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Pat Fox
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by Pat Fox » Thu Jul 06, 2023 7:47 pm
How do I do a black keys only gliss?
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motet
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by motet » Thu Jul 06, 2023 8:27 pm
Write it out?
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by Pat Fox » Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:18 pm
It looks like this.
Gliss text.musx[/attachment]
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motet
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by motet » Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:11 pm
Writing "black keys" as you've done seems OK. Or write out the first octave or two in little notes, something like
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Pat Fox
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by Pat Fox » Fri Jul 07, 2023 12:59 am
I do not understand. First off I am not a musician. I do not play any instrument. But I do like putting music in Finale, and then modifying it to my taste.
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motet
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by motet » Fri Jul 07, 2023 2:31 am
I guess I don't understand your question. There's no musical symbol for black keys only, and as far as I know no way of getting Finale to playback only black keys without actually writing it out.
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Pat Fox
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by Pat Fox » Fri Jul 07, 2023 5:53 am
OK thank you for your response. I didn't think there was.
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John Ruggero
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by John Ruggero » Sun Jul 09, 2023 9:33 pm
Incidentally, you wouldn't really need to specify that it is on the black keys since the beginning and ending notes are black keys.
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Pat Fox
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by Pat Fox » Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:00 pm
Mr. Ruggero Thanks I didn't think of that.
