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aayala1
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Post by aayala1 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 2:42 am

Hello guys,

I'm using Finale 2012b on a Mac.

I transcribed a Mozart string quartet into finale, and used the piano reduction plug-in. and its pretty cool, it works great,

now I'm manually fine-tuning it. almost done splitting voices between both hands, but i was wondering if there is a way to do the following:

i have 2 staves with two melodic lines each, written as chords (one stem for both notes). is there a way i can tell finale to take that staff and put the stems of the upper notes up and the stems of the bottom notes down??

also guys, is there a way to copy and paste notes from one layer to another?, for example, i want to copy the viola part and paste into layer 3 in the left hand of the piano staff..

i'm trying to upload a screenshot

thanks guys you rock


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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon Apr 27, 2015 11:54 am

aayala1 wrote:…is there a way to copy and paste notes from one layer to another?, for example, i want to copy the viola part and paste into layer 3 in the left hand of the piano staff…
To move/copy notes to another layer:
Edit menu > Move/Copy Layers…

To copy only one layer to another staff, without erasing the other layers:
Document menu > Show Active Layer Only
“Show Active Layer Only” also means “Edit Active Layer Only”.


aayala1 wrote:…I have 2 staves with two melodic lines each, written as chords (one stem for both notes). is there a way i can tell Finale to take that staff and put the stems of the upper notes up and the stems of the bottom notes down?…
To do so “manually”:
1) Explode the region, to split the chords into two parts, in separate staves.
2) Move the lower part to Layer 2, and copy it into Layer 2 of the Layer 1 staff.

However, you might like to try Jari Williamson’s plug-in JW Staff Polyphony that can do the job for you.
Jari Williamson has written a lot of useful plug-ins.
You can find his plug-ins on his web site:
finaletips . nu
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Post by aayala1 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:46 pm

peter, dude, you're the man, thank you very much

that plug-in is fantastic! great website too. that guy Jari knows his stuff.

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Post by aayala1 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:13 pm

peter, one more thing though

how do i make finale give me only one rest one multiple voices have rests?
check out the screenshot

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thanks maaaan!

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Post by miker » Mon Apr 27, 2015 5:43 pm

The full TG Tool has a command to join rests of different layers. One of Jari's plugins (JW Change, maybe) will also do this. Finale 2014 has a setting for this, as well.

And, of course, you can do it manually with the arrow keys.
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Post by aayala1 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:16 pm

whoa that plugin is also pretty cool! thanks man

another question:

i changed the page size of the score to 'folio' instead of the standard 'letter'. and on finale it looks great but then i saved the score to .pdf and it looks like this:

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how can i fix it?

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:24 pm

aayala1 wrote:…how do I make Finale give me only one rest when multiple layers have rests?…
To add to Mike’s reply:

1) When you have the document open, you can go to
Document menu > Document Options > Layers
and select the option “Consolidate Rests Across Layers”.

2) You can also move a rest vertically into the staff on a case-by-case basis:
Speedy Entry Tool.
Switch to the layer with the rest, and position the crosshair on the rest.
Hit * to make the rest move inside the staff.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:27 pm

aayala1 wrote:…I changed the page size of the score to 'folio' instead of the standard 'letter'. and on Finale it looks great but then i saved the score to .pdf and it looks like this:

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how can I fix it?
Go to
Preferences > Save and Print
and select the option “Use Finale’s Page Orientation instead of the Printer’s Page Orientation”.
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Post by aayala1 » Tue Apr 28, 2015 5:16 pm

hello!

i had the option of use finale's page orientation already checked.

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tried turning it off and on again but i still get this error:

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:24 pm

Go to
File menu > Page Setup…
What page size is selected in the dialog box Page Setup?
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Post by aayala1 » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:37 pm

solved. all good
thank you very much peter

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