as often as the composers believe it is needed. in more "traditional" uses of the instruments a l.v. is practically never needed. more important is to indicate where the cymbal should be stopped (which, conversely, is only RARELY indicated by composers). _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
