First go to "page setup" then click "fonts", then select "staff lyrics". After that, click "change' then you have access to all others fonts.
But having different formats for different lyric lines, I'm not to sure about that. To be honest, I've not really seen a score with different fonts and formats you were talking about.
On a stringed instrument, a note played by stretching a string away from the frame of the instrument and letting it go, making it "snap" against the frame. Also known as a Bartók pizzicato.
When I saw this a few days ago I thought it was interesting to use it.
I think NWC should start doing more of these interesting things or otherwise.
Hi, When I have two notes with their stems facing the opposite direction the staccato that's not attach to the bottom note would not sound like a staccato.
There's an attachment...
The top note (part of a triplet) is suppose to play legato... BUT the bottom note (A Crotchet) which was suppose to play a staccato sounds legato and the staccato mark doesn't attach itself to the bottom note but the top note instead.
My problem is trying to place the staccato's position on the bottom note and not the top so everything would be played the right way I wanted.
An alternative is a pair of staves: Played & hidden along with the Muted & displayed.
Do you think it would be very tiring to have all of that for an orchestrial score? Basically have every instrument own another staff to do the "grace notes accuracy thing".
Thanks, Eric. Actually I've already knew about tremelo and chorus. It's just that when I used the chorus depth I don't hear any difference in intensity and sounds, including some other MPC.
Grace notes become wild when there are to many of them.
Here's a solution: Add as much grace notes as possible, then mute them, then "copy and paste" and finally... change the grace notes (you copied and pasted) to normal ones and put their visibilty at "never".
There's an attachment.
Oh... but time signatures must be changed and hidden.
I am writing a song in chinese when the lyrics came out with a bunch of question marks (?). Could it be some kind of bug or lack of language support??? Help...
I was printing a piece with lots of Boxmark fonts in it but the glissando marks are overlapping the notes, tremelo marks are not position that properly, etc. AND I'm a little bit lazy to correct all of them.
The Print Preview is fine but when it comes to printing some off the texts are off their positions.
While it would be nice if hidden/played -- muted/displayed pairs of staves weren't necessary, they aren't that much trouble to set up: get the staff to sound like it is supposed to, add a new staff (hit the "+" sign) do Home-Sh/End on the old staff to get it on the clipboard, and Cntl/V to paste it on the new staff. Then you can replace the dahdahdahdahdahdah with tr~~~~~~, do turns, n-tuplets, gliss, tremelos, and arpeggios, etc.
BTW, long rests don't need a hidden staff, just select and hide (Cntl/E, Visibilty, Show on Printed Page, Never) the rests and bar lines between them. The long rest is then inserted as text in a user font.
Warren, I actually knew that trick already but do you think it takes sometime to do all of that?
Let me repeat:
I wish the boxmarks are part of the toolbar and are able to perform what symbol is suppose to duo. If it's possible, then we don't have to create another staff for the audio.
If you want a tremelo, the program will insert a tremelo sign, at the same time two notes are added with the tremelo between it, you can then adjust the two note's positions on the staff. Hit play and then the dadadadadadadada sound comes out.
In just a click on one of those symbols on the toolbar, the symbol is there with its role and task! Same to other symbols (Now get the Point)?
Oh... The Tremelo Sign can automatically change it's length just like beams.
(1) An option to replace several rests (particulary those lasting one bar each) with a breve symbol and the number of bars to wait [would be useful when typing parts which have long gaps between playing (such as a triangle!)] (2) Facilities to add appogiaturas and acciaciaturas to music so they can be PRINTED (not necessarily played) [I would like this to be done so I don't have to write them in later] (3) Options to add trill, mordent, turn and strum marks to music [see comment for suggestion 2 above]
These would all be very useful additions for many musicians, especially orchestral musicians such as myself.
I'm NOT really here to reply. Boxmarks & boxmarks 2 did really came true but now this gave new an idea... maybe in other future versions those boxmarks will be PART of the tools and instead of typing it into "text".
Take Trills for example, You don't have to create another staff for the audio. Just simply HAVE the visual! The tool/visual will play the trill for you without the needs of creating another staff for the dahdahdahdahdahdahDAH. (Get the idea)??
Then the turn: dahdahdahdahdah will be played on the staff where most of the playing will take place!
Glissandos will also be helpful to instruments that have the glissando techique.
Other symbols added as a tool will also sound nice!
No dropouts with my hardware synth. Looks like polyphonic overload. The sustain pedal causes a lot of notes to be on at the same time.
You've got point Rick. Actually I've tried the software on another computer (not really mine) and used the default MIDI "MS GS Wavetable synth", there was no "disappearing sound". It GOTTA be polyphonic overload.
But anyway, here's the attachment... The notes that are colored are the ones where their sounds begin to disappear (It may have not include voices but it's still the same problem).
I am writing a SATB song accompanied with some strings. The problem here is that when there are too many string instruments playing all together the vocal sound eventually disappears! What's going on?
I'm totally confuse about all this! I'm like lost in a maze or something. But don't get confuse too... There are times where one doesn't know what the other is talking about. But I now I understand about the topic.
Okay Lawrie. The reason why I ask wether or not other instruments are able to play artificial harmonics is because I play the flute and IF I played a G or other notes (just basically blowing it flawlessly) I get nothing but just a column of air with no nice flute sound, So by just playing a brass instrument flawlessly you may get nothing but a strange sound, correct? :-) I'm basically asking wether or not artificial harmonics can create different sounds or effects to an instrument.
You're Right, Lawrie, I should start putting in what I understand FIRST and then receive the real answers from others.
Ahh...! Now I understand about those notes now but does it affect the sound of the string instrument? William, You once said about the harmonic playing two octaves higher, right?
This gives me another question to ask: "sul ponticello". Does it mean play near the bridge of the string instrument or play some octave higher? How does this relate to Artificial Harmonics?
William lets get way back to the beginning of this topic. You said you have a problem with the first note at the 2nd measure right? If so why not just remove the "piano" sign and replace it as in a "text"? Just type in "p" and Presto that strange sound is gone! Why talk about soundcards or bugs?
Sometimes the simpliest things can be the solution. Like I said: Replace the "Piano" sign with a text sign "p"!
I've heard about a piano that can play some notes lower than it's original lowest notes. What about Oboes? There's the concert oboe in C, then the English Horn, Then the rare bass oboe. Is there such thing as a "Piccolo Oboe"? I've heard it from somewhere.
Trombones too, there's the alto, tenor, bass, contrabass but is there such thing as "Soprano Trombone"?
I just really want to know wether the instruments hilighted red really exist.
P.S. If you find anymore very rare instruments, reply me. (Instrument's transposition required to please).
Lawrie, I don't play a trombone but everything you wrote, made me learn a new thing in Trombones. I commonly write trombones in C but Bb... not so often. But thanks. I'm gonna correct that mistake!
I see, Lawrie. But the peice I'm writing consist a glissando that starts from D flat to A flat (5th above Db). I already know that the pitch bend can make a sound go one tone up, then how do you make it a 5th above or an Octave-Glissando?
I've got a problem when I was changing the time signiture from 3/8 to 3/16. The slurs and ties on the viola and cello part are blocking the time signature and it looks bad! I've seen peices where they write the time signature OVER the slur or tie.
And now for the beaming part... I can't beem notes when there's a CLEF between it (I just don't want too many ledger lines). What's the solution??
? Nothing??