x instead of dot

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Post by OCTO » Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:48 am

In some scores of Rautavaara I have seen that he uses a small x symbol instead of dot to notate the full measure of 5/4.
Is there any way to change the dot to another symbol, only for one note?

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Tue Sep 11, 2018 10:16 am

In the Special Tools Tool there is a Dot (sub-)Tool.
But with the Dot Tool you can only adjust the dot’s position - you can not change neither the font nor the character.

As a workaround you can hide the augmentation dot (e. g. with a custom staff style), and add another symbol (e. g. as a articulation).
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Post by OCTO » Tue Sep 11, 2018 12:05 pm

Thank you.
I just hoped I could change the font for one dot individually.
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Post by HaraldS » Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:15 pm

OCTO wrote:I just hoped I could change the font for one dot individually.
You know you can change the font for all dots? Document Options -> Augmentations Dots -> Music Character Select (manual link).
Obviously you need it for individual dots, which isn't possible, but I just wanted to mention the basic possibilty.
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Post by motet » Tue Sep 11, 2018 9:03 pm

Since if you dot the whole note you'll get 6 beats, which is too many, I would instead enter an undotted whole note, add the x as an articulation, and finish it off with a hidden quarter rest. If you care about playback, then I guess you could make a "4 quarters in the space of 5" tuplet and hide the number and bracket.

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Post by OCTO » Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:35 pm

Thank you all.
motet wrote: If Rautavaara jumped off a cliff, would you? :-)
Rautavaara is Rautavaara.
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Post by OCTO » Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:26 am

motet wrote: If Rautavaara jumped off a cliff, would you? :-)
I think Crumb could jump.
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