Is there a newbie tutorial on finding and installing plugins and their fonts?
I am trying to find a Native American Flute tablature plugin.
I have found a couple, but have not successfully been able to install them. I also just learned that a particular plugin only works with a specific version of MuseScore.
I am not interested in learning how to write plugins. I just want to find a turnkey plugin with installation instructions included. (I was not able to figure it out from the MuseScore or Doxygen documentation).
Any suggestions?
Comments
See https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/plugins
This one has a 3.x version https://musescore.org/en/project/native-american-flute-fingering
To install the font, you download the ttf file, double click it and then in that view press the install button (on windows, likely font viewer on mac has a similar button).
In reply to This one has a 3.x version… by jeetee
(it has it now, since a few hours, I took the freedom to add your port from here to that page)
In reply to (it has it now, sone a few… by Jojo-Schmitz
That's the port indeed, waiting for Lasconic to return from retirement to merge it https://github.com/lasconic/naf_fingering/pull/1
If MS4 needs adjustments I'll just take over the repo links with mine instead.
In reply to This one has a 3.x version… by jeetee
Thank you to all who helped me on this thread and related threads.
With your help, installing Clint Goss's plugin was easy.
Developing those fonts was a labor of love. Clint is one busy person.
I am still learning about using the plugin though. So far, it seems to be restricted to an F#minor NAF flute, no matter what the key signature is. Does anyone know if I can map the score to a flute of a different key?
I also wonder if there is a shortcut key to delete all tablature so that you can refresh the tablature. Otherwise, you get two rows of tabs -- the old version and the new version.
The plugin is great for learning the fingering for an existing flute solo score. Just click on the plugin, and voila!
I am still trying to find out if there are short-cut keys to add grace notes and trill fingerings (they are not automatically inserted). You can do it by wading through Clint's font chart to find the alt-keys. But they are scattered throughout the font. (The grace notes are displayed as smaller tab diagrams).
I am digging through Clint's extensive documentation to see what I have missed so far.