IWBNI there were an option that could be used to specify that a given articulation should be automatically positioned relative to the inside of the inner beam or flag. Here, the inner beam or flag means the beam or flag that is closest to the notehead. The inside of the inner beam or flag is the side that is closest to the notehead.

This feature would be useful for specifying the position of articulations that are placed on the stem such as slashes to indicate a tremolo or an x through the stem to indicate sprechgesang or sprechton. (For an example of the latter, see page 297 of Music Notation in the Twentieth Century by Kurt Stone.)

As it is now, articulations may be positioned relative to the tip of the stem by selecting the Position option On stem side on the Articulation Designer dialog box. For each type of articulation that is to be positioned on the stem, a set of articulations may be designed where each articulation in the set is used for a specified number of beams or flags. In this way, collisions between the articulation and beams or flags may be avoided automatically.

This could be implemented by adding the item Inside of Inner Beam or Flag to the Position list box on the Articulation Designer dialog box. When this option is selected, the Default Vertical Position would be measured relative to the point on the inner beam or flag that is on the stem and closest to the notehead. That is, the position would be measured relative to the points shown in red in the following figure:

Created: April 6, 2000 (based on a submission from Mark Stringer)
Last Updated: April 6, 2000
Version: Finale 2000b