Guitar notation
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Djard
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- Finale Version: Finale 26
- Operating System: Windows
A variety of options exist for what you describe. For example, the conventional percussive notehead of "x" is used for, say, tapping the bridge with the medial aspect of the thumb, while holding a chord. I add "Tambor" to distinguish the effect from an annular finger tap ("golpe" in flamenco).
For playback, I assign a percussion instrument to the expression "tamb." then follow with a hidden "suono ord" to resume the original sound of the guitar, after the percussive section.
I usually dedicate layer 4 to "Ethnic Percussion" in Score Manager, writing the golpes (percussive hits) on top of the staff (G5) as that is the best sound I have managed to find that resembles a tap on the soundboard of a guitar. As far as I can remember, the G5 position has been used by major publishers as the place where the percussive taps are written. If in a key like E, where the G is #, I write the golpe as a natural then hide the natural symbol. The latter preserves the sound I want.
In my opinion, Finale is not guitar friendly; but workarounds always seem available, albeit laborious.
For playback, I assign a percussion instrument to the expression "tamb." then follow with a hidden "suono ord" to resume the original sound of the guitar, after the percussive section.
I usually dedicate layer 4 to "Ethnic Percussion" in Score Manager, writing the golpes (percussive hits) on top of the staff (G5) as that is the best sound I have managed to find that resembles a tap on the soundboard of a guitar. As far as I can remember, the G5 position has been used by major publishers as the place where the percussive taps are written. If in a key like E, where the G is #, I write the golpe as a natural then hide the natural symbol. The latter preserves the sound I want.
In my opinion, Finale is not guitar friendly; but workarounds always seem available, albeit laborious.
