Adding Embedded Notation

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Post by KME » Tue Mar 09, 2021 10:10 pm

Does anyone know how I can add embedded notation like you see in the attached sheet music snippet?
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This is taken from a decades-old transcription of a Yes tune printed in the now-defunct magazine Guitar for the Practicing Musician. I see this type of notation all the time in guitar tablature books, where a guitar fill will appear at the bottom of a page in a separate black frame (as the "Fill 1" is in the above image).

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Post by zuill » Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:13 am

One idea that comes to mind is that you need to create a graphic and then embed it into the file.

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Post by miker » Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:19 am

+1 on Zuill’s suggestion. I can’t think of anything easier, native to Finale.
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Post by KME » Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:50 am

zuill wrote:
Wed Mar 10, 2021 12:13 am
One idea that comes to mind is that you need to create a graphic and then embed it into the file.

Zuill
Thanks, Zuill! That's the approach I was taking but thought there might be a slicker way.

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Post by zuill » Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:16 am

Well, you can do it with extra staves and then hiding staves. A lot of work, but the quality might be better. Sometimes graphics involve compromises. Also, there have been issues with graphics jumping around when moving about the page. Also, graphics sometimes give varying results with different printers, or when creating pdfs.

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Post by HaraldS » Thu Mar 11, 2021 3:54 pm

Using a graphic is indeed the right way. I prefer to create a new expression which contains a shape which contains the graphic in question. This way, I can easily connect the graphic to any notation item, not only to a page, as is the default for simple graphics.
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