Just a quick note to say thanks to the Dorico team. I recently published a new shape-note hymnal using Dorico and it was a breeze! A few pics below:
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Congrats! Looks great.
Very interesting and looks great! Sorry if I ask (and for my ignorance): it is a special technique of notation or/and has some educational or executional meaning to assign every different pitch to another figure? I am really interested to know and learn something that I don’t know. Thank you and congratulations for the finished project.
It’s based on moveable do. Each solfège has a specific shape. For example, scale degree 5 in the key is always a standard rounded notehead.
People who use it swear by it. And they all tend to sing quite competently parts, so maybe there’s something to it!
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Wow, didn’t know it. It sounds very logical. Thank you for your explanation!
Indeed. A friend of mine leads congregational singing at a non- instrumental Church of Christ. They use shape note hymnals. Those folks can sing🙂
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Hi, I am one of the non-instrumental 7 note shaped note singers and engravers. I’ve used Finale for many years. One of the things that we have been doing for a long time now is projecting our music on screen. I am wondering if one can export pages to graphics like I can in finale? Is it possible to import my template? I’d appreciate any help you can send my way.
Welcome to the forum @Joseph_Chase!
As MusicMXL I’m sure it’s possible but I would strongly advise you create one from scratch.
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I would recommend not doing graphic slices here. It works, but I think it’s better to export as PDF, then export THAT as PNG images. I’m literally doing some of this right now for a conference in Nashville next week. Here’s a sample:
I created a template with the page size I wanted and exported the entire thing as a multi-page PDF. Then in Acrobat, I exported that as PNG, which created one image per page. I found that to be the best workflow for my needs.
The layout is 400pt x 225 pt (16:9) with 20pt margins all around and a space size of 4pt. The lyrics are Crimson Pro 12pt absolute.
Hope that helps.
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Dan, I publish shaped note hymnals for a singing camp. I have been using Finale for years to it, and am new to Dorico. I am wondering if you could detail your workflow for the publishing. I have been exporting individual pdf’s for each hymn page and importing those into an InDesign template. I would love it if there is an easier way. Any help would be appreciated.
Welcome to the forum. Honestly, I would say that’s the best way. Some people have done complete hymnals in a Dorico file, but I really don’t recommend it.