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and for 9+ verses:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2
|Flow|Style:ToCoda|Pos:-15|Placement:AtNextNote|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"Verses"|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:12|Placement:AtNextNote
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-1
|Bar|Style:LocalRepeatClose|Repeat:8|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:" 1 - 8 "|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:12|Wide:Y|Justify:Right|Placement:AtNextNote
|Text|Text:" Final Verse"|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:12|Placement:AtNextNote
|Flow|Style:DCalCoda|Pos:-9|Justify:Right|Placement:AtNextNote|Visibility:Never
|Bar|Style:MasterRepeatClose
|Flow|Style:Coda|Pos:-13|Placement:AtNextNote|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar|Style:Double
|TempoVariance|Style:Fermata|Pause:0|Pos:6
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
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1 The first note on each line should align vertically, but text before the first note causes a left shift.
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:Common|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Rest|Dur:Half,Dotted
|Bar|SysBreak:Y
|Text|Text:"text or dynamic causes left shift"|Font:StaffBold|Pos:7
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Rest|Dur:Half,Dotted
|Bar|SysBreak:Y
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Rest|Dur:Half,Dotted
|Bar|SysBreak:Y
|Dynamic|Style:mp|Pos:-10
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3
|Rest|Dur:Half,Dotted
|Bar|SysBreak:Y
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
Workaround is to put system breaks in each line and put "dummy" text before the 1st note if there is no actual text.
2 Special Endings should align vertically. They do in Print Preview, but not in the Editor Window.
Create 2 staves in a blank score and paste this in each:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|Ending|Endings:1|Visibility:Always
|Text|Text:" text"|Font:StaffBold|Pos:7|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-3
|Bar
|Ending|Endings:2|Visibility:Always
|Text|Text:" text"|Font:StaffBold|Pos:7|Placement:AtNextNote
|Dynamic|Style:mp|Pos:-7
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-3
|Rest|Dur:Half
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
Now delete the text and dynamic from one staff. This misalignment is more unsightly when layered. As above, workaround is to add dummy text.
3 On a piece with only 1 staff, NWC2 correctly leaves the staff open on the left side of the page, but if 2 or more staves are layered to produce an apparent single staff, the result is a closed staff on the left. I won't bore you with the workarounds.
Overall, I am quite satisfied with the progress of NWC2.
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An easier way to see it.
Fire up Micro$oft's Clipboard Viewer
Copy this into a blank score:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-6|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:1
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-6
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
The above is what you will see in the Clipboard Viewer's window.
Audit Note Stems then copy the two Chords. The Clipboard Viewer's display changes to:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:|Dur2:4th|Pos2:1
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:|Dur2:4th|Pos2:1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
As I said before, this only affects the Text Clipboard format.
The binary format appears not to be affected. That is why you see no change if you paste ...
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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-6
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:|Dur2:4th|Pos2:1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
When I enter the first Chord and then Audit Note Stems, the clipboard shows it as the second Chord. This appears to happen on all Chords with notes going in both directions.
The file saves and restores correctly and I can copy and paste. It seems that the Noteworthy Composer 2 clip format is being handled correctly but the Text clip format is lost forever. It is not corrected by a save and restore.
This bug won't be a problem for anyone not using User Tools, but it could be a rather insidious bug for those that do.
Question to Noteworthy: Is there a better way to alert you to bugs than posting the to the forum?
2007Oct03: This has been fixed as of Beta 2.20
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The first one is simply a normal RestChord that I selected and hit the "grace button"
The second one is a grace rest + grace note, then I selected it and hit the grace button twice, then audit note stems.
You can complete the set:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|RestChord|Dur:4th,Grace|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:0
|RestChord|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Grace|Pos2:0
|RestChord|Dur:4th,Grace|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:0
|RestChord|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th,Grace|Pos2:0
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
By editing the clipboard text.
Beaming RestChords is a whole 'nother matter... Generally you can't.
Then there is this restriction on having rests that are longer than the attached note that I have never understood.
It would seem to me that RestChords need not even exist. The rest could be handled like a accidental..."r" instead of "#" or "b". The structure and error checking would be as for any other chord, only the display would be different.
More and more, when I have 2 or more voices, I am just starting out with a layer, knowing that somewhere I am going to run into a problem that is insoluble without layers.
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Is this a feature or a bug?
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|RestChord|Dur:4th,Grace|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:0
|RestChord|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Grace|Pos2:0
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
This may have some uses in lyrics with varying syllables in different verses, but I don't want to use it if it a bug and is likely to change.
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Response to https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=5097.msg32285#msg32285:
At the beginning of every midi file is a header chunk. One of the elements of every header chunk is called division, which represents how finely a quarter note can be divided. This number is the "parts per quarter note" (PPQ or sometimes PPQN)
It is almost always 192 or 384. Noteworthy always exports it as 192 and the rest of this discussion will assume PPQ=192. One PPQ is called a "click". A 16th note would be 194/4 or 48 clicks.
Each note of this:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:-6
|Rest|Dur:4th
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:-6
|Note|Dur:8th,Triplet=First|Pos:-5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th,Triplet|Pos:-4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:8th,Triplet=End|Pos:-3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half,Triplet=First|Pos:-2
|Note|Dur:Half,Triplet|Pos:-1
|Note|Dur:Half,Triplet=End|Pos:0
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
Would result in a bar:beat:click:pitch of:
1:0:0:c5
1:3:0:d5
1:3:48:e5
1:3:96:f5
1:3:144:g5
2:0:0:c5
2:3:0:d5
2:3:64:e5
2:3:128:f5
3:0:0:g5
3:1:64:a5
3:2:128:b5
You last question about 2 staves is irrelevant since the idea is to put the cursor position in the status bar and the cursor can only be on one staff at any one time.
It did lead me to an interesting discovery. If you put different time sigs on staffs, export it, then import it, the time sig of the first staff becomes the time sig of all the staves!
Add a new staff to the above example and paste this in:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:12/8
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-4
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-4
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-4
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
Now export it and import it.
I don't know if this is a Noteworthy or a MIDI constraint.
I have wished for a number of years that Noteworthy's implementation of the multipoint controller would allow me to express offsets in PPQ's and allow note on events, but I never wrote up a request deeming it too advanced for the typical user.
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Another audit bar line quirk
Preview 1q will not divide a triplet and stops 'auditing' at that point. Example:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:C
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:4th,Triplet=First|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:4th,Triplet|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:4th,Triplet=End|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
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Please ignore my workaround from https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=5014.msg31387#msg31387 (second clip)
You might try this instead:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Instrument|Name:"Flute"|Patch:73|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:8
|Bar|Style:MasterRepeatOpen|SysBreak:Y
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0^
|Bar
|Ending|Endings:1
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar|Style:MasterRepeatClose
|Ending|Endings:2
|Note|Dur:Whole,Grace|Pos:1z^|Opts:Tie=Upward
|Text|Text:" "|Font:StaffBold|Pos:8|Wide:Y|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
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Well, here I sit at 2am CST on a Saturday trying to coerce Nora Jones' Don't Know Why into something I can play for a wedding next Saturday and I run into this:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:Bb,Eb
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Dynamic|Style:mf|Pos:-9
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:2
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:0^,4^|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Text|Text:"47"|Font:StaffBold|Pos:10|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First|Dur2:4th|Pos2:4
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace,Slur|Pos:1
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:2|Opts:Muted|Visibility:Never
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-3
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:0^|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,Tie=Downward
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:b-1|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:Half|Pos2:0
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:-5|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Text|Text:"48"|Font:StaffBold|Pos:10|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote
|Bar
|Rest|Dur:8th,Dotted
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-3
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:0^|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,Tie=Downward
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:-6,#-3
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:0^|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End|Dur2:8th|Pos2:-7^,n-3^
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:|Dur2:4th|Pos2:0
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace,Slur|Pos:4
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:5,7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace,Slur|Pos:4
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:5^,7^|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:5,7
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace,Slur|Pos:4
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:5,7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
I'd like to make the tie in measure 46 go upward so it looks like the flat applies to "A" and not "B". Ditto in 47 so that it doesn't run through the sharp, but Public Preview 1m (Windows 98), won't let me. I could probably use layer, but I don't feel that I should be required to. The program should let put the tie where I want it and stop trying to analyze my work. Any ideas?