Just in case it wasn't clear, I'm talking about MuseScore, not Finale. Also, here's the relevant online help URL for the Staff/Part Properties dialog: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/staff-part-properties
-----Original Message----- From: guy_and_liz Smith Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:41 AM To: Tristan von Neumann; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: Lute Tablature using Finale Right-click the staff and select Staff/Part Properties from the context dialog. There are actually two context dialogs, so you might need to move the cursor and click a few times to get the one with this option. Use the dialog's Edit String Data (near the bottom) to add strings and define their pitches (you can also change the pitches for the first six from their defaults). Guy -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Tristan von Neumann Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 9:17 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Tablature using Finale If you have a newer version, the lute can be found in the instrument list. When you use the wizard, there should be a menu "plucked instruments" filed under "early music". Click "Lute (Tablature" and you get a 6 line staff. Edit as usual, but you get letters. As I said, more than 6 courses doesn't seem to be possible. If you find out how to add diapasons, please let me know. On 25.03.20 08:40, Wim Loos wrote: Daar Tristan, I'm using Musescore for 'normal' notes and bars. � I wonder of jou know where I can find a manual to use the program to create a french tablature. Thanks in advance, best regards, Wim Loos Op wo 25 mrt. 2020 06:54 schreef Tristan von Neumann <[1]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de>: For French tabs with good optics you can also use MuseScore, which is also free. However I have not yet (on Linux) found any support of more than 6 courses. Editing is quite easy. On 25.03.20 06:21, Sean Smith wrote: > � � �I've used Parallels to open Fronimo on Mac and it works pretty well. My > � � �only complaint is that Mac updates sometimes would create problems as > � � �would OS upgrades. Eventually it would work but rarely the same problem > � � �twice. That was 8 or 9 years ago so that may be water under the bridge. > � � �Eventually I just got a dedicated Windows machine and all is well. They > � � �are getting pretty inexpensive and Fronimo doesn't use much in the way > � � �of computer power. > � � �One small requirement is an 'insert' key (to enter a space). If you > � � �don't have one on your mac (or windows keyboard) you'll want to map one > � � �onto it. I'd be lost without it. > � � �Sean > > � � �On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 6:33 PM Mac User <[1][2]cwiggin...@nc.rr.com> > � � �wrote: > > � � � �Hi all! I've been using Finale as my primary music notation software > � � � �for many years. Recently, I've begun arranging Renaissance and early > � � � �Baroque music for a mixed lute trio (Tenor in G, Alto in A, Soprano > � � � �in D), and while Finale does a fabulous job notating, transposing, > � � � �printing, etc., the one complaint I've had (and have made it myself) > � � � �is the look and function of the font used for the letters when > � � � �notating in the French style. I've tried many fonts available on my > � � � �computer; none seem adequate. Specifically, the letters cover each > � � � �other when two or more notes appear at the same time. A friend > � � � �recommended using Fronimo, but I don't believe that one works on a > � � � �Mac, which I use exclusively. Does anyone here have a > � � � �recommendation? > � � � �Craig Wiggins > � � � �Durham, NC > � � � �To get on or off this list see list information at > � � � �[2][3]https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.cs.dartmouth.edu%2F~wbc%2Flute-admin%2Findex.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c3a472c86545592ee008d7d0d9c6ef%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637207506064961061&sdata=7P6EZSl81f9nuAHDg%2BOBlbBeFH83XEVWkQmXesWHaIk%3D&reserved=0 > > � � �-- > > References > > � � �1. mailto:[4]cwiggin...@nc.rr.com > � � �2. [5]https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.cs.dartmouth.edu%2F~wbc%2Flute-admin%2Findex.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c3a472c86545592ee008d7d0d9c6ef%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637207506064961061&sdata=7P6EZSl81f9nuAHDg%2BOBlbBeFH83XEVWkQmXesWHaIk%3D&reserved=0 > -- References 1. mailto:tristanvonneum...@gmx.de 2. mailto:cwiggin...@nc.rr.com 3. https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.cs.dartmouth.edu%2F~wbc%2Flute-admin%2Findex.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c3a472c86545592ee008d7d0d9c6ef%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637207506064961061&sdata=7P6EZSl81f9nuAHDg%2BOBlbBeFH83XEVWkQmXesWHaIk%3D&reserved=0 4. mailto:cwiggin...@nc.rr.com 5. https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.cs.dartmouth.edu%2F~wbc%2Flute-admin%2Findex.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7C05c3a472c86545592ee008d7d0d9c6ef%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637207506064961061&sdata=7P6EZSl81f9nuAHDg%2BOBlbBeFH83XEVWkQmXesWHaIk%3D&reserved=0
