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Title: Putting the "p" in its proper place
Post by: Rob den Heijer on 2012-04-13 02:49 pm
Hi all,
Today I was aligning a "p" for piano, when the thought occurred: Can this be done differently? And it can.

!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.5,Single)
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:#-3,n1|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=First
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:-2,0|Opts:Stem=Up,Beam=End
|Chord|Dur:4th,Dotted|Pos:-5,-2,0|Opts:Stem=Up
|Rest|Dur:8th,Grace|Visibility:Never
|Dynamic|Style:p|Pos:-10
|Chord|Dur:8th|Pos:7,9|Opts:Stem=Down
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

It's all about the invisible grace rest. Without it, the p does not end in its proper place. Moving it to the right with spaces is cumbersome and imprecise.
Enjoy (even if it is an existing little trick.)
Title: Re: Putting the "p" in its proper place
Post by: Rick G. on 2012-04-15 01:17 pm
Grace rests affect playback:
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!NoteWorthyComposer(2.5)
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Open (hidden)
|Rest|Dur:Half
|Tempo|Base:Half|Tempo:20|Pos:9
|Rest|Dur:8th,Grace
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0
|AddStaff|Name:"Staff-1"
|StaffProperties|EndingBar:Open (hidden)|Channel:2
|Rest|Dur:Half
|Note|Dur:Half|Pos:0
!NoteWorthyComposer-End
 0.282 rg_ZenTxt v1.0
Title: Re: Putting the "p" in its proper place
Post by: Rob den Heijer on 2012-04-15 04:45 pm

That is true.
Of late, I have suffered severely from the WhatTheHeck Playback-syndrome.
But that is going to end soon.
Title: Re: Putting the "p" in its proper place
Post by: William Ashworth on 2012-04-17 02:48 pm

Which is why I often use separate playback and printing staves. Get the printout to look right, then copy it to another staff and adjust the playback there so it sounds right. (Or vice versa. Doesn't matter.) You have to mute the printout staff, and hide the playback staff after you have it adjusted. (I know you know this, Rick. There are people reading this who won't.)
Title: Re: Putting the "p" in its proper place
Post by: entheh on 2012-06-12 10:32 pm
I think you can align the 'p' reliably by going into its properties and setting its alignment to 'best fit forward' instead of 'best fit'.

I guess I'm a bit late to this thread though :)