Yeah, this piece is 13/16: "long-long-long-short-short" or [16-16-16] [16-16-16] [16-16-16] [16-16-8]. It took some thought placing a time signature to it. Anyway, I decided just to export the original NWC file as a Type 1 MIDI and sort through the 4 channels. For most of the piece the right hand is untouched, but the left hand is separated whenever it started to play higher notes (anything NWC considered to be a treble note vs. bass note). To be honest, this problem would be solved if NWC had 8va and 8vb clefs.
Ah, thank you so much! Adding a legato performance style added slurs and ties to the MIDI file. Also, I noticed that I made one time signature error in the middle of my piece (it is supposed to be 13/16 and I had put 12/16 and the entire piece after that point tried to compensate). Of the two, it seems that Type 1 MIDI is the lesser of two evils to go with-Type 0 meshes both channels into one, blending both staves into one (the right hand) and Type 0 splits each staff/channel into two respective staves. So now I am stuck with 4 staves for a 2 stave piano piece, but it seems to be the cleanest MIDI file I've seen yet.
Hi, I recently installed Finale 2007. Since NWC doesn't have the greatest sheet music printing system, I am trying to convert some of my NWC piano pieces to print in Finale. The obvious answer is to export as a MIDI, but every time I re-open the MIDI in any program (either as, the time signatures, keys, rhythms, and everything you can imagine is in a horrible, un-printable state. I have tried every combination of syncing both staves to one channel or separate, muting, and exporting as MIDI Type 1 or 0 and the results are always the same. Yes, I could spent countless hours rewriting these pieces in Finale, but if possible I was wondering if anybody knows a trick or scripting code I can utilize to convert my NWC files into untouched MIDI files. Thanks in advance.
Rick, your first picture is exactly what I'm asking about how to do :\ I can't seem to figure out how to beam two eighth notes with a dotted half note in between them. I've not been able to solve this problem with invisible notes or anything. I need to print out this song tonight, so if you could be respond ASAP. Thanks!
Thanks for the tip. Would it be musically acceptable if I just made the first "dotted half note" of each bar an eighth note that connects to the other eighth notes? Technically the sound will be the same regardless because of the pedal, but is such notation wrong?
In my latest piano composition there is one section where I want to hold a dotted half note for the duration of one 6/8 measure while playing 6 eighth notes at the same time. The dotted half note is to be held by the pedal. How might I notate this?
In the .nwc I have posted, I want the red hilighted notes to be dotted half notes. I also need help beaming across two staffs.
Thank you William, I believe you have closed this case. You have provided the most exact interpretation of what I am trying to do. I will just use what you posted. Thanks a lot.
P.S. Warren I understand what you were trying to do, but it had no application to my case. Thanks for trying though. I was poking fun at you for that earlier.
Rick, I believe you are the closest to solving this problem in your "needhelpbeaming1.nwc" post. However, if I were to pick up this piece and try to play it, it would make no sense. Basically, in the two fast measures the LH plays three notes, followed by three notes in the RH. Then the arpeggio goes back down-that's all. I agree with your edited rests, but you cannot simply move one note from a set of three to the other staff to look cleaner-then the pianist will play the notes with the wrong hands and make it much harder on themselves. All I need to show is three notes LH, three notes RH. If you can find a way to edit this again, I would be grateful. Thanks.
Ok guys I've finally fixed it! With a lot of maticulous separation of beats, I finally fixed the two measures. Apparently there were no needed tuplets at all, just sixteenth notes. There is only one problem left: beaming the notes. These two bars are very tricky so I left them unbeamed. I tested the auto beamer in NWC2 but the results were horrendous. I would be grateful if one of you would help me out by beaming these measures (and checking to make sure it looks right). Thanks. (see attachment)
I don't quite understand why you say "simulate it with 4 normal notes and a grace note". In the attachment I will give you my entire piece so far (only 108 measures). If you wouldn't mind, please edit these two measures for me the way you mention. Obviously NWC2 doesn't support tuplets, so perhaps your method will find a solution. Please do what you can. Thanks.
Here's the best non-rolled chord version I could come up with (see attached). This notation is the only way I could stay consistent with the 6/8 beat (measure lines are right where they need to be) and the closest I could create to the original sound. Take a look. Thanks.
I understand what you mean, but regardless of sound I need to print of the piece as a visual. As I have attempted to edit these two measures, I have encountered a few problems, all of which seem unsolvable. Because I cannot notate quintuplets, the measures do not allign properly. If I decide to add rests to balance it out, the measures do not line up. If I turn the sixteenth notes into triplets, the notes sound horribly rushed. I wonder if creating rolled chords would be much easier and more systematic. Do you think this is a proper case for rolled chords? If so, how might I notate these measures? Thanks.
Thank you so much that's exactly what I needed. Would you mind telling me how you inserted the rolled chord "squiggly"? Did you somehow insert a portion from the Boxmark2 font?
Attached is a portion of my latest piano composition (NCW2 File). Notice measures 5-6 do not quite fit the measures. I am aware that quintuplets are impossible in NWC2, but if there is any way to edit these measures in such a way that the visuals are not skewed (and the beats add up correctly) please help me out. I need to print this piece out soon, so even if it doesn't sound right it needs to look right. How might I do this? Thanks.
There is a portion of my composition (NCW2 File) attached. In measures 6-8 notice the eighth notes going back and forth. I need to find a way to notate rolled chords (top to bottom note). Thanks.
I have searched the forum for this answer, but with no luck. In my composition I have three measures of eighth note chords going back and forth RH-LH but I need to roll the chords top to bottom for all three measures. If I have to I can always notate 32nd notes, but I need to print this notation ASAP, as correct as possible. Thanks for any suggestions!
