Hand Claps

[ghfagan51]

O.K. Concert Band piece which is already scored for all instruments. Now I want the Woodwinds to all clap for 8 bars and don’t know how to get this notated correctly. I need the notes notated so all clap the same rhythm, but if I put notes in those measures where there are now rests I will hear the respective instruments instead of clapping. Do I need to go back into the Setup Mode and change all the single players holding one instrument to the multi-player set up and somehow assign the hand clapping sounds to play back correctly? Not sure how to do this exactly.

Any help much appreciated.

[RafaelBorba]

Hi, Gary!

@ghfagan51

Do I need to go back into the Setup Mode and change all the single players holding one instrument to the multi-player set up and somehow assign the hand clapping sounds to play back correctly?

You can add a instrument (claps) for each player, or, two instruments to each of then (w.w. and claps). Clap is an Orff instrument (whit assigned playback). I’m composing a string quartet were I - probably - will use claps and cello body percussion, so, I’ll use as example:

On Galley view (viola and claps, two separated staves) :

On Page View, I choose maintain just percussive staff:

Changing Cello part, in the “continuity” of staff:

As other option, if you want continue to use the normal staff, you can add a secondary player “hidden”, and work whit volumes in Play Mode, turning down w.w. volumes where claps are. Something like this:

This link is about the image above, where I use this process (also in a string quartet):

Simple Classical Guitar Percussive Sounds

One way I do it is using something like cajon/box/stomp sounds (for acoustic guitar and also for strings - violin, viola… - being stroked in the body). I add a instrument, that will be hided in the score, and in Play Mode, I turn down the guitar percussive attacks: [Cururu_1] So: And whit a string quartet that I wrote on Finale, with Garritan Sounds. In this case, I have two sound: the body and the strings touching in the cello neck, or, two cajon sounds: [Cello part] Can not be the…

Maybe it works for you!

[Christian_R]

@ghfagan51

if I put notes in those measures where there are now rests I will hear the respective instruments instead of clapping.

Hi @ghfagan51, if this is only for a couple of bars, you could change the noteheads for those notes, insert a text that tells what to do, and suppress the playback for those notes:

But of course the way suggested by @RafaelBorba is more elegant.

[ghfagan51]

Rafael and Christian,

I just got back from a band rehearsal and just saw these suggestions. I will need to wait until tomorrow to try to cypher how to do them. Thank you both for replying and I will work on this tomorrow.

[ghfagan51]

Thank you both for your replies. I am working on this todat.

Gary