Has anybody found a good way to do graphic Vibrato indications?

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GEOFF WILCKEN Posted January 28, 2019 18:17

These are a wavy/squiggly line above a part, where the height of the squiggle changes continuously to indicate increasing and/or decreasing vibrato. Very easy to draw onto paper with a pen -- has anyone found a good way to get this into a Finale score?

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PETER THOMSEN Posted January 29, 2019 19:50

Two ideas:

1) Use the Shape Designer to create the “wavy/squiggly line”.

You can attach the shape as a shape expression or as a shape articulation.

2) Export the score as a PDF file.

'Then, edit the PDF in a vector graphics program (like Illustrator or Inkscape), and create the “wavy/squiggly line” there.

GEOFF WILCKEN Posted January 29, 2019 20:10

Hmm. Well, the shape designer was my first thought, and if only it had a free-hand draw that might have done the trick. If I had a good draw/paint program (sadly, OS updates and hardware upgrades have long since broken the good one I used to have) I'd create the squiggle there and import the graphic.

I may hand-draw a squiggle, scan it, and import that graphic.

Betsy Marvit Posted May 30, 2023 02:14

Hi guys,

I made a couple of images that seem to work well! 1 2

Expression Tool --> click on m. --> Create Misc. Expression --> Shape --> Create --> mountains icon --> click in drawing field --> select one of the .gif squigglies. Then Shape Designer --> Fill --> None --> OK.

If you click on the handle after putting it on the page, you can change the length and height independently. (Not smart enough to add extra wiggles, though.)

If you want a hairpin, you can put the two of them together – they meet in the middle for this.

-B

Ta da!

Brian Belet Posted July 26, 2024 01:42

Thanks, Betsy Marvit! Your suggestion works reasonably well. The plan is good; the only weakness is relying on my steady hand with the mouse for drawing the mountain segments. It took me 4-5 tries to get it looking OK. The graphic can stretch/compress in both X and Y directions, so that is very good.

Is there a way to Copy & Paste this new graphic from this score file into another score file? Otherwise, I have to re-draw this tedious beast anew for each file.

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