Options for smaller notes?

2016-12-12 09:05 pm

Are their options for smaller notes? Two different applications:
1. Smaller notes inserted on same staff with normal sized notes to add an alternate/optional melodic change.
2. Can I make an entire staff and/or the notes thereon smaller in a score, i.e. the piano accompaniment of a vocal or choral score?
Thank you.
David

Re: Options for smaller notes?

Reply #1 – 2016-12-12 09:31 pm

Quote from: dzechman – 2016-12-12 09:05 pm

Are their options for smaller notes? Two different applications:
1. Smaller notes inserted on same staff with normal sized notes to add an alternate/optional melodic change.

I used to use the diamond head notes for this, but now, with the introduction of user objects I use the "cueheads.ms" object wich will replace blank heads with cue size heads.

Quote from: dzechman – 2016-12-12 09:05 pm

2. Can I make an entire staff and/or the notes thereon smaller in a score, i.e. the piano accompaniment of a vocal or choral score?

"cueheads.ms" will still give you small noteheads, but I know of no way to actually scale the staff lines down as in your example.

Re: Options for smaller notes?

Reply #2 – 2016-12-12 10:26 pm

You could use grace notes as cues, but each one would have to be followed by a hidden rest of the same duration.