How to create a dashed line connecting 2 notes
Hi,
I am entering a piece for a choir (4 voices) in a closed score. The melody switches from one to another voice. I added CF (cantus firmus) at the right places, but I would like to accent the melody line by drawing a thin dashed line from one note in one voice, to the next in another voice.
I can't find a way to do this.
Comments
Take a line from the Lines Palette (in the Advanced Workspace), ajust the handles so it connects the notes and make it dashed in Inspector
Ot create a straight line glissando (and disable playback, as well as gliss text), although you can't make that dashed ot dotted
In reply to Take a line from the Lines by Jojo-Schmitz
Great, that worked.
This is the result:
Would be nice to have such a line directly in the palette, though..
thanks,
Rob.
In reply to Great, that worked. This is by Rob Jasper
If that's a line you would use often, you can add it to the palette as described in the Handbook under "Custom palette".
In reply to If that's a line you would by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for pointing me to this.
It's never too late to learning something.
In reply to Take a line from the Lines by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks for that. It helped me make a dotted slur in my vocal music. I'd like those to be in the palette as well.
In reply to Take a line from the Lines by Jojo-Schmitz
This is exactly what I want to do, but I can't seem to make a line connect to any notes - the anchors just seem to attach to a beat, but won't overlap the staff for some reason. What am I missing? In the attached example, I'm trying to draw the dotted line between the lower G in the upper stave at the end of bar 1, to the upper B flat in the lower stave at the start of bar 2.
In reply to This is exactly what I want… by tim.uk
You responded to a 3 years old thread...
However; click that G, Ctrl+click the Bflat, then use Add > Lines > Note-anchored line
Optionally change its offset by 0.5sp. so that if goes from notehead center to center
Can't make it dotted or dashed though, looks like a bug.
So back to the method mentioned furhter up, using a line from the lines palette, you need to manually position it though
In reply to This is exactly what I want… by tim.uk
Or use a slur and make it flat and turn off auto placement.
In reply to Or use a slur and make it… by mike320
Thanks for the help guys!
In reply to Or use a slur and make it… by mike320
That works. Now, is there a way to replace the line with a dashed-line (please see attached picture)?
In reply to That works. Now, is there a… by habibie
In the add menu, there is an option Add->Lines->Note anchored lines. Select a note and ctrl+click the second note and then select this option. You will get a line between the two notes that can be edited like any other line in the inspector. However, at the moment there is a bug that makes the like ugly, see #289433: note-anchored line style applied incorrectly.
In reply to In the add menu, there is an… by mike320
Thank you.