![]() ![]() Quote: My preferred default placement of staccato dots is on the notehead side, but Sib keeps putting them above the note, including if the stem goes up. Here is a user complaining of a similar problem in Sibelius: isn't the only software that's "gone dotty". You've heard of analysis paralysis ? Well there's also the complication of option adoption ! When I tackled Olivier about this many years ago, he replied that it was a user request. When you add the dot in the Note Options box, leave the options at their default settings. In the Marks configuration ( Cntrl_Shft_G), this is set by the middle row showing the dot under the note, and in the bottom row the blue note without a red strikethru'. There is a French saying: Chacun à son goût - I would add to this, Each to their own logic. The same applies to accented notes ( >) etc. requires that you set the option to BELOW the notes. In order to get the staccato dot above the note-head when its stem is pointing down, H.A. I really like HA for so many things, but things like this - things that seem like they ought to be simple but aren't - really interfere with my enjoyment of using HA. Once again, I'm finding I need to use staccato in my music, but it is annoying to not have the mark go next to the top or bottom of the head of the note, opposite the direction of the stem. This difficulty makes me use staccato a lot less than I might otherwise. Seems like it ought to be simple, but as is sometimes the case with HA, things that I would think are trivially simple are not. I have cycled through all the settings available with this global configuration dialog, and I can't get the effect I want. It should be vertically distant from the note head - away from the stem, regardless of how the stem is oriented. The simplest thing would be for the staccato mark to be associated with the head of the note - not the stem. Harmony Assistant - Ubuntu + Wine et Windows XP sur machine virtuelle. Now an example with this checkbox being checked : if a mark is set to above the staff by default, it will be above the staff if the note's stem is up, but below the staff if the note's stem is down. However, this setting is effective only if the "if available, change mark shape along stem direction" checkbox is checked. the bottom row controls whether the default position will be inverted according to the stem direction (the icon is a blue standard note) or not (the icon shows a standard note with a red line on the stem). In some cases, the icon also controls the horizontal and vertical offsets. Clicking on the icon will toggle form above the staff, below the staff, above the head, below the head, before the head, after the head. the middle row indicates the default position of the mark. the top row of the table shows the mark/effect that is currently selected for edition I don't really understand what I'm looking at. Which element in the dialog to I click to affect how staccato is placed? There are no mouseovers. I'm able to access the dialog, but I don't know how to use it. The swapping of the dot's placement along stem direction was a user request many years ago, but it infuriates me - it always seems the opposite sense to me.Īll of the marks have a preference setting that you click on.Īn expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing - Nicholas Butler (U.S. Yes, go to the Marks window in the general configuration settings. Re: staccato seems notated wrong Marks.png Is there a way to have HA place the staccato mark as I would prefer it, or do I have to manually move it each time? When I place a note with a staccato, shouldn't the marking go near the head of the note? For some reason, HA puts it at the end of the note's stem. Staccato seems notated wrong staccato-q.png Topic: staccato seems notated wrong (Read 1552 times) ![]() Melody Assistant / Harmony Assistant (Moderator: Forum Administrator) You can read all messages, but to be able to post,īoard Home | Help | Search | Polls | Members | Login | Register Myriad Forum « staccato seems notated wrong » Myriad Forum - staccato seems notated wrong ![]()
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