System breaks (independence between score & parts)

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Post by stubbsonic » Sun Jan 07, 2018 1:31 am

Just joined this forum. I'm pretty much a Finale noob. Here's my first post.

I adjusted my score's system-breaks using the measure tool, and checking "Begin a new staff system" to break the systems where I wanted them to break.

So far so good.

I then went into the parts and needed to create different system-breaks, using both the above process and also using the Utilities/Move measures to previous system function. I essentially made the parts have fewer measures per staff system than the score.

However, when I went back to the score, the score reflected all the changes I made in the parts. How do I unlink the parts from the score, where staff/system breaks are concerned?

Am I using the correct process to make those changes?


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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:11 am

Indeed you are not using the “correct process”.


The measure attribute “Begin a New Staff System” is supposed to be linked between score and parts.

You can use “Begin a New Staff System” to begin a new movement.


The correct mean for what you are doing, is {system locks}:
Utilities menu > Lock Systems

System locks can be different between score and parts.
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Post by motet » Sun Jan 07, 2018 2:47 am

To make a system break in the score or parts, select the measure with the Selection tool and press down-arrow. This will automatically lock the affected systems.

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Post by stubbsonic » Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:15 am

Thanks, that fixed it! I appreciate it.

One more question. Say I have an staff with 8 measures on it, and I would like to split it so that it is now 4 measures on two staves, and I want all the music after to move forward.

With the above method, I have to move four measures down, then move another four measures down, and so on for every line. Is there an "insert line break" type of command?

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Jan 07, 2018 12:55 pm

What I would do:

(Selection Tool)

1) Select the eight measures.

2) Utilities menu > Fit Measures… (⇧⌘M)
Lock the selected measures with 4 measures per system.
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Post by stubbsonic » Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:39 pm

Perfect!! That's exactly what I needed!!! THANK YOU!

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