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103
User Tools / Collapsed MMRs
I wrote the following little script to insert a collapsible MMR in one go (instead of five separate components)

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'Save as ColMMR.vbs
'Command WScript Scripts\ColMMR.vbs <PROMPT:BarCount?=#>
'Writes out a collapsed MMR

Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut
Set Args = WScript.Arguments
With StdOut
  .WriteLine "!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)"
  .WriteLine "|Boundary|Style:Collapse"
  .WriteLine "|Bar"
  .WriteLine "|RestMultiBar|NumBars:" & Args.Item(0) & "|WhenHidden:ShowBars,ShowRests"
  .WriteLine "|Bar"
  .WriteLine "|Boundary|Style:EndCollapse"
  .WriteLine "!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End"
End With

and encountered two snags.


You have to replace a dummy item (say a rest) or else it replaces the whole staff. I could process the whole StdIn stream to fix that, but if I'm inserting it, how do I know where the cursor is?

More importantly "Repeat User Tool" does precisely that. It doesn't re-prompt for the number of bars. :-(

Edited because the default MMR has "ShowRests" and "ShowBars" set, but if you miss these off the clip then they are not set!
104
General Discussion / Orchestral Scores
For my sins I'm notating the orchestral score for the operetta we are about to perform from handwritten, error stewn, somewhat indecipherable and conflicting instrumental parts. From the full score I want to produce a conductor's copy and the orchestral parts. No problem in principle, but several practical points to consider.

  • What size of paper
  •     for the conductor?
  •     for the parts?
  • and what font size
  •     for the conductor?
  •     for the parts?
  • and how do you bind the individual parts sheets?

Any help gratefully received.
105
General Discussion / Re: Notating Repeats
Thanks for the suggestions. You both seem to confirm that notating specific endings requires that they are shown with at least a bar of music (as Alfred indeed hints).
106
General Discussion / Notating Repeats
I'm notating a song with three verses and need to show the repeat count on the individual instrumental parts. Normally with a piano score you wouldn't bother because you can see the verses.

Usually this would be done with a separate third time bar (with perhaps a different pick-up), but in this case there is no such difference.

Do I still need to notate a full separate bar or can I just put the  1/2¬ repeat mark up against the Repeat bar line?
107
User Tools / Re: Working Tremolos
You're quite right – but I used to. Entire comment removed!

And thank you for the font suggestion, although since the idea is to put pieces up on the web so that our members can use the viewer there could be a minor admin problem.

Slurred notes still don't quite work with the tool (it leaves a hanging slur) so I might try a modification, but in the meantime the error is easily corrected.
108
User Tools / Re: Working Tremolos
No need for layered staffs any more – it's all done in situ!

Temporarily stymied by dotted notes throwing the rhythm out but now the dots are text as well. (And note to NW, suppressing number of dots in clusters technique might be more aesthetic than current treatment?)

Now I'd like to move on to tremolo on a single minim. But how do you get the beams (text or naturally) centred on the stem? I can achieve it using similar methods to the above but the beams show note stems, and I can't find a text font that has anything approaching a slanted beam. Help!
110
General Discussion / Re: MMR for coupled staves
I'd expect something like this, although for two instruments it's debatable whether you'd show both on the first system. But for larger ensembles this would seem to fit the bill.
112
General Discussion / Re: Struggling with flow control
It's not really that complicated once you realise that the whole staff is actually played each time with bits of it skipped according to the contents of the endings.

The jump back to bar 1 from bar 2 isn't actually what happens. In reality the jump is back from bar 3 each time but bar 3 is empty except for repeats 3 and 4.
113
User Tools / Re: Working Tremolos
Your exanple did indeed work, but the idea has its limitations.

Your next example merely mimics the second bar of mine (and doesn't/can't use your transposition trick). But I don't understand why you have tied muted grace notes to the second chord, when muting the chord itself achieves much the same thing and is simpler.

Your tied (let ring) grace notes are functionally the same as my tied grace notes pair with the second chord muted, and this suffers from the same problem of ringing through the next chord until cut off by its repetition
114
User Tools / Re: Working Tremolos
Interesting idea which doesn't quite work because it needs the second chord to be an exact transposition of the first.

However, muting the second chord and placing the first chord as grace notes in front of it achieves (nearly) the desired effect. But for some reason the playback mechanism renders the grace notes staccatissimo. This can be cured by a pedal or by muting a second (tied) grace note to let it ring. It probably doesn't matter at the speed a tremolo is usually played.

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!NoteWorthyComposer(2.5)
|Locale|ACP:1252
|Editor|ActiveStaff:1|CaretIndex:15|CaretPos:-6
|SongInfo|Title:""|Author:"<Name>"|Lyricist:""|Copyright1:"Copyright © 2012 <Name>"|Copyright2:"All Rights Reserved"
|PgSetup|StaffSize:16|Zoom:7|TitlePage:Y|JustifyVertically:Y|PrintSystemSepMark:N|ExtendLastSystem:N|DurationPadding:Y|PageNumbers:0|StaffLabels:None|BarNumbers:None|StartingBar:1
|Font|Style:StaffItalic|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:10|Bold:Y|Italic:Y|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:StaffBold|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:StaffLyric|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:7|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageTitleText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:24|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:12|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageSmallText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User1|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User2|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User3|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User4|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User5|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User6|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|PgMargins|Left:1.27|Top:1.27|Right:1.27|Bottom:1.27|Mirror:N
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:12|BoundaryBottom:12|Lines:5|WithNextStaff:Layer|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Key|Signature:Bb,Eb,Ab|Tonic:C
|Tempo|Tempo:60|Pos:9
|TimeSig|Signature:2/4
|Text|Text:"j"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:1|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:1z|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|SustainPedal|Pos:-11|Wide:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:32nd,Grace|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Up|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"j"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:-1|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-1z|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam,Muted
|SustainPedal|Status:Released|Pos:-11|Wide:Y|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:16th|Pos:-1|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End|Visibility:Never
|Bar
|Text|Text:"j"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:0|Placement:AtNextNote
|Text|Text:"j"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:2|Placement:AtNextNote
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:0z,2z|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=First
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:6,7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:0,2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:6,7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Chord|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:0^,2^|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First|Visibility:Never
|Chord|Dur:16th,Grace|Pos:0,2|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End,Muted|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"j"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:6|Placement:AtNextNote
|Text|Text:"j"|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:7|Justify:Right|Placement:AtNextNote
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:6z,7z|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam,Muted
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:6,7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:0,2|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam|Visibility:Never
|Chord|Dur:16th|Pos:6,7|Opts:Stem=Down,Beam=End|Visibility:Never
|Bar
|Chord|Dur:Half|Pos:3,5,7
!NoteWorthyComposer-End
116
General Discussion / Re: M.D.C.
mezzo da capo – half way back to the beginning.
molto da capo – even further back than the beginning!
118
General Discussion / Re: Measure numbers
Warren: Doesn't quite work since there shouldn't be a closing bar line on the first staff.

Rick: Sort of makes sense, but only if that's the way you define it. You could equally say don't count a bar that has nothing in front of it (as indeed happens if you start a piece with a bar line).
119
General Discussion / Re: Measure numbers
There's a curious problem with 'Exclude from bar count'. I was trying to insert a courtesy time signature, so put it in with an invisible force system break bar line.
This would in any case be excluded from the bar count since there are no notes or rests in the bar, but explicitly excluding it also excludes the previous genuine bar line.
Not a problem once you realise what's happening, but I was scratching my head for some time before working it out.

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!NoteWorthyComposer(2.5)
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Open (hidden)|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:12|BoundaryBottom:12|Lines:5|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar|SysBreak:Y
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar
|TimeSig|Signature:3/4
|Bar|XBarCnt:Y|SysBreak:Y|Visibility:Never
|TimeSig|Signature:3/4
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Half,Dotted|Pos:0
|Bar|Style:SectionClose|SysBreak:Y
!NoteWorthyComposer-End
121
General Discussion / Inconsistent Slurs
Why (when printed) does the second slur go to the notehead instead of the tail?

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Rest|Dur:Whole
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Bar
|Note|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:3|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Bar|SysBreak:Y
|Note|Dur:4th,Slur|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:2|Opts:Stem=Up,Slur=Upward
|Bar
|Rest|Dur:Whole
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-2
|Bar|Style:SectionClose|SysBreak:Y
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
122
General Discussion / Re: Boundary Offset Moves Lyrics on Layered Staff
Interesting, but not the point I was making ;-)

If you examine this code then you'll see that the Boundary Offset on one staff is affecting the lyric position on the other.

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!NoteWorthyComposer(2.5)
|Locale|ACP:1252
|Editor|ActiveStaff:2|CaretIndex:9|CaretPos:0
|SongInfo|Title:""|Author:"<Name>"|Lyricist:""|Copyright1:"Copyright © 2012 <Name>"|Copyright2:"All Rights Reserved"
|PgSetup|StaffSize:16|Zoom:4|TitlePage:Y|JustifyVertically:Y|PrintSystemSepMark:N|ExtendLastSystem:N|DurationPadding:Y|PageNumbers:0|StaffLabels:None|BarNumbers:None|StartingBar:1
|Font|Style:StaffItalic|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:10|Bold:Y|Italic:Y|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:StaffBold|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:StaffLyric|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:7|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageTitleText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:24|Bold:Y|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:12|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:PageSmallText|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User1|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User2|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User3|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User4|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User5|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|Font|Style:User6|Typeface:"Times New Roman"|Size:8|Bold:N|Italic:N|CharSet:0
|PgMargins|Left:1.27|Top:1.27|Right:1.27|Bottom:1.27|Mirror:N
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Open (hidden)|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:12|BoundaryBottom:10|Lines:5|WithNextStaff:Layer|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Lyrics|Placement:Bottom|Align:Standard Rules|Offset:0
|Lyric1|Text:"Any old lyrics\r\n"
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar|SysBreak:Y
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar|Style:SectionClose|SysBreak:Y
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff-1"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:10|BoundaryBottom:10|Lines:5|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:2
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Rest|Dur:Whole|Visibility:Never
|Bar
|Boundary|Style:NewSize|Lower:41|Color:6
|Rest|Dur:Whole|Visibility:Never
|Bar
|Boundary|Style:Reset|Color:6
|Rest|Dur:Whole|Visibility:Never
!NoteWorthyComposer-End
124
General Discussion / Re: Clef insertion
A change of clef should never be placed immediately after a bar line. If it affects the whole of the next bar then it is placed before the bar line. Otherwise immediately before the first relevant note (and not in front of any intervening rests).

Authorities differ on the precise size of the clef – Alfred suggests 75%.
127
General Discussion / Re: Entering Notes from Keyboard
Not if you have courtesy accidentals too :-(

Entering notes from the piano toolbar also inserts bar lines as appropriate, but inserting a rest from the same place still doesn't work!

I'd be happy if the behaviour of the toobar rest matched that of the notes – if so, problem solved.

And it would be a nice tweak to make the rest symbol match the set duration. I naively entered minim rests when I wanted crotchets solely because a crotchet rest was displayed.
128
General Discussion / Re: Intermittent layering of Vocal Scores
I made the request after struggling to use the boundary change. The problem was multiple layered staffs all of which had to be changed to maintain the staff spacing whilst temporarily shifting the lyrics. Possible but highly frustrating. And trying to tweak the offset was very time-consuming. Much simpler to be able to vary the lyric offset.
129
General Discussion / Entering Notes from Keyboard
A really useful feature is the automatic insertion of bar lines when entering notes stepwise from a midi keyboard. But there's a couple of snags.

  • To enter a rest you have to use the space bar. OK until the bar starts with a rest when it all falls apart. Is there any reason why computer keyboard entry can't use the same facility?
  • If you tie a note with an accidental (using the / key) then the second note will have an accidental too if the tie crosses a bar line. No problem if the tie is within the bar, and no problem if the note is programatically split because its duration is too long for the current bar
130
General Discussion / Re: Intermittent layering of Vocal Scores
Another useful addition to the boundary change would be the lyric offset. At the moment you can change the lyric position by altering the boundary offset, but that then normally applies the boundary change to (at least) a whole system.
131
General Discussion / Re: Change the position of a sharp
In viewer mode and print preview with either method the crotchets are equally spaced: only in editor mode is the spacing distorted.

And whyever not use 'Staff (Cue) Symbols" font? That way you get the correct sharp symbol.
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General Discussion / Re: Change the position of a sharp
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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:#-3^|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"d"|Font:StaffCueSymbols|Pos:7|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:-3|Opts:Stem=Up
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
134
General Discussion / Notating Versicle and Response
This is usually written as a single staff for the intoner, than a gap and then several staffs in the system for the response itself. With the new gap facility this is nearly possible and would work if a coolapsed staff could disappear when bounded by gaps as well as is currently the case with system breaks.
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!NoteWorthyComposer(2.5)
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:12|BoundaryBottom:12|Lines:5|WithNextStaff:Bracket|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:1
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Boundary|Style:Collapse
|Rest|Dur:Whole|Visibility:Never
|Bar
|Boundary|Style:Gap|Width:200|SystemConnections:Y
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Boundary|Style:EndCollapse
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-3
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff-1"|Group:"Standard"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Section Close|Visible:Y|BoundaryTop:10|BoundaryBottom:10|Lines:5|Color:Default
|StaffProperties|Muted:N|Volume:127|StereoPan:64|Device:0|Channel:2
|StaffInstrument|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127
|Clef|Type:Bass
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Key|Signature:C|Tonic:C
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:3
|Bar
|Boundary|Style:Gap|Width:200|SystemConnections:N
|Clef|Type:Bass
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:-3
!NoteWorthyComposer-End

In this example I'd like to suppress the first bit of the top staff.
135
General Discussion / Re: Grace note duration
A single grace note has a 1/32 duration, and dotting and tripletising don't affect that. But you can lengthen the duration by tying them together and hiding all but the last one.
136
General Discussion / Re: 3 verses then a coda
Too complicated!

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Ending|Endings:1,2|Visibility:Never
|Bar|Style:MasterRepeatClose
|Ending|Endings:3|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

does the trick. You can also use the local repeat to achieve the same effect.
137
General Discussion / Re: Invalid midi files when notes are muted
But one should be aware that it is NWC (or the other apps) stopping playing that sends an effective note-off. If you add empty bars onto the end of the clip the note will keep playing indefinitely.

Terminating a tied sequence with a muted note is a useful trick to keep the note ringing but if that is what is wanted, then you have to give it space to do it. Another note at the same pitch will then stop it.
138
General Discussion / Re: Hairpin horizontal placement
David, there's an option to hide the rest inj note properties.

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:Common
|Dynamic|Style:p|Pos:9
|RestChord|Dur:Half|Opts:Stem=Down,ArticulationsOnStem,HideRest|Dur2:Whole|Pos2:0
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0z|Opts:Stem=Down,Crescendo,StemLength=0,Muted
|Dynamic|Style:f|Pos:9
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
139
General Discussion / Re: Hairpin horizontal placement
You can achieve it more easily with a restchord, then a muted stemless headless note with the hairpin attached.

I tried it with a hidden rest but this also hides the hairpin – not what I expected! Would it not be more useful to display the hairpin? After all you don't need to put it there if you don't want to see it (a hiddendim would achieve the same playback effect).
140
General Discussion / Re: Stop automatic bar lines
Automatic bar lines also happen when using step-time-entry from a MIDI keyboard, a fact which I only discovered recently. I find it very useful since I do set the note durations as I go along. And it's quite magical when you enter a semibreve in a 3/4 bar and out comes a tied dotted minim, bar line, and crotchet – think of the keystrokes that saves!

There's a small 'bug'. A rest (space bar or piano keyboard) as the first item in a bar completely messes up the behaviour.
141
General Discussion / Re: INcorrect Instrument
Flurmey, you're correct, a pitch-bend won't work (I'll try to get brain into gear next time!)

But if you want a percussion instrument to be shown correctly on a single percussion staff line then you'll have to transpose it, so I can't see what the point is you are trying to make.

In fact if you have several percussion instruments then you have to put each one on its own transposed staff (all on channel 10) so that each appears, each in its correct position.
142
General Discussion / Re: INcorrect Instrument
But you can always use Staff/Properties/Instrument/Transposition or even an MPC to bring the Instrument down onto its correct position on the Percussion Staff.
143
Tips & Tricks / Re: [NWC2] How to cleanly extend the last system.
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'Force System Break (Top Staff Only)' should do what it says and nothing else.

Well that's precisely what it does. It forces that bar-line to the right and writes anything following on the next system(s). And most importantly, it justifies the system.

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NWC should not print or reserve space for a system that contains no objects. This is NWC's current behavior.

and if there's nothing else to write then, as you suggest, it doesn't write anything.

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NWC should remove 'Ending Bar:' and its options from Staff Properties

So how would you set the ending bar to what you want if it's not in the menu? It's not editable as it stands.

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'Force System Break (Top Staff Only)' should be modified so that it does not cause the final system to be extended.

This would cause inconsistent behaviour (see above). Forcing a justified line break is a property of the bar, not the page.

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The only way to extend the last system should be via the Page Setup Command

Which with its present behaviour does not justify the contents of the system, and is why the line-break behavior on the final bar was implmented in the first place.
144
General Discussion / Re: Quintuplets
You can make a note sound for any length of time, while keeping a quite different visual appearance.
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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Instrument|Name:"Clarinet"|Patch:71|Trans:0|DynVel:10,30,45,60,75,92,108,127|Pos:8|Visibility:Always
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:4th,Grace|Pos:0^
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0|Opts:Muted|Color:1
|Rest|Dur:4th
|Rest|Dur:4th
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:0^|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First,Muted|Color:1
|Note|Dur:8th,Grace|Pos:0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Rest|Dur:4th
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Muted notes are in red. The first suppresses the note-off, and the second suppresses the note-on. Obviously you'd want to hide the grace notes and use default colours in the real world.
145
General Discussion / Re: setting 8va in parts of a score
You can also use Instrument changes (without actually changing the instrument!)
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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:4/4
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0
|Bar
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General Discussion / Re: Flow bug
I we're going to have anything fixed in this area, which I get the impression is your wish, then we might as well have everything possible (within reason) fixed too.
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General Discussion / Re: Flow bug
Another flow control anomaly (an old one, but worth resurrecting) involves the double bar line totally messing up the flow.

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It's quite legitimate to have a double bar line for a key change (obligatory, some would say) but its presence  has an unexpected reult. I don't believe that a double bar line should have any playback effect at all.
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General Discussion / Re: A tempo
A simple method that would cover most of the above would be:

Look back for a tempo or tempo variance.
If the first thing found is a tempo variance then do nothing (because that variance hasn't actually changed anything)
Otherwise look further back specifically for a tempo and set the a tempo to that.

Doesn't quite cover successive tempo variances (but what would a tempo mean in that case?)

And if that's not what is required then put in the desired figure as a hidden tempo.