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1152
General Discussion / Re: Fermata placement
A note to the old question: "fermata sussidiaria" means "auxiliary stop" or "auxiliary 'fermata'".
I never heard that expression if not about a bus stop...
1153
General Discussion / Re: Another alignment problem
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You are possibly looking for a drop or fall

Yes, right that.

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To place them so that they "stick" to the note, use: Justify:Left, Placement:AtNextNote
Use spaces to cause the glyph to start after the notehead.

You forgot a detail: the text must be placed BEFORE the note!
Good idea.
Thanks
1154
General Discussion / Re: Extra fonts in the NWC installation pack?
From the beginning I wondered why many symbols were not included in the NWCSTDA.ttf (then NWC2STDA.ttf).
Simply including the plain symbol should have been easy to do.

I had, like many others, to use some extra fonts: Boxmarks etc.

Now it seems that the very good work of Lawrie set a de facto standard (sort of).
The NWC site also provides an installer (even if it's hidden in the guts of the site: not a good idea).
For the almost-IT-illiterate user it's almost a must to have them installed automatically.

Then there is the plethora of scores (cfr. the scripto) that use "old" fonts.

The most frequently used "old" fonts I think are Boxmarks and Boxmark2.
Since Lawrie explicitly made the "new" fonts a superset of the Boxmarkx, it's possible to think of a font substitution table: if the specific font is not available and is in a specific list, then use Lawrie's "equivalent".
1155
General Discussion / Re: Another alignment problem
Not really.

My idea was simply to "bend down" the B (at the end of a theme) then start the new theme with the C, not to glide from B to C.

In this case, if I got it right, the glissando must be almost attached to the B and well inclined downward (the wavy line is ok) and the C must be well separated from the glissando.

I'm not sure I explained it well.
I should look for an example.
1156
General Discussion / Re: Another alignment problem
Well, maybe the question isn't as stupid as it seemed... or I'm more stupid than I think.

Look at the following example:
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!NoteWorthyComposer(2.0)
|SongInfo|Title:""|Author:""|Lyricist:""|Copyright1:""|Copyright2:""
|PgSetup|StaffSize:18|Zoom:4|TitlePage:Y|JustifyVertically:Y|ExtendLastSystem:N|DurationPadding:Y|PageNumbers:1|StaffLabels:None|BarNumbers:Plain|StartingBar:1
|Font|Style:Staff Italic|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:11|Bold:Y|Italic:Y|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:Staff Bold|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:9|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:Staff Lyric|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:Page Title Text|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:24|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:Page Text|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:12|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:Page Small Text|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User 1|Typeface:"MusikDingsSans"|Size:18|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User 2|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:13|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User 3|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:13|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User 4|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:13|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User 5|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User 6|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|PgMargins|Left:1.78|Top:1.78|Right:1.78|Bottom:1.78|Mirror:N
|AddStaff|Name:"Right Hand"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:10|BoundaryBottom:10|Lines:5|Style:Upper Grand Staff|Layer:N|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Name:"Acoustic Grand Piano"|Patch:0|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:3/4
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0
|Text|Text:"f"|Font:User1|Pos:-6|Wide:Y
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-6|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Bar
|AddStaff|Name:"Left Hand"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:10|BoundaryBottom:10|Lines:5|Style:Lower Grand Staff|Layer:N|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:2
|StaffInstrument|Name:"Acoustic Grand Piano"|Patch:0|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Clef|Type:Bass
|TimeSig|Signature:3/4
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:3
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposer-End
1158
General Discussion / Automatic step
When using "linear sweep" in MPC you need to select a step.
It's easy to overlook that step (sorry for the pun) and choose a too small step (sorry again :-), with resulting odd troubles with the midi, or a too big step, with the resulting harsh sounding sweep.

Doesn't exist a way (an algorithm) to automatize the step selection (and automatically readjust it when changing tempo)?
Or someone found useful to purposedly set it to a "wrong" value?
1159
General Discussion / Re: Another alignment problem
Silly me!
I was trying to put the first note closer to the glissando sign (or vice versa).
The easiest way is instead to add space after the sign to balance the distances like that:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|MPC|Controller:pitch|Style:Linear Sweep|TimeRes:Sixteenth|SweepRes:128|Pt1:0,8192|Pt2:2,8192|Pt3:2,0|Pos:8|Wide:Y
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up
|Spacer|Width:0
|Text|Text:"g"|Font:User1|Pos:-4|Wide:Y|Justify:Right
|MPC|Controller:pitch|Style:Absolute|TimeRes:Quarter|SweepRes:128|Pt1:0,8192|Pos:8|Wide:Y
|Spacer|Width:110
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-2
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Bah! Forgive me.
1160
General Discussion / Another alignment problem
In the attached file I was able to fit the glissando mark in the first part of the score.
Near the end, the notes in the second staff (contrappunto) don't allow the same trick to work.
Any idea?

N.B. NWC 2.5 file.
1161
General Discussion / Re: Alignment problem
A-ha!
The trick for the system arpeggio is simply to use Placement:AtNextNote.
I supposed there had to be a simple solution.
Ideed it's obvious and I think I tried it, but apparently I made a mistake somewhere.
I didn't expect to be so stupid... or, hopefully, I was simply sleepy... :-(

About the alignment problem, as usual Rick is incredible!

David,
I have some problems with your trick, as you can see in the attached image.
Thank you for trying, anyway.
1163
General Discussion / Re: Alignment problem
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The only system arpeggio I see is at the beginning of the 4th system of page 5.

Yes, correct.
But it's so frequent in literature (harp, but also piano) that in reality my question was general.
I should have started a different topic, sorry.
1164
General Discussion / Re: Alignment problem
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I infer that you just want to view and watch the note chase?

No.
Note chase can be important for the scores I notate for my daughter, but this is not the case (yet): too difficult for her! (and for me ;-)

What I mean is that the printed score had to pack the last bars to avoid to add one more page for just a bar or two.
I don't know how many pages will take my NWC print, so I really don't want to bother with the note packing.
Furthermore, I have many other ways to fit the score.

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Please advise so I know how to address your other questions.

Usually I'm interested in how it plays and how it prints; how it's viewed is often scarcely relevant to me, but normally I try to leave the formatting as much as possible to NWC.
If something isn't perfect (e.g. slurs...) it's a pity, but I hope it'll be better some day. ;-)

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IMNSHO, the entire last page is in 6/8. I would not think it has "obvious errors".

The last page no, but some previous other yes.
For example: in the harp (orchestral harp), if you have a F# then ALL the F are F#, unless you have time to fiddle with the pedals. Well, some notes of the score lacks the accidental present in the same note but in other octaves.
And so on. That's what I call "obvious errors".
Since I notate myself, I know how easy is to overlook something! Indeed, the ear is of big help in those cases.

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The trick to editing long measures is add hidden barlines, even if it breaks beams. One can remove them and rebeam at the end of the edit process.

If the hidden bar lines don't break beams I don't see any reason to remove them.
By the way: they make editing much easier and help me verifying that the staves are in synch, but there is no need to respect a specific tempo (indeed, often no tempo is specified!) so, unless you have a VERY long beam, you can put them where they do no harm.
1165
General Discussion / Re: Alignment problem
Impressive work, Rick.
You tried to replicate the exact appearance of the score, including the tightly packed normal notes needed in the original score to avoid a staff break!
I must say that I didn't played yet with the new spacers, so I was surprised by your use of |Spacer|Width:0
Nice trick to have the grace notes closer than the standard.
But I have no need to mangle with that.

I'm still longing for a native 8va lines support. I hate to have to manually adjust the line length, not to say when a staff break is automatically inserted...

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http://imslp.org/wiki/Impromptu-caprice,_Op.9_(Piern%C3%A9,_Gabriel)

Yes, that's the score I used. It has some difficulties.
For example, the long sections of "ad libitum", without bars, are a PITA to edit in NWC but, beside that, there are some problems with the "temporary" accidentals. The score assumes that, when the staff is broken, then the "temporary" accidentals are reset. NWC of course does not.
I decided to notate the accidentals as needed and also to add hidden bar lines to help me editing and also to double check that the two staves are in synch!
There are also a couple of obvious errors here and there.
Then note the bars just after the last "A tempo (assez vivement)": as I already wrote, two are 7/8 and one is 13/16!

Another request: I recreated the two staves arpeggios using the layered staves to "join" the upper and lover arpeggio marks. Is it there an easier method?
I have somewhere some score with the trick but I don't remember which are them and looking at all the scores...
It's easier to exploit the memory (and the cleverness) of Rick... or Rich... or someone else. ;-)
1167
General Discussion / Re: Alignment problem
Sure!
Beta 2.5 is not an issue for me, of course.

I knew you'd take the challenge! ;-)

N.B. I think Pierné was not so good at mathematics: in that score there are a couple of 6/8 bars in which there are 7/8 and another couple with 13/16 with no indications of n-plets nor grace notes nor "ad libitum" or "freely"...
And it's not a romantic! :-)
1168
General Discussion / Alignment problem
How can I put the 1/8 notes in the bass in the middle of a string of grace notes like in the image attached?
(Of course only for visual purposes)

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1173
Tips & Tricks / Re: MIDI Channel 10 - Change Instrument!
Yes, that's whistle, but it's the "melodic" whistle made with the lips.
Since the thread title refers to MIDI Channel 10 I assume that what Calvin is looking for is the kind of whistle usually used for rhythm in Brasil.
1174
Tips & Tricks / Re: MIDI Channel 10 - Change Instrument!
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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:n0
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:n1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

N.B. You can find a drum reference score in the NWC SAMPLES directory or, easier, through "open sample".
1182
User Tools / Re: A better Arpeggiate Chord
A new version: correctly handles the presence of accidentals in the arpeggio.

I also programmed it to add hidden muted grace notes so as to let the visible accidentals survive the "audit accidentals".
This can be disabled by setting $ACCIDENTAL_SAFE = false.
1183
General Discussion / Re: error function
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O Worthy composer 2.1 when it receives a Midifile not get to same quality as the original, which is errado.

Como Rick escreveu, NWC não é feito para reproduzir fielmente um file MIDI.
Há muitas coisas que são perdidas no processo. 
Simplesmente: isso não é o objetivo deste programa.
1185
General Discussion / Re: " For The Noteworthy Owner "
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I would support any changes needed to NoteWorthy so that it does not reset the special tuning that is set up a MIDI device.

NWC does it? I rarely use special tuning so I can't say.

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Sysex dump support would improve NoteWorthy.

Well, at least adding the possibility to insert "GM on", "GM2 on", "XG on" and "GS on" should be useful and very easy.

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a jazz suite that coud be the basis for a 17th century manuscript suite

XVIIth century jazz! ;-)

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Some folks may like a scrolling playback display. I don't. I have tried vertical auto scrolling for text. It gives me a headache.

Me too.
1187
General Discussion / Re: chord insert
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Distorsione di velocità! Google' il traduttore di s ha fatto un buon lavoro!

Sigh!

Re-translated by me: "Speed warp! Google' the translator of s did a good job!"...


It seems that the automatic Russian translation of “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26) changed it into “the vodka is good but the meat is rotten”...
1188
General Discussion / Re: Organ Scores
Be careful layering a staff "above" another staff with a label ("manual", "pedal") for the label priority of the layered staves is for the label of "topmost" staff.
1190
General Discussion / Re: note duration problem
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because the whole movement is about 16 minutes long and i split that into two files, thus 6 minutes may be too much for the soundcard as well.

The duration of the score has nothing to do with the problem at hand and, in particular, with the sound card.
At most, the long duration can make you reach the NWC objects limit, but I think that now it's hard to do so because it has been greatly extended.

You can blame the sound card only if the polyphony is too complex for it, as Bill explained.
1193
General Discussion / Re: Windows takes it twice
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something that you have created

Yes, I think so.
It's very easy: right click, then "Open with", then "select program", then "NWC2" et voilà.
From now on you can see NWC2 in the right click menu.

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In any case, I would look at Explorer->Tools...->Folder Options->File Types

I did, but I didn't see anything odd.
Please note that this kind the file association is operative for the double click and for the standard operations, not for the "open with" (or, at least, so I think).
1194
General Discussion / Windows takes it twice
Every time I open a MIDI file with "Open with->NWC2" I ends up having it twice in NWC.
I'm pretty sure this is a windows (registry) problem, not an NWC one, but I hope someone can help.
1196
General Discussion / Re: Organ "locks up"
If you use NWC to play MIDI files you can be sure there are no MIDI commands since NWC doesn't import them.

Anyway I have to warn you: be very careful to play imported MIDI without a thorough inspection of the resulting score.
For example, NWC does NOT recognise triplets or other groups!
1198
General Discussion / Re: O.T. Theebrett?
Eureka!

I found a note:

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Das "Theebrett" muss ein möglichst grosses blechernes sein, welches, wie der Tamtam, mit dem Schlägel einer grossen Trommel geschlagen wird.

"The tea-tray must be of tin, the largest possible, which, like a gong, is struck with the drumstick of a large drum."
1199
General Discussion / O.T. Theebrett?
I need a little help from the german speaking friends: what's a "Theebrett"?
Of course it's some kind of "percussion", but which one?