Changing transparancy of notes

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Post by bkennis » Wed May 18, 2022 4:11 pm

Elementary band teacher here who occasionally uses finale for simple notation.

Is there a way to change the transparency of notes? I've had success teaching my beginners to read music when I use a light gray marker to handwrite music on staff paper so they can see the staff through the notes. I'm trying to recreate this on Finale. Is it possible?

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Post by miker » Wed May 18, 2022 4:35 pm

You can hide the notes and rests, and they will appear as shaded. You can control the transparency in Preferences > View > Hidden Object Shading. They won't print, but you can take a screen shot, and print that.

If I misunderstand, please elaborate!
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Post by bkennis » Wed May 18, 2022 5:01 pm

This is almost what I need. The gray/shaded notes are great, but the staff line is behind the note. The students I use this technique with need to see the staff line though the note. And if a screenshot is my only option I think I may be sticking with handwritten.

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Post by miker » Wed May 18, 2022 5:54 pm

You mean your students can't tell that a line that starts on one side of the note, and reappears on the other side, is there, behind the note? Can you explain why?

Can you post a picture of what you want to see?
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Post by motet » Wed May 18, 2022 8:21 pm

I can envision an articulation that drew in the occluded staff line.

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Post by bkennis » Thu May 19, 2022 3:28 pm

miker wrote:
Wed May 18, 2022 5:54 pm
You mean your students can't tell that a line that starts on one side of the note, and reappears on the other side, is there, behind the note? Can you explain why?

Can you post a picture of what you want to see?
That's exactly what I'm saying. They are a group of special need students who get as many accommodations as they need in order to be successful in my class.

I need them to see something like this:
Transparent Notes SMall.jpeg

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Post by mmike » Thu May 19, 2022 4:04 pm

If you use Alpha Notes and, as miker suggested, hide notes and control the transparency, you can get something like this:
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Of course you might not want the letters, but you do get (some of) the line through the notes.
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