Hi.
In my scores I want the metronome mark a little bit bigger than the default setting. As I understand it the metronome mark consists of two different font settings, (i.e. music text & text) but when adding text in the metronome mark (e.d. Allegro) that goes with another font setting. Is it possible to edit the size of that one?
I know we had a discussion about brackets a while ago, which ended up in a separate setting for big band. When working with large scores I use to have brackets covering the big sections (i.e. winds, brass etc.) But within each section I use to separate the barlines between each group (i.e. flutes, clarinets, bassoons etc) to make the score a bit more readable for the conductor. I know I can achieve this by adding a groups to every second instrumental group, but then Iâll miss the big bracket on the whole section. I know this isnât achievable for now but do you have this on your roadmap for the future?
A short follow up question about bracketing:
Now Iâm writing a couple of arrangements for a wind orchestra. Using the âWind Bandâ bracket option works fine except for the bass clarinet, saxes and bass trombone.The saxes arenât bracketed at all. When it comes to the bass clarinet and the bass trombone, shouldnât they be bracketed together with the rest of the instruments of the same group? (i.e. clarinets and trombones)
The âWind bandâ bracketing approach means that instruments of the same type will be bracketed together, rather than by family. Although it might be a bit counter-intuitive, if you want to bracket by family, you should use the âOrchestralâ bracketing approach.
Oki, I understand, even though I think itâs a bit strange that bass clarinet isnât bracketed together with the smaller clarinets and the same thing with the bass trombone. Also strange that saxes arenât bracketed at all in the âWind Bandâ setup.
The orchestral bracketing doesnât work for me, since the barlines arenât separated between the different instrument groups. (i.e. flutes, clarinets etc.) In a large score (e.g. 3333 4331) itâs very difficult to navigate in the score as a conductor when the barlines arenât separated. Iâve found a workaround for this, where I add groups to the different instrument groups in setup mode. The only downside of that workaround is that there wonât be any brackets covering the whole wood winds and brass.
We can probably add an option that will produce breaks in the barlines where the instruments change when using the âOrchestralâ bracketing approach. Weâll look into it.
When working with large scores I use to have brackets covering the big sections (i.e. winds, brass etc.) But within each section I use to separate the barlines between each group (i.e. flutes, clarinets, bassoons etc) to make the score a bit more readable for the conductor. I know I can achieve this by adding a groups to every second instrumental group, but then Iâll miss the big bracket on the whole section. I know this isnât achievable for now but do you have this on your roadmap for the future?
