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… on playing back my file with expressions deleted and set at crotchet = 80, I find that it is equivalent to my own metronome’s speed of crotchet = 120 … If I understand you correctly, you are talking about using the Playback Controls window - right? 1) In your attached Finale document, in the Play...

It can be difficult to diagnose something blindly, with nothing to look at.
Can you attach the Finale document that is giving you trouble?

ronyd wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 26, 2024 11:36 am

…So what you have stated still the correct procedure for v27? …

Yes.

ronyd, According to your Forum User Profile you are using Finale 2014 (shown to the right of your post). * Are you still using version 2014? … Issue: 1. Page 4 - using down arrow to split the measures 2 per line … Do not do that when you have already done layout work on the following systems. When y...

Is the Finale document a 1-staff document (perhaps a lead sheet)?

…Can you show me a solution using an arrow? … You mean a solution performed with the arrow keys - right? Although I can solve the problem, I am afraid that I do not know of a solution restricted to using the arrow keys. Page Layout Tool. Click a system, to select it. Page Layout menu > Systems > Ed...

Some other ways to “skin the cat”:

LEckerling,

Instead of attaching a graphic, could you attach a (small) Finale sample .musx document that shows the problem?

With an actual Finale document to examine someone might be able to find the culprit.

You have posted in the forum for PrintMusic.

Probably you will get more replys if you post in the General Finale Help forum.

You can delete the post from the General forum, and post it again in the Playback forum.

I do not know of a way to move the post, sorry.

musicus wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2024 5:56 am

I wonder if there is any piano piece where the composer put a fermata only on one stave,
intending a different performance for the second stave …

Perhaps something like this?

… I've never messed with that, and truth be told, I don't even know what that does! … To insert a Page Break: Page Layout Tool. Click a system to select it. Page Layout menu > Insert Page Break Finale will force the selected system to, always begin a page. Also, to the left of the system (which now...

…The problem arises when I insert a system. It pushes all systems up, and every previous page will try to fit the maximum number of systems on each page, even though I've already set the previous pages to how I like … We need info so that we can reproduce the problem. There are two ways to insert a...

… Page Format / Score also has the 25% setting (but not Parts). However, when I change the system scaling there, it does not change it … The settings in Page Format / Score are the default settings for new systems/pages. Already existing systems/pages are not affected by a change in Page Format / S...

jeffhayes,

Just to get things straight:

The clef is Bass Clef - right?

Playback is correct with the attached layout - right?

michelp wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2024 7:53 pm

At first sight, Finale doesn't offer the possibility of defining triplets with whole notes...There must be a way …

I would
- create a triplet with half notes,
- double the note durations (Utilities menu > Change > Note Durations…)

… this doesn't clarify what measure number #1 is or how/why it was created. The only time I see this indication is if the first measure is a pickup measure (and I've never seen it on a series of measures). Any additional answers about that? Sorry, I was not clear about that. I wrote: “Finale tells ...

Welcome to the forum! There are Measure Numbers, and there are Measure Numbers. 1) Finale needs to “keep track of” a document’s measures. To do so, Finale identifies each measure with a number (an Identification Number). This is - in “Finale-speak” - called Actual Measure Numbers 2) When you create ...

… And with inches through much more complicated … Nobody is forcing you to, in Finale always use Inches as Measurement Units. As a matter of fact, many users prefer smaller Measurement Units, like Points or EVPUs. You can change the default Measurement Units in the sub-menu for Measurement Units. A...

Thank you, Peter, although I don't see any difference in the score The setting {Update Page Layout for Score} affects the default formatting for new systems/pages. You can see the default formatting for new systems/pages here: Document menu > Page Format > Score… You will not see any difference in ...

What you are missing (my guess), is that there are two Finale folder hierarchies, with identically named folders and sub-folders. One resides in the Library folder at root level (system level). Path: (hard drive)/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale 27/… &c. This is Finale’s own “backup” for...

As motet points out, the grey bar only shows in the Staff Tool.

Take a look in the Staff menu.
- Is {Show Staff Styles} selected?
- Is {Show Staff Style Names} selected?

jose oscar wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 14, 2024 5:36 pm

Thank you very much, Peter

But deselected where exactly?
I don't see anything to select/deselect on Utilities menu/Update layout

You are looking in the wrong place.

Page Layout Tool.

Page Layout menu > Update Page Layout for Score

The culprit could be a setting in the Page Layout menu: Page Layout menu > Update Page Layout for Score The setting {Update Page Layout for Score} is program specific (not document specific). If {Update Page Layout for Score} is selected, then Finale will update the settings in {Page Layout for Scor...

blj wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:07 am

… Peter are you working with edition Wilhelm Hansen denmark? …

Not for the time being.