Percussion noteheads

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Post by finalizer » Mon Nov 01, 2021 12:49 am

Can't find these two noteheads in the note shape tool. Any suggestion will be appreciated
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Post by miker » Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:54 pm

They are available in the Percussion layout, which I know absolutely nothing about. I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell you how!
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Post by motet » Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:19 am

Try the Maestro Percussion font.

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Post by finalizer » Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:40 am

What do you mean by Percussion layout? How did you get those headnotes?
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Post by finalizer » Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:49 am

I changed to Maestro percussion font in Staff Attributes (Notehead Font) and it worked.

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Post by motet » Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:09 am

finalizer wrote:
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What do you mean by Percussion layout? How did you get those headnotes?
If a staff's notation style is set to "Percussion," then you can set up the staff with multiple percussion instruments assigned to the lines and spaces of your choice, and in addition, you can specify what noteheads you want to use for each instrument.

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Post by finalizer » Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:12 pm

motet wrote:
Tue Nov 02, 2021 3:09 am
If a staff's notation style is set to "Percussion," then you can set up the staff with multiple percussion instruments assigned to the lines and spaces of your choice, and in addition, you can specify what noteheads you want to use for each instrument.
In what window do you do that?
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Post by motet » Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:32 pm

In the Score Manager, set Notation Style to Percussion, then pick a layout from the menu that pops up, or you probably want to create a new one. Best to read up on it in the manual, because it's a bit complex.

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Post by finalizer » Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:00 pm

motet wrote:
Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:32 pm
In the Score Manager, set Notation Style to Percussion, then pick a layout from the menu that pops up, or you probably want to create a new one. Best to read up on it in the manual, because it's a bit complex.
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Post by BuonTempi » Sun Nov 07, 2021 3:26 pm

If you're using Finale 27 in a SMuFL document, then you should be able to find the noteheads in the new character selector for SMuFL fonts.
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