Percussion names

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Vanessa McClintock Posted January 15, 2022 22:24

Finale 26, Windows 10

After I enter non-pitched percussion notation--with either Speedy or Simple Entries, I would like to know what instruments the notes represent.

In this case, they are Tom-Toms. I know this because I just entered them.

However, when I return to a score after a few days, how could I have shown the instrument used?
One way is to use a custom Expression, but then I would have to use one for every note.
In the case above, I use High, Mid, Mid-low, and Low Toms. When I click on the measure with Speedy Entry, I can use my arrow keys to hover over each to determine, but with some cases, there can be several instruments on a single line or space.

Just seems to me there might an easy way.

Any ideas?

Thank you,
:-)
Nessa

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Jeffrey Turner Posted January 16, 2022 00:03

For your example above, all you would need to enter is "4 toms" as an expression once. The percussionist will see that the notes are on different pitches and use different toms.

Vanessa McClintock Posted January 19, 2022 22:19

Yes, thank you Jeffrey. I was just hoping Finale automatically would show the instruments when hovering over the notes whilst in Speedy Entry, and not the entire list.

:-)
Nessa

PETER THOMSEN Posted January 20, 2022 05:19

… I was just hoping Finale automatically would show the instruments when hovering over the notes whilst in Speedy Entry, and not the entire list …

By your words “hovering over the notes” you mean using the arrow keys - right?

When you are in the Simple Entry Tool, you can use the arrow keys to hover over each note, and Simple Entry will show you the instrument name of the highlighted note.

Vanessa McClintock Posted January 20, 2022 07:31

Hi Peter,

Yes, using the arrow keys after the notes are created; using the mouse to enter them.

What I meant was for Finale to show only the note entered (in Speedy Entry). Even when the cursor is directly over a note, other instruments can (and usually do) share the same line--or space.

:-)
Nessa

Vanessa McClintock Posted January 20, 2022 07:33

BTW--I am eager to hear your response to my most recent post, "More percussion questions."
:-)
Nessa

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