[sib-access] Re: expression markings
- From: "Alison Trelfa" <alison.trelfa@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 12:56:34 +0100
Hello, Dan,
I've saved it too. Well done.
Kind Regards,
Alison.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Rugman" <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:51 PM
Subject: [sib-access] Re: expression markings
> Sorry, I botched this one rather. I changed my mind half way through and
> forgot to amend the first half. I also made a mistake in placing the
> hairpin. You need to select the second note of bar 1 instead of the first
> or
> the hairpin will be poking right through the expression text. I've
> corrected
> the example below.
>
> Suppose that you have two bars containing only quarter notes and that you
> want a "pp" at the start of bar 1, an "mf" under the fourth quarter note
> of
> bar 2, and a crescendo between the two dynamics.
>
> Select the first note of bar 1.
> Press Ctrl+E to create the text object.
> Hold down the Control key and tap p twice.
> press Escape to close the text object, and finally Tab to go back to the
> note.
>
> Now select the last note of bar 2 and.
> Press Ctrl+E to create the text object.
> Hold down the Control key and tap the letter m and then f.
> press Escape to close the text object, and finally Tab to go back to the
> note.
>
> You now have the two dynamics.
>
> Go to the second quarter note in bar 1. (you mustn't select the first
> note
> because this will cause the hairpin to intersect the "pp" text".)
> Hold down the shift key and repeatedly tap RightArrow until you've
> selected
> the 3rd note in bar 2.
> Do not select the last note in bar 2 because this has a dynamic under it
> and
> you don't want the hairpin to extend that far.
> Finally press the letter H to create the crescendo hairpin.
>
> You will now have a "pp" dynamic under the first quarter of bar 1, a
> hairpin
> from bar 1 quarter 2 to bar 2 quarter 3, and an "mf" dynamic under the
> fourth quarter note of bar 2.
>
> A few points to clarify.
> 1. Pressing H adds a crescendo hairpin below the selected notes whilst
> Shift+H adds a diminuendo hairpin.
> 2. To input the dynamics, press Ctrl+E to create the text object and then
> hold down the control key and then type in the letters you need. You can
> type in p, m, f, r, s or z.
>
> Hope this makes more sense and again, sorry for the confusion.
>
> Dan Rugman
>
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