Finale 2012: Stems

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Inside Out
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Post by Inside Out » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:04 am

Hello friends.

I want to tip in Finale 2012 like on this photographs:

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I have tried by using Note mover → Cross staff, but I didn't succeeded
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Please help me.


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miker
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Post by miker » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:08 am

You're on the right track. Separate the notes into pairs with the / key, and then then you can use the beam adjustment tool to move the beams to between the staves, and the stem reversal tool if you need to flip any notes to the other side of the stems.

I believe there is a plugin to do this, but I've never needed it enough to learn how to use it. I just do it the hard way.
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Post by motet » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:25 am

If you follow the instructions I gave you the other day involving selecting notes with the Selection tool and pressing Alt-down or -up, it does just what you want (Windows only).
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Post by David Ward » Sun Apr 09, 2017 7:14 am

motet wrote:… …(Windows only).
It's the same on a Mac: option (alt) plus the up or down arrow brings the desired result.
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Post by miker » Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:00 pm

Thanks, guys. Maybe I'll remember it, this time.
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Post by motet » Sun Apr 09, 2017 4:37 pm

Thanks for the correction, David. It's a TG Tools shortcut, and I guess I was conflating it with the TG Tools menu shortcuts, which are alas Windows only.

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