add more comprehensive jazz articulations!
This would include the following:
-Trombone glissandos that function like the already implemented bend (used in context for guitars), but have a more recognizable squiggly line
-Bends (the rounded "U" symbol above a note that indicates to lip the pitch down
-Squiggly lines in general (used for falls)
-Curved lines (for implied scoops, doits, and shorter falls)
Of course, this need not be used only for jazz, but since these occur very commonly in jazz repertoire, I feel like this would be very useful!
Apologies if there is an ongoing thread for this, but that only means many people want it!
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34 comments
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Sean
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As a trombone player myself, I get so annoyed when I have to hear EVERY note between the notes that I am gliss-ing.
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Myles Lawrence commented
Noteflight is my favorite music notation software by FAR, but I still can't recommend it people because of this massive oversight. I do tons of horn charts and I am really sick of paying for a sibelius account just to import my chart to finish it! Can we like crowd fund this or something? Been asking for this for years now.
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Anonymous
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YES!!! I arrange horn charts for a rock and roll band and jazz articulations are CRITICAL for getting the horn parts to pop. Please, please, PLEASE add the scoops, falls, and doits.
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Adam Brewer
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YES THIS PLEASE!!! This would also be super useful for vocal arrangements! I arrange for a capella groups, and I need to be able to notate things like scoops and falls.
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Anonymous
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This could be so useful in many situations! Jazz and Latin basically LIVE off the scoop and the addition of such notation would make writing music for such pieces much easier.
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Ryan Hermes
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Could this also include the "plungers" that are sometimes used in jazz?
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M Campbell
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I agree! I´m trying to compose some jazz music right now and I want to include a fall-off. The glissando is close, but it requires an ending note. The program won´t let me leave the gliss open. Please add more jazz articulations!
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Tyger Middleton
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I want noteflight to add a larger variety of options particularly articulation and ornaments. These details are essential for jazz composition.
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Salmon Kwok
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I want falls and like, growls and also swing beats to become more noticeable. Maybe Noteflight could add a "Jazz" mode to scores so we could have easy access to the jazz stuff, but not get it mixed up with the normal ones.
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Salmon Kwok
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I want falls and like, growls and also swing beats to become more noticeable. Maybe Noteflight could add a "Jazz" mode to scores so we could have easy access to the jazz stuff, but not get it mixed up with the normal ones.
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Salmon Kwok
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I make a lot of Jazzy and Rock stuff, but a lot of Jazz features are not available for use.
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nutsy waters
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are there falls yet??
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Christopher Burke
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Seriously, we need falls for us jazz folk
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Kevin N
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More jazz notations such as falls and "doit"s (swoops?). Do it now!
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Nadav H. commented
It is 2016 and this is still somehow not a thing.... Please implement!
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catherine weatherby
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swing beat is best
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Will
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Why isn't this a thing yet? Most solos and melodies I transcribe have scoops and possibly falls. :(
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Liam
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Scoops would be great in addition to falls.
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Mollie
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Falls, please
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Anonymous
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We should be able to put "fall-offs" on notes.... Jazz is music, and people will undoubtedly use Noteflight to write Jazz. Unless you would rather I purchased Sibelius....