Dear All, I have been using Francesco Tribioli's excellent Fronimo software a lot recently. There are a couple of things which it cannot officially do, but I have found ways round the difficulty:
1) The value of the tablature rhythm signs does not match the staff notation. Fronimo incorrectly equates |\ | with a crotchet (quarter note) instead of a minim (half note). However, if you put up with this while inserting data, it is possible to listen to the music and edit it. If, on the other hand, you want to print off the music with the correct note values, put the cursor on the tablature stave, click on "Edit" and "Half rhythmic values". The tablature will then be printed with the correct note values. This change has to be the very last thing done before printing, otherwise things like vertical alignment will all go to pot. 2) Fronimo does not offer unusual time signatures like 5/8. However, there is a way round this. For tablature click on "Bar attributes", on "Text", and on "New". Enter "5" in the wide window top left, press return, and enter "8". Set the "x pos" to 3, the "character height" to 18, the "alignment" to "center", and the "y pos" to -14. That should give a time signature of 5/8. For staff notation the character height needs to be smaller, say 14, and the "y pos" needs to be -8 or thereabouts. The key signature will appear superimposed over the first note of the bar, but if you press "Insert", the music will move sideways to leave a space for the time signature, leaving everything all Sir Garnet. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy.
