Finale Forum

Could you (either) select the text box with the number and delete it, or drag it off the page so it won't print?

You are correct. This is a limitation of PrintMusic. I believe (although I won't swear to it!) that the full Finale would let you create an expression that would be applied to all staves.

In PM, you could create the expression, including the text, but you would have to manually apply it each staff.

Why would you want to view an entire score at once? I would think that a long score would be reduced so much, that you wouldn't see anything but the green line moving. If you want to view a single page, that's easy enough, by reducing the view. Then, you can see your page, and recognize where the sc...

Maybe it's time for a call to tech support.

I believe that you also need your percussion on Channel 10.

From the Finale Knowledge Base:

1. Go to the Document menu.
2. Click on Clefs from the list on the left.
3. Uncheck the box next to the option Display clef only on first staff system.
4. Click Apply, then OK.

Piano Guy, Now we're beginning to narrow in. So: You want to each scale exercise on a Grand Staff. Then, you will change the key, or the time, or the exercise notes, and enter the NEXT exercise. Correct? If that's the case, you only need ONE Grand Staff. As you get to the end of your measures, just ...

Tom,
No. That's one of the few reasons I go into Speedy!

It sound like you just want to add more measures to an existing staff/line/system. You can do this in a number of ways: If Create New Measures is checked in the Simple menu, just keep entering notes. You can right-click in the last measure, and select Add Measures. You can also go to the Edit menu>A...

PrintMusic won't let you change the default spacing, but you can manually shift the notes by using the Speedy Entry carat and the mouse. Place the carat on the note, and click/hold/drag horizontally. I've never seen Finale put the dots that far over; try re-entering the notes changing the order of w...

peterqd,
You can create expressions in PM, but without the many options that finale has.
The easiest way would be for the poster to obtain a finale doc, which has the x-notehead as a staff style.

The problem then would be the stems.

Sorry, no. PM doesn't have X-noteheads, either. Finale has it in staff styles, but not PM.

Have you tried restarting the computer?

Grand Staff is a split staff: think piano, organ, or harp. Make sure that the violins and cello are on different channels. The Wizard should have done this, but you never know... take a look at the Instrument List (Windows menu). Assuming the channels are set correctly, use the Expression tool to pl...

Are these the two staves of a Grand Staff? If so, you need to put them on separate channels.

If they are different instruments, again, they would need to be on different channels.

You would do it with measure regions. Finale has this, but I don't know if Allegro does. Check your help files.

What happens if you switch to scroll view? Does it show and play properly?

No. Finale only.

You might be stuck with writing in the voicings, yourself.

Just as an FYI, Finale 2010 says that you can put chords anywhere in the measure, without attaching them to rests. Maybe when PrintMusic 2010 appears, you should give that a try.

You can't do any of that in NotePad. You are restricted to the percussion setup that they provide.

You need to go to the full Finale to do everything that is described: change noteheads, alter percussion maps, etc.

Chord playback is related to the length of the rest (or note) that the chord is attached to. Try this, to see: in one measure, enter 4 quarter rests, in the next, 2 half rests, and in the next, a whole rest. Attach a chord to the first quarter, the first half, and the whole. Play them back. Going ac...

If you work in speedy entry, you can noodle all you want. The notes won't go in, until you hit the duration key.

Take a look at the article Multiple Songs on One Page (Finale) at http://www.specialmillwork.com/finale_tips.htm

Depends on which program you have. In SongWriter and above, there will be a command "Fit Music" (or Fit Measures, depending on the year version) that will allow you to set the number of measures per line. You will need to look in your help files, to find out exactly where this command lurks. NotePad...