Handwritten style vs regular style

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catatonic
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Post by catatonic » Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:40 pm

Hi folks!

Is there a way to change a score from regular style into handwritten/jazz style? Thanks!

ps. I'm using Finale 25.2 wiht a Mac running OS 10.10.3 (Yosemite)
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Post by miker » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:55 am

Probably best done by copying your score into a handwritten template. Start with the Setup Wizard, and lay out what you need. Then, just copy and paste.
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Post by zuill » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:21 am

Copying from one style to another by pasting into a new file is a small part of it. However, then you'll have to manually change expressions and articulations to those in the new file, as the old ones will still be in the new file. JW Change plugin might be of help in that.

And, if you have chords, changing the suffixes will take some work as well. It's easier to replace the suffixes rather than modifying the existing ones.

It sounds easy, but it can be daunting.

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Post by catatonic » Thu Sep 07, 2017 3:43 am

Yep, tried copying to a new file and the chord suffixes didn't translate. Looks like I'm gonna have to do it manually!
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