Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread John Howell
At 9:14 PM -0400 8/30/08, Christopher Smith wrote: Hey, collective wisdom, When you are writing a harp gliss of the type that starts with say, a quarter note, and is followed by six more grace notes indicating the exact pitches of the scale, how do you get them to line up properly? Mine keep

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread Christopher Smith
On Aug 30, 2008, at 11:24 PM, John Howell wrote: At 9:14 PM -0400 8/30/08, Christopher Smith wrote: Hey, collective wisdom, When you are writing a harp gliss of the type that starts with say, a quarter note, and is followed by six more grace notes indicating the exact pitches of the

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sun, August 31, 2008 8:23 am, Christopher Smith wrote: Why should the program, treating them as grace notes, move them BEFORE the note they come after? Why don't they keep their positioning? Can you describe your entry method a little? When I create grace notes after a note, they stay there.

[Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread Greg Hamilton
@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu Hey, collective wisdom, When you are writing a harp gliss of the type that starts with say, a quarter note, and is followed by six more grace notes indicating the exact pitches of the scale, how do you get them

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes At 9:14 PM -0400 8/30/08, Christopher Smith wrote: Hey, collective wisdom, When you are writing a harp gliss of the type that starts with say, a quarter note, and is followed

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread Christopher Smith
Hmm, yours look fine, but mine all crowd over to the left. I don't know why. C. On Aug 31, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Sun, August 31, 2008 8:23 am, Christopher Smith wrote: Why should the program, treating them as grace notes, move them BEFORE the note they come

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread John Howell
At 8:23 AM -0400 8/31/08, Christopher Smith wrote: Thanks for offering to ask for me, but I don't need notation help (the composer is pretty clear) I needed Finale help. I understand that, but I just checked Clint Roemer (pp. 145-6), and in the pre-computer days he doesn't seem to have used

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-31 Thread John Howell
At 10:22 AM -0700 8/31/08, Greg Hamilton wrote: Hi Christopher, The standard way of indicating a harp glissando and notating the pitches is as seven 32nd notes and then extend the beams over a little. From there use a gliss. line to the final pitch of the gliss. and put a slur over it. An

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-30 Thread arabushk
I usually write out the notes of the scale with the attendant accidentals, then just indicate the highs and lows of the glissandi. ajr Hey, collective wisdom, When you are writing a harp gliss of the type that starts with say, a quarter note, and is followed by six more grace notes

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-30 Thread Christopher Smith
Do you mean as text? That's how I usually do it (in pedal order, DCB / EFGA), but I am supposed to indicate the pitches in grace notes this time. I just went ahead and made it a tuplet with no number or bracket, and changed the note size manually, hiding the extra rests. But it seems an

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

2008-08-30 Thread arabushk
Yes, text does it in this case. ajr Do you mean as text? That's how I usually do it (in pedal order, DCB / EFGA), but I am supposed to indicate the pitches in grace notes this time. I just went ahead and made it a tuplet with no number or bracket, and changed the note size manually, hiding