Does anyone know how to insert a breve as a note value?
The breve isn't supported natively. I would insert hidden, tied semibreves and then insert a text breve. See the scriptorium (www.nwc-scriptorium.org) for available fonts that will supply the character necesary. I have some font suites there that will do, or, if you received your NWC on CD then you can install the same fonts from the CD. Look for "Pardypack".
There is also text support for the breve and breve rest in the NoteWorthy Composer 2.5 Beta (https://forum.noteworthycomposer.com/?topic=7323.0).
Do we have any idea when the breve will be supported natively in Noteworthy? I am running into more and more situations where breves are indicated, but there is no way to notate them without all sorts of hijinks with other fonts, hidden notes, etc.
I have requested this several times, both in the forums and in the wish list, but have no idea if/when breves will be supported.
Thank you,
Doug Baumann
Has there been any progress on Breves being supported natively? I've been requesting this since 1998.
Thank you.
This generally works pretty well:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.51,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Text|Text:"["|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:0|Wide:Y|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0^|Visibility:Never
|Spacer|Width:300
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0|Visibility:Never
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
If your concern is about note chase rather than playback, you might prefer this:
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.51,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|TimeSig|Signature:4/2
|Text|Text:"["|Font:StaffSymbols|Pos:0|Justify:Center|Placement:AtNextNote
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:0|Opts:Muted
|Rest|Dur:Whole|Visibility:Never
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End
So, in short, the answer to my question is "NO." But thanks for providing the meaningless (to me) coding. Perhaps it will help someone else.
Not sure what you mean by meaningless. If you are opposed to hidden notes, then you are correct, there is no solution for you. These clips show how to include a breve (double whole note) into the staff, but they use hidden items.
However, if you are just unfamiliar with NWC text clips, then here is how you use them:
- press the Select link on a NWC text clip
- press Ctrl+C to copy the clip
- open NWC2, then press Ctrl+Shift+V (or Edit, Paste as New File)
After pasting the clip, you might want to press F11 (View, Viewer Mode) to see how the breve will look when printed or viewed.