Note Duration Question

[rrayner]

Hi Sherry,

Thank you for the detailed information. You've got me wondering now if perhaps there might be an explanation and a workaround for my long-time complaint about not being able to smooth out the transition between notes. I've had phrases that frustrated me, because I wanted them to be more legato. Each note in an intended legato section sounds so percussive to me, such as a sax section playing whole/half note spread voicings under a soloist. As long as a particular part changes pitch, perhaps I can use the a- and a+ commands to smooth the transition from note to note. As it stands now, each new note seems to be attacked too hard for legato phrasing. I know we've discussed my concern a number of times over the years, but I've never been able to implement a solution that sounds good.

In the example I sent, I was playing around with trying to get a more realistic swing feeling -- somewhere in between dotted eighths/sixteenths and swing triplets, by manipulating the attack and duration values. I haven't been successful yet, but I'll keep trying.

Ralph