Finale Forum

Hi, Is it possible to change the flag of a single note, without changing its value (rhythm)? So, I could have a quarter note with a double flag, if I wanted to. This is for F27.1. Thanks. Two ideas: 1) Enter the note as a {not displaying tuplet}. To make a quarter note display as a sixteenth, enter...

It is indeed a mystery why the sub-tools Rectangle Tool and Ellipse Tool are not available when you design a custom arrowhead.

My guess is that you will have to ask the folks in MakeMusic’s Tech Support.

motet wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 21, 2023 4:57 pm

… Where are these commands?

In the Expression Designer, in the Playback chiclet.

BandManG is trying to create different dynamics on a first or second time through a repeat.

Finale does seem to have the capability to create custom key signatures (though the interface seems typical byzantine). Would this not be the best way? … I made the attached Finale document years ago. In this document there is a custom quarter tone key signature. You can enter all the quarter tone ...

… I open a default document. I enter a note. How do I add the symbol for a quarter tone lower? If I understand you correctly, you just need a single quarter tone flat accidental (only layout, no playback) in a document that everywhere else uses the ordinary half tone accidentals (= flat and sharp)....

finalizer, Your thread title is “Half tone accidentals”. Your attached graphic shows quarter tone accidentals. You are asking “Where are they?” If I understand you correctly, you can only find the quarter tone accidentals (which you have found, and shown in the graphic) - but not the ordinary half t...

Yes, my caps lock works. But maybe, as you suggest, Finale just doesn't recognize it. When such problems happen, the usual steps you should try, are: - quit Finale, and launch it again, - re-boot the computer, - re-set Finale’s Preferences. There is a {Reset All Preferences} button in the Preferenc...

… it doesn't seem to work with Speedy Entry, because as soon as you press a value, a rest appears on the staff … It sounds like you forgot the Caps Lock. What you describe, is how Speedy works without Caps Lock. Without the Caps Lock the MIDI keyboard keys must be held down when you press a rhythmi...

I suspect that our colleague doesn't want an A in the chord. On one hand, ReReDouble linked to a Wikipedia page where the chord is without the ‘a’: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminished_major_seventh_chord On The Other Hand, It's B over Cdim - but the software won't even let add anything under a...

Peter Thomsen wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 13, 2023 10:45 am

… You can write the chord symbol as B/C …

Correcting myself:
B/C is a nice sounding chord, but it misses the chord tone ‘a’.

To include the ‘a’, write the chord symbol as B7/C (easy to read).

If I understand you correctly, you are talking about transposing the music by some interval - without changing the key signature - right? The keyboard shortcuts for transposition are user programmable. There are four trigger keys (giving you a total of four programmable transpositions), namely the n...

I am not sure what you need, exactly, by your word ‘larger’ . Perhaps you need an increased fretboard width (but keep the same fretboard height)? To do so: Chord Tool. Handles appear on the chord symbols. Context-click a chord handle. In the context menu, choose {Edit Chord Definition…}. You get to ...

Finale 2012 uses the older “legacy” .mus file format. A change of the file name extension from .musx to .mus does not change the file format. Instead, open the Finale document in v27, and Export to the Finale 2012 format: File menu > Export > Finale 2012… Then, v27 will create a new Finale document ...

It is a bit time consuming, but it can be done. In the Shape Designer, enter the natural, and add a rectangle. Select the rectangle (via the Shape Designer’s sub-tool Selection Tool), give it zero Line Thickness, fill it with White, and Send it to the Back - so that it is behind the natural. The rec...

Could be
- Clef: treble clef,
- Key Signature: four flats,
- Time Signature: 3/4 time.

Is there a problem?

When you are in the Shape Designer, the menu bar displays the Shape Designer menu.

In the Shape Designer menu there is a Fill sub-menu.

Do not insert measures.

Instead, use the Page Layout Tool to insert staff systems.

I would
- clear that very line from the score,
- use the sub-tool Custom Line Tool, to create a custom line for just that occurrence.

motet wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 30, 2023 3:58 pm

This actually looks like Utilities/Fit Measures was run, locking 4 measures per system. Is that possible?

This is a generated part.
The culprit could be the similar setting in
Part Creation Preferences:

Fit 4 Measures Per System

Two ideas:

1) Edit ties, by flipping or flattening.

2) Use the so called Ravel Ties: a short tie after one note and a short tie before the note it's tied to, to keep space open for other notes and avoid clashes.

Ties are allowed to go through vertical lines, such as barlines, stems, accidentals.

You should avoid letting ties go through noteheads, though.

There seems to be disagreement about that very question. According to Wikipedia: The names contrabass and double bass refer to the instrument's range and use one octave lower than the cello (i.e. doubling on cello). Quoting an old forum post from ten years ago, posted by forum user Epilogue: … When ...

… I remember reading that the "double" in "double bass" refers to doubling the cello or the continuo, but I can't find where I read that. I do remember thinking at the time it sounded like folk--i.e. bogus--etymology, and indeed it may not be true … As Far As I Know, the term ‘double bass’ in this ...

I am not sure I understand.

Do you mean something like this?

If I misunderstand you, then I apologize.

Document menu > Show Active Layer Only

Show Active Layer Only
also means
Edit Active Layer Only