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Messages - Warren Porter

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General Discussion / Re: Modified clipboard to fix triplets and measure numbers
While it is quite useful (user since 1991- my first PC), The Semware Editor is an extra expense, so the same functions done with another program might be better.  I have another script which deletes all digits from the clipboard after entering measure numbers in lyrics.  Helps ID the measures where there is an extra or missing hyphen or syllable in a hurry.
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General Discussion / Re: Organ Pedal
Jan's method of making the organ sound an octave below what is written is correct, but often there is no "8" on the bass clef although there may be for the tenor part written on a treble clef.  To do the same thing without the "8", select "Tools" then "Transpose".  Transpose down by 12 semitones w/o Playback Transposition.

If you need to transpose by two octaves you will need both methods.
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General Discussion / Re: Rest notes
NWC 1.75a doesn't allow unused staves to be ignored on any system.  When printing parts you can hide empty measures and insert "[16]" with the boxmark font, but you can't make the staff disappear from the conductor's score.

One more for the wish list.
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General Discussion / Re: Trasposition
First of all, be sure the staff has a key signature--if it is in C insert a key signature with no sharps or flats.  It will appear as a greyed out F Natural.

When you are on the staff to be tranposed enter Alt/T then T again (or from the Tools menu select Transpose).  Select the number of semitones to be transposed up or down.  If you are actually changing the key, leave the "Update staff playback transposition" unchecked.

Playback transposition is only used for instruments which don't play at concert pitch.  If you wrote for a Bb clarinet in concert pitch, you would transpose it up two semitones but leave the box checked.
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General Discussion / Re: Measure Number cannot shown
To expand on Robert A's excellent reply:

When printing parts it is sometimes helpful to create a "tempo" staff which will be layered with the part currently being printed.  It would contain hidden bar lines and rests, but all tempos, tempo variences, rehearsal letters, and frequently referred to measure numbers would be on this staff.  As Robert said, the Boxmarks font is quite useful for this.  See also https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=2316.
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General Discussion / Re: sustain trill
There are different ways of introducing delays.  If you don't mind slowing down the trill, don't specify a delay in the fermata but add tempo changes before and after the fermata on the hidden staff.  If slowing the notes isn't an option, then on the hidden staff add two more notes to the trill and change the last six notes into a triplet.  You can then temporarily reduce the tempo by a third but the notes in the trill will sound just as fast.  This file from a user tip attachment shows a way to do the temp tempo change.

BTW, you can make your trills look better than just trl with "tr~~~~~~~~".  Better yet, use the Boxmarks or Boxmark2 fonts from here.
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General Discussion / Re: NWC 2004?
When printing parts, if any staff is flagged as orchestral, change it back to standard.  That will fix your thick black line on the left end.  Any visible staff with the Orchestral attribute will force that black bar to all other visible staves.

When printing parts, either a style of "Standard" or, if appropriate for that instrument, upper or lower "Grand Staff" should be the only styles in use.
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General Discussion / Re: Noteworthy file specs
The NWC format is already compressed (that's what the "Z" indicates in the first five characters of the NWC default format) so space shouldn't be an issue.  If you want another format, this might be helpful: http://nwc-scriptorium.org/helpful.html#ABC

The groups I sing in have a number of members who download (and often pay for) the NWC Composer and learn how to control part volume, instrument, and/or stereo pan to highlight their own part; then save their changes (registered users only).
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General Discussion / Re: What is a Tenor Clef?
I am about half & half on reply 26 in that I associate a note's position on the staff with what I need to do to play it, but can "name" that note when talking to other musicians.

As a violinist, 8va can make life messy.  Unlike a keyboard, every octave is not like every other.  I would associate the 4th line on the treble staff with one octave above the D string or 3rd finger in 1st position on the A--not 4th finger in 3rd position on the E.  If there is a lot going on in the music, I might just ignore the 8va indication.
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General Discussion / Re: What is a Tenor Clef?
That is pretty much the standard when men sing from the treble clef.  If there is not an "8" under the treble clef for a male part it is implied in most of the choral repertoire.
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General Discussion / Re: What is a Tenor Clef?
I have seen the tenor clef used for cello and bassoon, but when it was used on chorus parts (only) in the Durufle Requiem, it was far from user friendly.  A bassoon cue was given with the tenor clef in place before the chorus entrance.  While the bassoon played every note the chorus parts would come in on, it was necessary to figure out what note that was beforehand.
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General Discussion / Re: Thank you! Noteworthy Composer is wonderful!
Agreed!  After over five years I'm still learning about its finer points, but I was amazed at what I could do in the first few days.  Be sure to check out the resources of the Scriptorium, User tips and the Newsgroup.  I found seeing how Fred, Tina, Ann, and Richard (among others) created their works has been an invaluable learning tool.
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General Discussion / Re: How long does delivery take?
About five years ago when I first ordered NWC with a credit card over the phone, I asked for my registration number.  It was provided via e-mail and I was in business in a matter of minutes.  The CD and instruction book arrived a few days later IIRC.  While the F1 help key may be useful to brush up on topics, I much prefer a a real book when learning something new.
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General Discussion / Re: One line in staff, for percussion.
When you set the staff to just one line, that will be the middle line.  You will need to experiment with staff transpositions to make sure the "note" you need falls on that line.  On DRUMREF in your Samples folder, the snare drum is the 1st D natural below the bass clef.  In your piece you would have to transpose (Alt/T  T) +12 semitones, leaving the transposition box checked.
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General Discussion / Re: Opening files
'my last icon on the "Open" window is "details" - I don't have a "View window" icon.'

Jan: Which operating system are you using?
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General Discussion / Re: Opening files
Sounds like a function of the operating system rather than NWC.  If you click on "open file", the last icon on the top row of the "Open" window should be the "View Window".  If you select and choose "Details", you can select "Name", "Size", "Date", or "Type" to produce a list sorted how you want.  After you select a file, the next time you use this window it will open (and sort) the same way.
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General Discussion / Re: A few things...
I forgot you also asked about stems.  You can click on an icon with a note and a red arrow on the stem pointing up or down.  Once you select it, it remains in effect until you click on it again or choose the opposite direction.  To force stem direction for a number of notes, select them then click on the icon (or shift /up arrow  or shift/down arrow).  To do a whole staff, enter Home, shift/End first.
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General Discussion / Re: A few things...
Welcome, Seb!

8va You can do a traditional 8va by inserting a clef where the music goes up, select it, cntl/E and then select octave shift.  After changing that click on visibility and choose Never.  You will have to insert your 8va------------------ as ordinary text above the shifted notes.  When you return to normal, insert an unshifted clef and hide it as above.

Layering Two things (at least <g>) are necessary for layering to work.  With the "top" staff highlighted, press F2 and pick the "Visual" tab and check on "Layer with next staff".  Once you click OK on that go to Page Setup (open book icon).  Under "Contents", check "Allow Layering".  If you have notes or accidentals which overlap, you will have to add extra note and/or extra accidental spacing to the note(s) on one of the staves to clear up that problem. (select, then cntl/E again).

Repeats If you can use master repeats instead of local repeats, there will be no 2.  I don't know how it can be avoided on local repeats.

Bowings The Scriptorium is your friend.  Download, unzip, and install Boxmarks.zip from here and, under page setup and Fonts, insert Boxmarks as a numbered user font.  IIRC, t = upbow and v = downbow.  To put those symbols on notes you will have to insert text (a "t" or "v") and choose that user font.

Once again, welcome.
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General Discussion / Re: Crescendo within one note
If you need to insert a Multi Point Controller, just press "L" or, from the Insert Menu, it is the bottom item.  Change "Controller" to "Volume" and change "Style" to "Linear Sweep".  Whatever you do at the end of an MPC will continue to the next similar MPC or end of the piece.  For a crescendo on one note (a certain Hungarian dance comes to mind here), have an initial value of, say, 32 and have it end on 127 a few 16th counts later.
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General Discussion / Re: Hidden staff(?) and locked(?) volume
While preparing a file for chorus training, you might want to also adjust stereo pan for all parts.  To emphasize the Alto part, set stereo pan to something like 32 for STB and 96 for Alto.  There are many ways the end user can adjust the equivalent of "balance".

While you can also change the instrument to something which would really stand out, I would not suggest this when the user can't change what you provided.
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General Discussion / Re: Tuplets
It's nice to know people read those tips <g>.  Under "Page Setup" (open book icon), click on the "Fonts" tab.  Change an unused user font to be both Bold and Italic.  At your septuplet create a text "7" before the middle note and, under "Expression Placement" choose "at next note/bar".  Don't select "Preserve Width".

The "7" will take some space on your screen, i.e., some extra space will appear where you inserted it but that will practically disappear in a print preview or a real print.

If that doesn't work, feel free to send me your file.
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General Discussion / Re: Getting rid of ledger lines.
Looking at your question it appears you may need to insert new clefs rather than changing an existing one--there are many examples of this in "moonlight" in your samples folder.  Simply click on the treble clef icon or choose the Insert -> Clefs menu option, or press "c".  A bass clef would be added after the high L.H. part is over.  Select everything between the clefs, hold down cntl & shift, and press the down arrow 12 times.
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General Discussion / Re: Percussion Instruments
In your "Samples" folder there should be a file named "Drumref".  Play each staff with Shift/F5 to hear what they sound like.  Note the midi channel must be 10 or 15.
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General Discussion / Re: How to disable dynamics per staff
One way would be to save the file as a type 1 midi, change its name slightly, then read it back.  You can open both files at the same time: create a new staff in the original file and copy the staff from the new file into it.  It will have no dynamics, but you will have to reset the instrument.

Another way, possibly simpler would be to search for the "pp" (or any other )dynamic, select it, copy it to the clipboard, cntl/F then paste it into the expression.  Where ever you find a colon ":" replace what you find after it with an asterisk "*" (Style and possibly staff position should be enough unless something else was overridden when the dynamic was created.)  After you find the first one, alternate hitting the Delete key and the F3 key (search next) until you reach the end of the staff.  Don't save this file if you ever want to see those dynamics again.
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General Discussion / Re: Tempo marking - NWC and generic
You are correct.  I don't know if that has a name, but you can add notes as text by inserting the NWCV15 font as a user font.  You will have to have three text comments back to back to back with the outside ones being half notes from the font (upper case "F") and the middle ones being ". = " from an ordinary text font.

An ordinary tempo marking would need to be inserted at about the same point, but you can hide it my changing its visibility tab.

HTH