Finale Forum

motet wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 08, 2024 11:41 pm

That looks better. I forget how you achieve that. I started on the top staff. Start on the bottom?

Yes, begin with having all the notes on the bottom staff.
Then, use the Cross Staff plug-in on the last notes, to move them up into the top staff.

The cross-staff beaming may look better if you avoid the “beam corner”:
(in my attached graphic the primary beam is above the secondary beam)

I experience no difficulties with this problem.

Perhaps I do not understand the problem (?)

* See the attached Finale document.

If I understand you correctly, you are trying to open the old Finale documents with Finale v27 - right? One thing to try: Back then the Finale documents did not get the file name extension .musx (which Finale v27 uses). Give the documents the file name extension .musx, and see whether that helps. Ho...

… It also reset the Page Format Score, which is fine with me, but it seems odd that it doesn't work the other way—that is, setting the Page Format Score and expecting that to apply to all pages, including new ones! … Actually it does apply to new pages. Already existing pages will not be affected. ...

… I guess I do have questions about how to update Page Format for Score, since except for the First Page margins, it all looks right to me … By your words “First Page margins” you mean the {First Staff System Margins} - right? … how can I see how the margins are set for a particular page? I can see...

… I have followed your steps several times now, and still nothing about pages 9-10 changes. And if I redefine all pages, all pages look like pages 9-10; if I redefine just those 2 pages, they stay the same. I did change the page scaling to 92% in an edition I did maybe 9 years ago, along with scali...

… I have checked and double-checked that my Page Format/Score is what I want it to be, and it is, but obviously I am missing something. I have the page size set for 11x17, but the music is clearly not fitting on the page. In addition to that, the notes are bigger on p. 10 than on all of the precedi...

… As a composer/arranger of jazz, I use a lot of turns and falls (all of which are input into my score as articulations). There are times that I need to toggle between articulations being checked in my music spacing (for falls) and not being checked (for turns) in order to accommodate each individu...

motet wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 4:47 pm

… You can invoke music spacing manually by selecting the measures you want to space and pressing Ctrl+4.

In my Mac Finale the {Music Spacing} keystroke is Command+4.

Actually I do not have to hold down the Command key.
Hitting just the number key will do.

Here is the URL to Mike Rosen’s tutorials:
http://www.specialmillwork.com/finale-tips-and-tricks/

The forum does not allow hyperlinks - because of spam posts.
Copy the URL, and paste it into a web browser.

Take a look at the tutorial
Tuplets with Simple Entry

I Would like to write Tenor Sax as the player reads it. The Altos are ok, 3 sharps … I am afraid I do not understand. In the Document menu you have selected Display in Concert Pitch which means that the Concert Key is 3 sharps. * Is THAT the Concert Key you need? If you de-select Display in Concert...

1) A text block can be page attached or measure/staff attached. From your description it sounds like measure/staff attached is the better solution. If you enter a text block from Scroll View, it will automatically be measure/staff attached. To finetune the positioning, drag-select the text block han...

From a Finale document you can create a PDF file in two ways:

1) “printing” to a PDF file,

2) exporting from the Graphics Tool (Graphics menu).

Have you tried both ways?

No promises, but try this:

Take a look at
Preferences > View > Measure Numbers

Is the option
Display Defined Measure Numbers
selected?

Instead, select the other option:
Display Actual Measure Numbers

Check whether selecting Display Actual Measure Numbers solves your problem.

… (Was the ability to embed a URL removed recently?) The ability to embed a URL was removed because of spam posts containing URLs. I am not sure about the precise date when it happened, but I seem to remember that we had spam posts containing URLs six months ago. All spam posts get deleted, by Mike...

What menu item is chosen in the pop up menu

Preferences > Edit > Reflow Measures: > …

?



If everything else fails, try a Resetting All Preferences.

motet wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 15, 2024 5:16 am

Why would it wait until printing to update the multimeasure rests, though? …

It does not “wait until printing”, but it also updates multimeasure rests at printing.

Sorry, I was not clear about that.

Document menu > Document Options > Multimeasure Rests De-select the option Update Automatically What it does: {Update Automatically} is useful in the initial phase when you enter music from Scroll View. If you enter music into a multimeasure rest, then Finale will automatically break the multimeasur...

BuonTempi wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:07 pm

… Wasn't there an "Apply HP" plug-in? (I can't find it now -- did it get removed in the Great Plug-in Purge of '15..?) …

“Apply Human Playback” is a menu command in the MIDI Tool, located at the bottom of the MIDI Tool menu.

For What It Is Worth:

The web page

https://asmac.org/videos/asmac-presents-finales-finale-move-forward-or-stay-the-course/

works for me, too.

In the Chord Suffix Editor you can edit the playback of the chord suffix m7.

However, this will affect all occurrences of the suffix m7, in all keys.

To get a good chord voicing, disable the playback of chord symbols, and add instead a separate line for chord playback.

… In a 3/4 measure … I see posts from the past saying that you just need to click the simple rest tool and it will give you a whole rest. This is not working. Using the speedy tool and hitting 7 also does not work … Adding a whole rest to a 3/4 measure will “overfill” the measure. Obviously this is...

This is easy.

Use layers.

Enter the upper line in Layer 1, the lower line (= the whole note) in Layer 2.

On the computer screen the Layer 2 notes will appear in red, but everything will print in black.

MortalAgosto,

In this case I would go for the added separate staff.

Take a look at the attached Finale document, and tell what you think.