This is certainly possible in Finale, even easy. is that the only problem you have?
Christopher > On Sat Feb 25, at SaturdayFeb 25 3:33 PM, Lee Dengler > <leedeng...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Christopher, for your quick reply. The issue which I failed to > mention is that they occur while the children are singing and there is little > room on the score for extra staves. I will need to figure out a way to have > the notes hanging above the vocal stave. I guess I was hoping there might be > a symbol I could place above the stave, rather than an actual note which > would create ledger lines. > Lee > > -----Original Message----- > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of > Christopher Smith > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 12:07 PM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Finger snap and patsch symbols > > If it is actually for children to read, it might be better to use > more-or-less standard notation. That would be X-head notes with an English > text just above saying “finger snap”. I usually see this on the 3rd space of > the staff when it is JUST finger snaps. For the side pat, you should probably > put the X-head note on a different space (probably lower) to differentiate > it, but still with the text. > > I doubt there is anything truly standard, but if there is, jef chippewa would > know it! > > Christopher > > >> On Feb 25, 2017, at 11:53 AM, Lee Dengler <leedeng...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> I am writing a piece for children that has side pats (patsch) and >> finger snaps. The side pats occur on beats 1 & 3 and the finger snaps >> on beats 2 & 4. Does anyone know if there is a commonly used symbol >> for these two motions? >> >> Thanks to anyone who can help! >> >> Lee Dengler >> >> leedeng...@comcast.net <mailto:leedeng...@comcast.net> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
