Customize Tablature Staff size
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Is there any way of doing this in Finale:
Trying to find new ways of helping students(beginners) to better read tabs.
All the best//Anders Finale Mac 2014
Trying to find new ways of helping students(beginners) to better read tabs.
All the best//Anders Finale Mac 2014
- Peter Thomsen
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Anders, I am not sure I understand your question.
Take a look at the attached Finale 2014 document where I have created a BIG size TAB staff.
I this what you mean?
Or is it perhaps only the size of the fret numbers you are trying to increase?
Please explain.
Take a look at the attached Finale 2014 document where I have created a BIG size TAB staff.
I this what you mean?
Or is it perhaps only the size of the fret numbers you are trying to increase?
Please explain.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996
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Hi Peter!
Sorry for not clarifying what I'm asking about. So, it's the thickness of the lines I'm asking about. Is it possible to make the first line (the note E on guitar) thicker, then the 2nd line (A on guitar) and 3rd line (D on guitar) as seen in the example I gave.
Basically, can I customize the thickness of each line when writing tabulature?
best//Anders
Sorry for not clarifying what I'm asking about. So, it's the thickness of the lines I'm asking about. Is it possible to make the first line (the note E on guitar) thicker, then the 2nd line (A on guitar) and 3rd line (D on guitar) as seen in the example I gave.
Basically, can I customize the thickness of each line when writing tabulature?
best//Anders
- Peter Thomsen
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Hi Anders,
I understand - showing the thick strings with thick staff-lines.
I am sorry, but I do not think that Finale can do this (I could be wrong).
Basically, in Finale the staff-line thickness is a document setting, meaning that all staff-lines (in the same document) get the same staff-line thickness.
* I suggest that you also ask your question in the forum on MakeMusic’s web site.
Some of the users there often invent very “creative” solutions.
One idea:
“Print” the Finale document to a PDF file.
Open the PDF in a vector based drawing program (like e. g. Illustrator), and edit the line thicknesses there.
I understand - showing the thick strings with thick staff-lines.
I am sorry, but I do not think that Finale can do this (I could be wrong).
Basically, in Finale the staff-line thickness is a document setting, meaning that all staff-lines (in the same document) get the same staff-line thickness.
* I suggest that you also ask your question in the forum on MakeMusic’s web site.
Some of the users there often invent very “creative” solutions.
One idea:
“Print” the Finale document to a PDF file.
Open the PDF in a vector based drawing program (like e. g. Illustrator), and edit the line thicknesses there.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996
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Thanks anyways! I kind of thought this was a bit to much to ask of Finale. But even making just the 1st E string fatter would help a lot, if you or someone comes up with a way of doing that, please let me know =) !
Yes, I'll do it i Photoshop afterwards for now.
All the best//Anders
Yes, I'll do it i Photoshop afterwards for now.
All the best//Anders
- Peter Thomsen
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Photoshop is not a vector based drawing program.FunkyDrummer wrote:…Yes, I'll do it i Photoshop afterwards for now…
Try Illustrator - or some of the in-expensive (or free) vector drawing programs - e. g. Inkscape.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996