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Messages - Steve Mattos

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General Discussion / Re: Glissando
I just want to say thank you to all who replied.  Ultimately, I still couldn't get it to do quite what I wanted, so I simply added the lines with a pen and ruler after printing - which looked better than I expected. Thanks!
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General Discussion / Re: Glissando
I installed the PardyPack and selected MusikDingsSerif as the font, but I still cannot get a glissando to appear on the staff.  When I use "f" and "d" I get a flat sign and a natural sign, respectively.
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General Discussion / Re: Glissando
Warren, thanks for the reply, but that thread has to do with playback.  I am looking for a way to notate it on the staff.  After reading almost every previous thread on the subject, I experimented with Boxmarks 2, but it did not go well.
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General Discussion / Re: Glissando
So, a straight-line glissando (which I would love to use in a trombone part I have just written) is impossible?
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General Discussion / Staff Metrics Dilemma
When I change Staff Metrics under Page Setup, sometimes the score remains the same size, sometimes I can make it larger but not smaller, sometimes I can make it smaller but not larger, and sometimes I have no problem at all.  Changing fonts absolutely changes the printout size, as shown by a quick look at Print Preview.  At times, I have a score that is very small on the screen but very large in Print Preview.  What am I missing?

Thanks,
Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Hopefully one of oir virtuosos can explain this
Why not notate it like this?  The time values come out right, and there is no need for layering.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:Half|Pos:0^|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:Half|Pos2:-1
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:Half|Pos2:#-2
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
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General Discussion / Re: No sound on playback
John,
That did it.  Thanks!  The volume for "SW Synth" was all the way down, although I certainly didn't put it there.
Thank you very much!

Steve

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General Discussion / No sound on playback
Suddenly, unexpectedly, and inexplicably, I hear nothing when I play my NWC2 (and NWC) files.  However, I can play CDs, so the problem is not with the speakers.  Any suggestions?  (I did search the topic in the FAQs, but I didn't find anything that helped.)  Thanks.
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General Discussion / Re: Transposing treble to alto
Let's not forget that the clefs actually are letters.  The treble clef is a fancy G, the bass clef a fancy F, and the alto clef a fancy C.  In each case, the letter/clef indicates which line on the staff is G, F, or C by closely surrounding the line.  (In the case of the bass clef, it's the line between the two dots, which are really the two short lines of the letter F.)
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General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium files
Boy, is my face red.  (Just take my word for it.)  I actually did have the plug-in installed and uninstalling it solved the problem.  I stated earlier that I didn't have the plug-in because I have no recollection of installing it.  Perhaps I did it as part of my installation of NWC2.  I looked under Add/Remove Programs, and there it was - so out it went.

Thank you!!!!
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General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium files
Richard,
I never had the plug-in installed, and I installed the Viewer last night.  It seems that what I don't know how to do is to make it so that the Viewer automatically opens a file when I click on it.  I just installed the Viewer on my work computer and it worked instantly - I just click and the file opens in the Viewer.  Is there some setting I need to change on my home computer?  Thank you!

Steve
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General Discussion / Re: Scriptorium files
Thanks, Lawrie, and g'day to you, too!
Okay, that works if I first save the file into the Viewer folder, and then open it.  Is it no longer possible to open the files simply by clicking on them?

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General Discussion / Scriptorium files
Before I installed NWC2 Preview, I could open NWC files in the Scriptorium (with NWC 1.75).  Now I can't open NWC or NWC2 files.  What did I do?
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General Discussion / Eligibility for NWC2
If this is not the right place to ask this question, I really do apologize.  (Also, if the question has already been answered, I apologize.)
I did not purchase a NWC 1.75 CD.  I purchased the 1.55b 3.5"disk in 2000, and I have upgraded via direct download from the website every time.  I am now using 1.75.  Am I eligible for NWC 2?
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General Discussion / Re: Any Musical Geniouses here?
Yep, I was trying to paste into 1.75.  I guess I'm no "genious."  I am inexperienced with code and I didn't even notice the 2.0 indication.
What happens when I try to paste?  Nothing!!
Thank you, though!
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General Discussion / Re: Any Musical Geniouses here?
I tried swiping and pasting the code onto a staff, but it didn't work.  Any advice?  I'd really like to see it.  As for the rules, that's my understanding too: follow the rules, except when you can't.  The rules are based on common practice of the best composers.  In other words, they were formed after the fact and represent what happens most often.  I say that if a particular chord progression produces the aural result you wanted, go with it.  I'm thinking of a couple pieces in which the V-IV progression is used with nice effect.  (At least I think that's what I'm hearing.  My vertical listening skills are still a work in progress.)

I LOVE the Spell Checker poem!!