Finale Forum

Yes, this is a voiced part. I tried all the options in the Document options / Music spacing / grace note spacing. It doesn't affect the part. So, it's a known problem with voiced parts? In that case I'll file a technical support request with MakeMusic. Let's see what solution they come-up with... Th...

I am writing an orchestral score. Got some pretty busy pages where grace notes got cluttered, running into the accidentals of the main note, or each-other's accidentals. It got cleared-up once I refreshed music spacing (note spacing) and updated layout. But it didn't affect the parts! Music spacing ...

Oh, wow! It worked this time! I thought I did the exact same thing, but I must've done something wrong the first time:) Thank you once again, Peter! You always save the day :D But I still don't get it: How does Apple know you want Finale to create a multimeasure rest when you simply enter the comman...

htoker, Indeed I meant the System Preferences. Path (but on your system the items may be called differently): System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > App Shortcuts When you are in the App Shortcuts, click the + button to create a new keyboard shortcut. You can specify that the shortcut should w...

You can also use Mac OS Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts to create your own custom keyboard shortcuts in Finale - at least to commands that are displayed in a menu or sub-menu Like e. g. Edit menu > Multimeasure Rests > … I don't understand what you mean. I don't see a 'keyboard' menu under Final...

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Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:25 pm

For what it's worth, I think the beam looks better pointing to the left, the default.

I AM trying to keep it to the left:D It was on the right before. I turned it left in the score so it pears-up with the dotted rhythm. It just insists on remaining to the right in parts view.

What's the metatool / keyboard shortcut for creating and breaking a multimeasure rest? Finale manuals talk about such a metatool, but don't mention what it is.I tried creating one by clicking shift+M in selection tool mood, but nothing happened.

Thank you Gareth!
Thank you Michelp!

Thank you Michelp,

I tried it. It works momentarily, but it goes back to the old stubborn way once I turn 'speficy voicing' back on. Maybe I'll do an update to V27. We'll see what the Make Music guys say...

I tried deleting the hidden rest, it didn't help. I just installed JW Plugin Change, upon your suggestion. But it doesn't work at that spot. Yes, this is an oboe 1 part from a staff that has two layers broken-down into two parts (Layer 1: oboe 1, Layer 2: oboe 2). Voicing specified as: Oboe 1 gets a...

I am writing an orchestral score. I used the broken beam tool to switch the direction of a 16th note beam in an oboe part. But the change didn't effect the part. When I try to do it in the part, nothing happens. The boxes of the tool seem obsolete there. I click once, nothing happens. I click again,...

Is there a metatool for applying the Force Hide Staff (Collapse) staff style to ''current part/score'' only?
Q makes it go away in both score and part. I need it gone only in the part (and sometimes only in the score).
Or, is there a way to program a metatool with such a specific angle to it?

Thank you N Grossingink!
Thank you Peter!
Thank you Motet!

Thank you so much Michelp! The metatool will come-in handy. I'll start using it:)

Finale lets us click and drag barlines right and left. You need that sometimes, because Finale's ways of adjusting spacing might not fit your needs. But, every time I make such an adjustment and toggle between parts; it goes away when I come back! Is there a way to keep that adjustment permanent? I ...

This is what I understand from cue notes: in an ensemble/orchestral piece, when some instruments have been resting for a long time, you write a few notes from another instrument into their part, so they can listen to it, to double-check their counting, and so they can enter in the right time after a...

I got a big orchestral score that has a drum kit part in it. All my snare drums sound like whistles! I messed-around with the Notation Style settings in the score manager, but that messed-up my notation. That dialog box seems like a place where you assign specific sounds to specific notes on the sta...

My approach for Flute 1 and Flute 2 (say) is to write separate staves for each part... This is much more straight-forward and less time-consuming in the end than starting with a single staff and then trying to tease it apart, which as you're finding can be problematic. FWIW some of us, when ready w...

My approach for Flute 1 and Flute 2 (say) is to write separate staves for each part, which contain exactly what you want in the part, and make the parts from those. Then for the conductor's score, combine the two flute staves into a third staff using Finale's "implode" or the JW Staff Polyphony plu...

Just be aware that some people have said they don’t get notified, even when they have selected it. Yes, I'm one of those, apparently. I got the notification selected, but I'm not getting emails about it. Just checked my spam folder; it's not there either. Oh well... will just have to check back her...

Thank you, Miker! OK, now I see: Notifications on the top right...

Thank you so much, Peter! But I know -I seem to remember- there's gotta be another, more direct way. One could even put notes in there, rather than a simple fake or real whole note rest, then make Finale perceive and treat the measure as empty (by making multimeasure rests over it). Am I wrong? Perh...

I am creating an orchestral score where flute and flute 2 share the same staff on the score. Flute 1 is layer 1, Flute 2 is layer 2. So, when they play in unison, I got both layers in. Conductor sees stems going both ways. The name of that staff (instrument, as far as the score manager is concerned)...

When you tell that “nothing changed”, I suppose that the numbers in the different fields actually did change, but you did not see any change in the already existing pages - right? Not strange at all. The already existing pages will not change until you Redefine Pages (Page Layout Tool, Page Layout ...

Gareth, thank you so much! 'The 'Fixed size'' box totally fixed my problem! Peter, thank you as well, for the detailed info and suggestion! I went into the menu you mentioned, I fiddled with the page hight, page and system scalings of the parts. Nothing changed! Strange... Perhaps I should mention: ...