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Post by musicus » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:07 pm

In the attached example I used the double-ended bracket tool to show that the indicated note
is to be played with left hand thumb, but it doesn't look too great.
How do I extend the bracket ends in a downward direction to make it look clearer? Thanks.
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Post by motet » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:54 pm

You can make a custom shape with ends as long as you like.
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Post by musicus » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:06 am

motet wrote:You can make a custom shape with ends as long as you like.
How??
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Post by Graeme Gilmore » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:32 am

You can also select the Custom Line Tool and find one of the lines that has a hook at only one end. Edit it to uncheck the Horizontal requirement. The horizontal check box is at the top next to the Line Style in the Smart Line Designer window that opens when you edit one of the lines. When inserting the line, pull the mouse straight down.
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Post by motet » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:01 am

musicus wrote:
motet wrote:You can make a custom shape with ends as long as you like.
How??
In the SmartShape tool, Ctrl-click the custom shape icon on the palette (looks like an underlined question mark). Pick the shape closest to what you want, duplicate it, and edit it. There's a box for the length of the hooks.
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Post by musicus » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:47 am

motet wrote:
musicus wrote:
motet wrote:You can make a custom shape with ends as long as you like.
How??
In the SmartShape tool, Ctrl-click the custom shape icon on the palette (looks like an underlined question mark). Pick the shape closest to what you want, duplicate it, and edit it. There's a box for the length of the hooks.
I have Finale 2011. "Ctrl-click the custom shape icon" doesn't do anything.
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Post by motet » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:57 am

I have 2011, too. That's the way you choose a custom smart line. I have no way of knowing what your doing wrong, I'm afraid.
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Post by zuill » Wed Dec 05, 2018 3:06 am

With Mac it might be Option-Click. Look in the manual to find the Mac equivalent of Ctrl.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:06 am

Indeed, in Mac Finale it is Option-click on the Custom Line Tool’s icon, to specify the line.
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Post by motet » Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:32 am

Sorry for the confusion.
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Post by John Ruggero » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:31 pm

The Bravura font has nice brackets of the type that you are looking for. Download the font and it them to your articulations or expressions. https://www.smufl.org/fonts/

Looking at your example without a context it would be easier to play and write:
Example.jpeg
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