RestChords with grace notes - feature or bug?

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Started by Rick G. on 2005-08-07 14:39:03

Is this a feature or a bug?

	What's This?
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single) \|RestChord\|Dur:4th,Grace\|Opts:Stem=Down\|Dur2:4th\|Pos2:0 \|RestChord\|Dur:4th\|Opts:Stem=Down\|Dur2:4th,Grace\|Pos2:0 !NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

This may have some uses in lyrics with varying syllables in different verses, but I don't want to use it if it a bug and is likely to change.

Reply 1 by Lawrie Pardy on 2005-08-07 19:52:46

Hi Rick,
I'm guessing of course, but having looked at the clip text I would bet that this is a feature.

Pending confirmation from Eric...

Good find!

Lawrie

Reply 2 by DGF on 2005-08-07 20:18:58

How did you do that? I got the grace/rest, but wasn't able to add the 1/4 note to it as a chord. Stem up or down didn't help.

Reply 3 by Lawrie Pardy on 2005-08-07 20:41:48

Umm yeah Rick,
I just did a copy and paste - how _did_ you do it?

Reply 4 by Rick G. on 2005-08-08 01:22:37

The first one is simply a normal RestChord that I selected and hit the "grace button"

The second one is a grace rest + grace note, then I selected it and hit the grace button twice, then audit note stems.

You can complete the set:

	What's This?
!NoteWorthyComposerClip(2.0,Single) \|RestChord\|Dur:4th,Grace\|Opts:Stem=Down\|Dur2:4th\|Pos2:0 \|RestChord\|Dur:4th\|Opts:Stem=Down\|Dur2:4th,Grace\|Pos2:0 \|RestChord\|Dur:4th,Grace\|Opts:Stem=Up\|Dur2:4th\|Pos2:0 \|RestChord\|Dur:4th\|Opts:Stem=Up\|Dur2:4th,Grace\|Pos2:0 !NoteWorthyComposerClip-End

By editing the clipboard text.

Beaming RestChords is a whole 'nother matter... Generally you can't.

Then there is this restriction on having rests that are longer than the attached note that I have never understood.

It would seem to me that RestChords need not even exist. The rest could be handled like a accidental..."r" instead of "#" or "b". The structure and error checking would be as for any other chord, only the display would be different.

More and more, when I have 2 or more voices, I am just starting out with a layer, knowing that somewhere I am going to run into a problem that is insoluble without layers.

Reply 5 by NoteWorthy Online on 2005-08-08 08:05:38

This looks like a bug (the grace note attribute should apply to everything in the RestChord). I would not recommend trying to exploit it, since it will be fixed.

Reply 6 by NoteWorthy Online on 2005-08-08 08:11:44

It's official. The Grace property will be an all or nothing property on RestChords in the next release of NWC2.

Reply 7 by Lawrie Pardy on 2005-08-08 09:00:28

It's official. The Grace property will be an all or nothing property on RestChords in the next release of NWC2.

Looks like I lost my bet...