Why not just have it as part of the lyrics so that the lyrics would say "Ar-ri-va‿un gril-lo, che‿è mol-to‿ar-zil-lo,"
Unless of course, you need the "synalephe" to be a different colour.
R.
I was about to make the same observation, but you beat me to it.
But then I looked at some Spanish sheet music that I have, which makes use of this marking frequently, and I noticed that there seems to be a preference for having the arc slightly overlap the two vowels, with just a single word space between. And then it occurred to me: I bet it would be possible to have a user object that applied these marks whenever it found a _ character in the middle of a lyric. In fact, I bet that Melismatic.nw could be updated/enhanced to optionally perform this function, via a new option.
Last post by Richard Woodroffe -
Why not just have it as part of the lyrics so that the lyrics would say "Ar-ri-va‿un gril-lo, che‿è mol-to‿ar-zil-lo,"
Unless of course, you need the "synalephe" to be a different colour.
Last post by lawrroc -
Good evening, When writing text, sometimes two syllables that end and begin with a vowel, appear under the same note. To "join" these syllables, NWC uses empty space. Other programs insert the "synalephe" symbol. I tried inserting this text symbol "‿" with encouraging results. The greatest difficulty is the correct positioning, that is, perfectly between the two syllables. Do you have any suggestions for performing this operation correctly and quickly? Thank you. Lorenzo
Last post by Lawrie Pardy -
Two words: Layered staves...
Create the chords once, move the staff that contains them to just below the staff requiring them and and layer.
Need 'em on another staff, move the chord staff below that one and layer...
I also use this for lyrics - quite often I have lyrics AND chords on one staff and layer as necessary.
If you need different lyrics on different staves (E.G. SATB scores where they don't all sing the same thing) then set up the lyrics as needed and use a separate, layered staff for the chords.
FWIW I tried using lyric lines for chords and found it was more trouble than it was worth. IMHO
Last post by Mike Shawaluk -
What would be helpful is to have an example of the text and the standard notation that corresponds to it. Perhaps there is a website that describes this notation. Would it perhaps be this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan_notation
Last post by Flurmy -
I think that a slight change to nwsw_NoteNames.php or OGNoteNames.js can fit the bill. Of course, after you cleared up all the details of your request.
Last post by FrankSit -
The way we Indonesian learn singing, is using number note which can be made in the NoteworthyComposer. My problem is I have to key in the note to NoteWorthy and it takes time and less accuracy. Is there any way like we import it to Noteworthy nowadays?.
Last post by Mike Shawaluk -
I would agree that objects like ChordPlay and GuitarChord have certain advantages over using lyrics for chords, but there is something attractive about entering chords as lyrics. One advantage is that they can be entered quickly and easily copied/pasted in bulk. They could be put on a separate layered staff with hidden rests (or stemless mute blank noteheads :-) ). And a user tool could probably be written that converts the lyrics into ChordPlay objects.
Last post by Flurmy -
I have very, very often to shift parts for transposing instruments. Whole parts, not just chords. If you use the ChordPlay plugin, the chords are automatically transposed too.
My old solution: I wrote the chords as text. With the embedded user tool, ChordPlay can convert the chords in the text to ChordPlay objects, so you get the previous case.
Often I use a staff that contains only the chords (together, of course with many invisible items, usually bars and rests) layered on the staff that needs the chords. To create this staff you can use pe_EmptyBars.vbs or AddEmptyStaff.js and then add the ChordPlay objects.
Bad practice to use the lyrics for chords. Yes, you can easily copy them on a different staff, but then you have to set "lyrics=never" in a lot of notes, I suppose, not to mention that those staves can not have lyrics...
