rare note spacing when using symbol/ ghost notes finale 2014

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drumstudio2000
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Post by drumstudio2000 » Thu May 10, 2018 12:56 am

Hi,
im getting a strange spacing when using symbol selection 101 as one of my default snare drum notes.
(I use this symbol to save time writing my snare ghost notes)
Even when I use time signature spacing, finale seems to space the notes not even.
Is there a way to solve this?

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zuill
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Post by zuill » Thu May 10, 2018 4:08 am

It's hard to tell from just a picture. Is this the only staff, or is this part of a score? maybe we need to see a Finale file to do some examination.

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N Grossingink
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Post by N Grossingink » Thu May 10, 2018 3:51 pm

The reason the spacing is uneven is because of the shape and size of the parenthesized noteheads. They are slightly wider than the plain notehead. Finale uses the left side of the font character to place it in position, so they are all pushed a little to the right. The way I approach similar spacing problems is to use the Special Tools > Note Position Tool to nudge the note as needed. If you do it with the arrow keys, just count the number of nudges and do the same for each instance. Unless you have many, many of these, it goes fairly quickly.

You might also want to save a stem connection for the parens notehead. That might improve things somewhat. I think the stem should be connected to the notehead, not the right paren. Go to Document Options > Stems > Click Stem Connections button.

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