I just use the plug-in and let it take care of the notation.

I'm sorry, but this doesn't answer my question. The piece has no barlines and time signatures, but the rhythms are quite precise and complicated. There are places where the rhythms can't be determined if I use an open diamond.

Paul, I am really sorry that you have not received an answer. I have the same question. All the answers I find give the very imprecise choice of a simple circle over the notehead, but if you have specific pitches that you need, diamond shapes with sounding pitches is the only way to go. Is there no way to achieve this in Finale, anyone?

I'm going to try achieving this through layers. The diamond shapes in the 2nd layer and the sounding pitches in the 1st. Hopefully I won't have to hand-place every parentheses for those sounding pitches!

Hi Eleonor,

I think you misunderstood my question. I know how to make the notation look the way I want. My question is about mixing solid and open diamonds.

Best,
PL

It would seem to me that as long as you are consistent, it shouldn't matter. If what you are doing is contrary to generally accepted notational practice, you would want to add an explanatory note, either at the first occurrence, or at the start of the score.

Hi Mike, this is an old project for me now, but I did exactly what you suggested.

Since completing this project, I found this in IU dissertation style guide.

I like mixing open and solid diamonds better.

I totally admit that this is not my area of expertise, but if the rhythm is unclear in the upper left measure, then it's just as unclear in the bottom left measure. No?

Jeffrey, that seems reasonable. In the lower left, knowing the time signature, one would have to assume that the second and third notes have equal duration.