Short stretches of stave on the same page

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Vanis
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Post by Vanis » Tue Apr 19, 2016 11:12 am

Hello, I'm obviously new to this. I'm trying to transcribe some short jazz licks from violin to viola. None of these is more than a few bars long, and I'd like to be able to print a number of them on the same page, i.e. one page per key. However, Finale only seems to want to have a continuous stave as though it were one long piece. This makes it annoying to read.

If I select 4 bars at the start, then add some, it joins them on, which I don't want. Ideally I'd have each 2- or 4-bar section on a separate line. Can this be done?

This is on Notepad 2012, Windows.


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Post by miker » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:26 pm

With NotePad, you con't do much of anything special.

Here's a tutorial that I did about using multiple entries on one page with PrintMusic.

http://www.specialmillwork.com/finale-t ... -print.pdf

Note that this is for an older version of PM. The current version makes it much easier to hide that empty "intermediate" staff.
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Post by Vanis » Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:02 pm

That seems to be the thing I'm looking for, thanks. I'll see how it pans out.

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Post by Vanis » Tue Apr 19, 2016 10:43 pm

Nah, didn't work unfortunately. The version I've got doesn't seem to have the necessary functions. Fit measures and the dialogue box with lock system doesn't exist, or at least I can't find it anywhere. You're right, Notepad is very limited indeed. Thanks anyway

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Post by miker » Wed Apr 20, 2016 12:55 am

That's what I said. NotePad can't do it. You need either PrintMusic or the full Finale.
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