[goodfeel] Re: Orchestral score--Lime, any help?
- From: "Dancing Dots" <billlist1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <goodfeel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:11:45 -0400
ear Winy,
Margaret's answers to your questions 1 and 2 are good ones. That Parts and
Voices dialog also has a button for moving the selected part up or down to
change the list order of the parts.
I will answer your question 3:
3. After writing the scores, I want to extract it into individual parts, so
everyone can get his/her own part without reading all of the parts. How to
do part extraction? I find the Part Extraction menu in the context menu
there, but I don't know how to use it. Would you guide me how?
We have been working to make Lime's Part Extraction feature easier for both
blind and sighted people to use. We plan to release that version soon as a
no-cost update. Anyone who needs to perform part extraction is invited to
contact me off-list using my info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx address to ask to try this
new version which is still a beta version of Lime and lime Aloud.
OK, presuming you have this new version installed:
Procedure for Part Extraction using Lime 9.03 with lime Aloud
Note: In the instructions below, I give keyboard commands required first
and then sometimes describe the equivalent mouse command.
If your Lime piece has two or more parts written on two or more staves, use
Lime's Part Extraction feature to create individual parts from your score.
Lime uses what it calls "Notation Contexts" to define which parts are to be
viewed and printed out. You should first create the score which contains
all parts and then use the Part Extraction function to create new notation
contexts for each part or group of parts you wish to print separately.
For the example below, I will refer to one of our sample templates called
String Quartet 4_4.lim. You can find it by going to Start | Programs | Lime
9 | Templates.
Once you open a template, use File | Save As to make a copy. Take note of
the folder where you save it.
Now, for actual projects, you will enter all the notes for each part until
the score is complete.
Follow the procedure below to define the notation contexts needed to print
individual parts for each player. In fact, I believe that members of string
quartets often read directly from the full score, but never mind! This
information can be used for printing parts from all kinds of scores.
Lime always starts out using the "Score" notation context. That means that
when you print, Lime prints all of the parts in the score. Here's how to
print just the viola part from the string quartet template.
1. ALT+C | E or Context | Part Extraction. The Notation contexts dialog
opens.
2. Tab to Make New Notation Context or just press ALT+N.
3. Some instructions will appear that say:
Name the new Notation Context you are creating, and select the parts that
will
appear in it. The order in which you select parts determines the order of
staves in
each system.
Choose "Continue".
4. Type the name of the new notation context. For the viola part, enter
"Viola".
5. Now tab a few times until you hear "Parts in Current Context". Lime
displays a list of all the parts in the score. You will be positioned on
the last entry in the list so press the UP ARROW key to move to previous
entries.
6. Move up and down the list until you find the part or parts you want to
print separately. Press space to select.
7. When you have made your selection, tab to the "Done" button or just
press ALT+O.
8. Lime displays the following message. In our example, the message refers
to the Viola.
Since Viola is a new Notation Context, its systems need to be determined
before
you go on. Click Continue to start the process.
Choose "Continue".
9. Next, Lime displays the Systems Dialog for your new notation context
called Viola. This dialog has 5 radio buttons. To view the list of radio
buttons, press SHIFT+TAB. Depending on which of these 5 buttons you select,
other fields are shown in this dialog.
If you are not certain about how many measures per system and systems per
page you should use for this new notation context, allow Lime to decide by
keeping the first radio button selected. "New Systems and Page Start
Locations Variable". That is, Lime decides for you where to begin a new
system and where to start a new page.
Press DOWN ARROW to move to any of the following options. The remaining
buttons are as follows:
New System and Page Start Locations (Fixed)
Copy Systems from Score, Make New Page Start Locations
Copy System and Page Start Locations from Score
Use the Following System (,) and Page Start (;) Locations:
Each time you select a new radio button, the other fields you can access by
subsequently pressing the TAB key change. In other words, the dialog will
ask you about different information depending on which choice you make. If
you choose "Copy System and Page Start Locations from Score", and then press
TAB, you will land on the OK button because Lime has no questions for you.
The Systems dialog will just use the same values for formatting this
notation context for viola which were used for displaying the full score.
10. After you have selected the option you prefer, and entered any values
required, tab to the OK button and press SPACE.
Lime returns you to the main Lime document window. However, now only the
part or parts you selected for your new notation context will be shown. In
our case, only the viola part will be displayed. You will only be able to
hear the notes from the viola part using the standard navigation keys or
Lime's Hear option (CONTROL+H).
To print this viola part, press CONTROL+P or click on File | Print. Give
the results to the viola player.
When you want to change back to the Score notation context or any other
notation contexts you have created, press ALT+C or click on the Context
menu. Press UP ARROW until you hear the name of the context you want and
then press ENTER.
Note that Lime assumes that you want any annotation you enter to be shown in
all notation contexts. If you want a particular annotation to only appear
in the score, or never appear in the score, or to only appear in the current
notation context, do the following:
After you enter the annotation, select it by pressing ALT+LEFT ARROW or
ALT+RIGHT ARROW.
Press ALT+A or click on the Annotation menu entry.
Press UP ARROW and select the option you want and then press ENTER.
For example, if you want to give a message only to the conductor:
Move to the bar and beat where you want the message to print.
Press ALT+A, T, O and type in your message such as:
Make a funny face for the orchestra to enjoy!
Press ESCAPE to close the edit field.
Press ALT+LEFT ARROW to select this text annotation.
Press ALT+A and then UP ARROW to the entry that says "Only in Score".
A
Now, only the conductor or the people reading the full score will see your
interesting message!
In conclusion, you will need to make separate notation contexts for any
parts which you want to print separately from the full score. The process
takes much longer to describe and explain then to actually perform. As the
saying goes: "It's easy when you know how!" I hope many of you will try it
and give us your feedback.
Regards,
Bill
Bill McCann
Founder and President of Dancing Dots since 1992
www.DancingDots.com
Tel: [001] 610-783-6692
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