Re: [Harp-L] Fonts with Finale

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fletch and Chromatic Sans were designed with Finale in mind. I'm a
regular Finale user myself and just set the lyrics font to either
Fletch or Chromatic Sans, and type the tab directly into the score
under the notes. 

I sometimes also add symbols from Chromatic Sans or Fletch to the
expressions library so that they can be used directly in conjunction
with the notation, independent of the tab. This can be useful for
things like slide ornaments, rips, smears, etc.

You can see Chromatic Sans in use under Finale-generated notation in my
series of articles on chromatic that's been running for last 18 months
or so at harmonicasessions.com.

If all you want is the rhythms notated, you can set Finale to use a
1-line (or even a no-line) staff and show the student just the tab and
the rhythm.

Winslow

--- Mark Panfil <markpanfil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank you all, I can see this is a great place to get answers.
> I followed up on looking at the options from Wingdings3 to the
> Winslow fonts 
> and now I wonder,
> 
> I like to give my students the tab with the notes and correct timing
> written 
> above  the tab. I find the hardest thing to using tab, is guessing
> what the 
> writer meant for timing and if a student finds anyone to play the
> notation 
> above the tab, (a piano, guitar or even flute or fiddle) they can
> hear the 
> lesson at any tempo and learn it better. That's what I use finale
> for.  Will 
> the Winslow fonts work like regular fonts that I plug into the lyrics
> places 
> in Finale? If so, they seem mighty fine.
> 
> Wingdings3 gives me great arrows but it doesn't seem to have numbers
> within 
> the same font so I would have to toggle back and forth through  two 
> different fonts.
> 
> a sample of my tab is on my website at www.MarkPanfil.com
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> www.MarkPanfil.com
> www.BuffaloBluegrass.com
> 
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