Rhythm slashes

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Rhythm slashes

2005-08-08 12:31 pm

In trying to write out some of my jazz pieces, I've run into a snag. Some of the scores have improvised sections in them. I want to find a way to make | / / / / | type figures within the score. Anyone know an easy way to do this and get noteworthy to preserve the space correctly. At times I get a jumbled mess that doesn't line up with the measure using the text tool. Thanks in advance.

Re: Rhythm slashes

Reply #1 – 2005-08-08 12:54 pm

G'day Theo,
I use the Boxmark2 font. The / character is inserted as text with preserve width on. The bar needs to be padded out with invisible rests and trailing spaces are often necessary...

I find that having 4 crotchet rests with the /'s interspersed works best.

Thus:

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Bar
|Text|Text:"/"|Font:User1|Pos:0|Wide:Y
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"/"|Font:User1|Pos:0|Wide:Y
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"/"|Font:User1|Pos:0|Wide:Y
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"/"|Font:User1|Pos:0|Wide:Y
|Rest|Dur:4th|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"     "|Font:StaffItalic|Pos:-3|Wide:Y
|Bar
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

You could just as easily use a / from another font, the principle is the same.

Lawrie

Re: Rhythm slashes

Reply #2 – 2005-08-08 05:40 pm

I like Lawrie's method. There are other things to try, too, but I'm probably going to use his way in future.

If I want to hear the chords but see the slashes only, convenient for playing along, then I use invisible chords instead of rests. Instead of visibility "never," try no notehead and stem length zero. Accidentals screw it up, so you can get around that by adding and then cancelling a new key signature, making the k.s. invisible.

Here, staff size is 16, Userfont 1 is Boxmark2, size 14. You may want to pad the beginning of each bar with a couple of preserve width spaces, or put the padding inside the text entry itself.

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!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single)
|Clef|Type:Treble
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-3,-1,1|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2,0,2|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-3z,-1z,1z|Opts:StemLength=0|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-3,-1,1|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2,0,2|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-1z,#1z,3z|Opts:StemLength=0|Visibility:Always
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-3,-1,1|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-2,0,2|Visibility:Never
|Key|Signature:F#,C#,G#|Visibility:Never
|Text|Text:"  /  "|Font:User1|Pos:-1|Wide:Y
|Chord|Dur:4th|Pos:-1z,1z,3z|Opts:StemLength=0|Visibility:Always
|Key|Signature:C|Visibility:Never
|Note|Dur:4th|Pos:0
|Bar
|Note|Dur:Whole|Pos:1
!NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

Re: Rhythm slashes

Reply #3 – 2005-08-08 10:00 pm

Hi David,
I like Lawrie's method. - wish my conscience would allow me to keep the credit but I learned this from something that Carl Fritsche did... Thanks Carl.

Lawrie

Re: Rhythm slashes

Reply #4 – 2005-08-19 10:59 pm

Hi Lawrie,

Always glad to be of assistance.

Carl

Re: Rhythm slashes

Reply #5 – 2005-08-20 03:04 am

G'day Carl,
good to "see" you.

Lawrie