Buzz roll symbol

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Post by tubamandan66 » Fri May 28, 2021 3:09 pm

Among my articulations, there is no buzz roll symbol (looks like a 'z'). How do I find this?


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Post by miker » Fri May 28, 2021 4:01 pm

I created this with the symbol in the Bravura font.
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Post by Bill Stevens » Fri May 28, 2021 5:17 pm

I don't know much about SMuFL but I wonder if the Finale update will make symbols like that one more readily available.

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Post by tubamandan66 » Fri May 28, 2021 6:21 pm

I don't seem to have the Bravura font, but I found that the 'z' in the Forte font is perfect. I inserted it into my articulations and it works well. I doubt if it would playback properly, but for my purposes, it doesn't matter.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Fri May 28, 2021 7:01 pm

1) I suspect that SMuFL-compliant fonts (like e. g. Bravura) generally have buzz roll characters in font slots in the region from #720 to #760

2) The buzz roll symbol can be found in the November 2 font, in font slot #479.

3) In the Shape Designer you can create your own buzz roll symbol.
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Post by zuill » Sat May 29, 2021 11:19 pm

In the Maestro Font Default File, the Z symbol for Buzz Rolls is in the articulations, slot 30.

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P.S.: Looks like the same for Handwritten Font (Broadway Copyist). Articulation 30. It's not in the pre-created articulations in the Jazz Font, but you can add it. It is found in slot 122 in the Jazz Font.

P.P.S.: This picture compares the 3 fonts for the Buzz Roll Symbol
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