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Topics - Adam Cuerden

1
General Discussion / Is there a way to put italics in the lyrics?
Besides wanting to have the odd word italicised at times, there's also things like multilingual scores, where having the ability to put, say, the French in italics and the English in normal text would aid the singer a lot; that's also the standard convention, more or less.
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General Discussion / What am I doing wrong?
In this

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.75,Single)
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:n1
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down
|Rest|Dur:8th,Triplet=First|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:8th,Triplet,Staccato|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:8th|Pos2:3
|Chord|Dur:8th,Triplet=End,Staccato|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:8th|Pos2:4
|Chord|Dur:8th,Triplet=First|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First|Dur2:8th|Pos2:n5
|Chord|Dur:8th,Triplet|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Dur2:8th|Pos2:6
|Chord|Dur:8th,Triplet=End|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End|Dur2:8th|Pos2:5
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

The how do I get the top set of notes to beam? Layering could work, but in a full score, that means wrangling 20-some staves. Ugh.
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General Discussion / Selectively suppressing staves when printing
I know this is one of those things that has been discussed for... well, looks like at least 10 years, but with the new objects tools, is there any way to, for example, in a vocal score where the piano comes in before the voice, to hide the vocal line for the first few printed staves? It's literally the only thing keeping me from getting near-perfect prints of my music.
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General Discussion / Boxmarks2 alteration: Improved trills
For my own use, I made a few minor tweaks to Boxmarks2: Basically, for the h, i, and j characters -- the three "trilllike" ones, I tweaked it a bit so that they can overlap, making a continuous trill symbol by using, say, hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii or hiiiiiij or hiiijjiiijijiji if you are so inclined, instead of one with gaps in it. Of course, they will still work fine on their own, since the change is fairly minimal.

Does anyone know who I'd ask to be able to offer it to others?
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General Discussion / Smallness
I'm not... quite sure how you'd fix this, but...

I'm preparing a vocal score of a cut song from Yeomen of the Guard of appropriate layout to allow it to be cut to size and added into the standard score. As such, I'm trying to imitate Chappell's use of fonts and so on, with the exception of making the lyric font a little bigger, at the request of others.

As the score at a few points changes the left hand to the treble clef, I'm following the chappell custom of using a smaller clef when indicating the changes, hiding the clef that actually changes them. However, this means that not only the clef at the point of change disappears... but all clefs at the start of lines from then on.

Now, I DO have to edit the score a bit anyway, so it's not that much of a problem, but should it be beer to have a null-clef to add if you wanted to remove the clefs at the start of systems?
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General Discussion / Extend last system oddity
Setting the extend last system checkbox seems to extend only the last bar. However, if you instead use the section close barline with the Force system break checkbox, you get a much more aesthetically pleasing staff, but must then manually edit out the last system. Is there any way to fix this?
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General Discussion / Grace note positioning bug
In the original score, (When Jealous Torments from Yeomen of the Guard, ("cat you fondle, soft and sly")) both these were on treble clefs and had a key signature of Cminor, in the middle of a modulation, but it doesn't really matter. Put them on staves one atop the other.

Top staff:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:n6|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:7|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:b8
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:6|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:7|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:8
|Bar
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:6|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:7
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:6|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:7
|Bar
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:6
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:6
|Bar
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:n3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:5
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End


Bottom Staff
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:2,6
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:2,6
|Bar
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:n3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:#1,5
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:1,5
|Bar
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:n3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:n0,4
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0,4
|Bar
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:#1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:0,n3
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

In every measure of the four, the grace notes, which ought to align, don't.
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General Discussion / Slur Handling "Bug"
Not, perhaps a full-fledged bug, but here are some complicated chords I have in a short-score setup of a song I'm working on.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:3,9|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:Half|Pos2:12,13
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:4,8|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:3,7|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:2,6|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:#4|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:#11,14
|RestChord|Dur:16th|Opts:Stem=Up,ArticulationsOnStem|Dur2:8th|Pos2:3,7,9,11
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:#16|Opts:Stem=Up
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:3^|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:7^,10^,#11^,17^
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th,Dotted|Pos2:7,10,11,17
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End


As you can see, the slurs in the last chord... look hideous.
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General Discussion / Slur oddity
From the Left hand of the Organ part of Sullivan's Festival Te Deum

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Rest|Dur:4th
|Chord|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:-3,4|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:Half|Pos2:6^
|Chord|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:-4,3|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:6^|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-5,2
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:6|Opts:Stem=Up|Dur2:4th|Pos2:-4,3
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down
|Rest|Dur:Half|Opts:Stem=Down
|Bar
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:-5,2|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:Half|Pos2:6^
|Chord|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:-6,1|Opts:Stem=Down
|Chord|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:-7,0|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:6^
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-6,1|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:4th|Pos2:6
|Rest|Dur:4th|Opts:Stem=Down
|Rest|Dur:Half|Opts:Stem=Down
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End



Why  does the first bar's bottom slur have a completely diffent appearance to that in the third bar?

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General Discussion / Bug: Lost notes
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down|Dur2:Whole|Pos2:6
|Note|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:6
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:#4
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:7
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:3^
|Note|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:3
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End


The dotted whole note A disappears after it's doubled.
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General Discussion / New Vesion for today....
Could you tell me if Subtitles or anything else particularly useful to the layout of a fairly simple Vocal score will be available in the next version? I'm holding back sending out a PDF to try and fit in any useful new features, but have to sleep soon, as I'm in Britain.
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General Discussion / Feature Request: Subtitle
It would be very convenient if we could have a second line centred under the title, in slightly smaller print. It'd give room to, for example, say what a song is from:

Lady Hilda's Song
From Broken Hearts

Further subtitles would allow even more information:

Lady Hilda's Song
From Broken Hearts
For Voice and Mandolin

What do you think?

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General Discussion / Dynamically hiding staves
So, is there any chance of being able to hide staves in some systems on the printed page but not others in an upcoming release? How far off would it be?


Also, might I suggest a way of working it? Being able to designate features as "not important" would let you just, say, highlight bars 12-40 on a stave, click a "not important" checkbox, and then the system need merely check if everything on that stave of a proposed system is marked not important. If it is, skip that stave. If not, print it.

E.g. I have a stave "Lead Soprano".  She sings from bars 20-40 of a 60-bar composition, then is silent. I mark highlight all the bar lines and rests in bars 1-19 and 41-60 and mark them not important. 

The program divides my composition into 8 systems, of 8 bars each. The first two, covering bars 1-16, show only the accompaniment. The third [17-24] has some non-important, and some important bars, and so is printed. the next three systems, encompassing bars 25-40 are printed, and then, the remainder being not important, isn't.

Notes on special cases: If all staves are marked non-important in a system, rules should be in place to arbitrarily print one, (a warning should possibly be flagged up) In the case of layered staves, if either has important things on it, both should print.

It's going to be an awkward feature to add, but it's important enough that the bullet's going to have to be bitten sooner or later. Please do it.

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General Discussion / Beaming difficulty [Slightly Related to Automatic Beam Tool]
I include, perhaps, a bit more context than is necessary, but how should the second bar of this:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Bass
|Key|Signature:F#
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Instrument|Name:"Banjo"|Patch:105|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:0|Wide:Y
|Dynamic|Style:mp|Pos:-8
|Rest|Dur:Half
|Rest|Dur:4th
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End
|Bar
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:6|Opts:Stem=Down
|Rest|Dur:8th
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:4|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:8th,Dotted|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:8th|Pos:5|Opts:Stem=Down
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:6
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

be beamed, given it has that odd syncopation? The automatic beam option, isolating the dotted eighth, seems an awkward way to deal with it
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General Discussion / Oddest bug....
I'm getting the oddest bug with a composition: The volume of the Pizzacatto strings sometimes, when I play it repeatedly, starts off with no volume then gradually comes back, but there's no crescendo and only a forte marking. What's going on?