Small footprint big notes for marching
Hello,
I am at a marching band and I need my sheets as small as possible but with big enough notes and stuff so I can read it while marching.
I have tinkered with some settings and the size of the page is nice but there is unused space that could be used fr bigger notes. I will attach the file in case you can see any possible solutions!
Thank you
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Do you really plan on marching with A4 paper? I have changed it to A5, reduced the margins and increased the scale.
I played in a UK brass band and a lot of marches have the instrument name left as in the second file. Generally the bottom margin is not made too small to avoid obscuring music with your lyre (the little clip that holds the music)
In reply to Do you really plan on… by underquark
No just printing on A4 and after that I cut it and laminated it.
I will try different page sizes and print it on A4 just for the dimensions.
Nice touch on sailor 2 that you made in line the instrument name!
This is a question that comes up occasionally in the Finale forum. I wonder if someone could create a template that would be sized to a common marching band chart (if there is such a thing as "common") with preset staff and note sizing.
In reply to This is a question that… by mikey12045
That would be nice. I found some settings that fit for me. I want to find a way that I can save it as preset if possible and share it
In reply to That would be nice. I found… by trelozakinthinos
Save as a template. Or save the style. Or both.
In reply to Save as a template. Or save… by Jojo-Schmitz
Oh yes I found it. Thank you.
Where will be a good place to share it so it can been seen by as many people possible?
In reply to Oh yes I found it. Thank you… by trelozakinthinos
There really is none, unfortunaltly
We'd really need something like the plugin repository, but for templates and style sheets, probably for palettes and shortcuts too. @shoogle?
In reply to There really is none,… by Jojo-Schmitz
That's a good idea! We should make it easy to get hold of all these things and keep them up to date.
I found some settings that looks fine for me.
On page settings I put 30mm margin left and right and staff space(sp) 1.5mm
Also on Style > Page I selected "Disable vertical justification of staves" and played with min max system distance so it matches with my part.
If anyone knows how I can make this a template I will happily upload it for future use