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by Mike A
Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Rhythmic notation
Replies: 6
Views: 2734

Re: Rhythmic notation

Thank you!
by Mike A
Mon Feb 03, 2020 8:36 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Rhythmic notation
Replies: 6
Views: 2734

Re: Rhythmic notation

Thank you! Is there a way to silence those notes in MIDI playback?
by Mike A
Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Rhythmic notation
Replies: 6
Views: 2734

Rhythmic notation

Argh, I'm blanking on how to do rhythmic notation like this in Layer 2:

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A little help please?

Thanks!
by Mike A
Tue May 07, 2019 6:09 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 26.1 released
Replies: 29
Views: 11339

Re: Finale 26.1 released

Upgrade to 26 is on sale through May 20 ... $99. Promo code FINALE261
by Mike A
Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing 4/4 to 3/4
Replies: 13
Views: 5578

Re: Changing 4/4 to 3/4

Thank you both!
by Mike A
Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:59 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing 4/4 to 3/4
Replies: 13
Views: 5578

Re: Changing 4/4 to 3/4

zuill wrote:The attached picture is based on the available lead sheet. Is this the idea?
Exactly.
by Mike A
Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:28 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing 4/4 to 3/4
Replies: 13
Views: 5578

Re: Changing 4/4 to 3/4

Does the Bridge change to each 4/4 bar now represented by 2 3/4 bars? When I hear the recording, it sounds more like 4/4 but each measure is doing 2 quarter triplets. That could be represented by 2 bars of 3/4 instead, which is what I guess you are asking about. If so, that can be done easily, I th...
by Mike A
Thu Jan 03, 2019 5:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing 4/4 to 3/4
Replies: 13
Views: 5578

Re: Changing 4/4 to 3/4

Thanks. Still a little unclear on the procedure. Hoping for some clarification of the highlighted portion of Peter's post: To do so, first change the time signature from 4/4 to 3/4, without Rebar Music. Then, change the note values, using the Change Utility. You will have to change one “half-measure...
by Mike A
Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing 4/4 to 3/4
Replies: 13
Views: 5578

Re: Changing 4/4 to 3/4

The song is Day Dream by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, written in 4/4. The recording is by June Christy, with the bridge in 3/4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pSwmU13Reo (bridge at 1:44) Obviously, it wouldn't take me long to just re-score the bridge from scratch, and re-do the lyrics, but I ...
by Mike A
Wed Jan 02, 2019 5:31 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing 4/4 to 3/4
Replies: 13
Views: 5578

Re: Changing 4/4 to 3/4

Thanks Peter. I'm not sure what you mean by "half-measure," though.
by Mike A
Wed Jan 02, 2019 3:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing 4/4 to 3/4
Replies: 13
Views: 5578

Changing 4/4 to 3/4

I have a lead sheet all scored out in 4/4. A singer wants me to change one section of the piece to 3/4, per a famous recording. What's the best procedure for doing that, short of just re-scoring that entire section? I know it's going to take some manual shuffling around, but presumably there's a pre...
by Mike A
Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Alternate bass note playback
Replies: 4
Views: 2846

Re: Alternate bass note playback

Excellent ... thanks!
by Mike A
Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:26 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Alternate bass note playback
Replies: 4
Views: 2846

Re: Alternate bass note playback

Ah, thanks. Is there a way to select that universally, not just chord-by-chord?
by Mike A
Sun Sep 16, 2018 8:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Alternate bass note playback
Replies: 4
Views: 2846

Alternate bass note playback

On playback, Finale seems to ignore alternate bass notes and just play the chord as it normally would. For example, Cm, Cm/B, Cm/Bb, and Cm/A all play back the same. Is there some way to get Finale to play back the bass note?
Thanks!
by Mike A
Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:12 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Minor-chord symbols
Replies: 2
Views: 2248

Re: Minor-chord symbols

Worked perfectly. Thank you Peter.
by Mike A
Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Minor-chord symbols
Replies: 2
Views: 2248

Minor-chord symbols

I occasionally make jazz lead sheets for a singer whose pianist wants to have "mi" as the symbol for a minor chord, e.g., Ami7, so I created "mi" chord definitions for the various types of minor chords. On playback, though, Finale treats those as major chords. Apparently Finale only recognizes "m", ...
by Mike A
Sat Dec 24, 2016 12:00 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Errors When Saving Finale Notation Files
Replies: 8
Views: 6310

Re: Errors When Saving Finale Notation Files

I downloaded one file I sent to myself from another computer that I worked on with Finale 25, and I wanted to edit it using Finale PM 2014 on my desktop. Does it have some problem editing and saving it in a different version of Finale? At least on the versions I have, PrintMusic can't open Finale f...
by Mike A
Fri Dec 23, 2016 4:36 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: scale exercise
Replies: 16
Views: 7793

Re: scale exercise

Fix: Click on “Use Notehead Circle Category Positioning” to de-select it. Click on “Use Notehead Circle Category Positioning” again to select it. Now you will see that the positioning settings are correct - and the expression will move up/down with the note. Ah, I see. Thanks. Strange that you have...
by Mike A
Thu Dec 22, 2016 11:07 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: scale exercise
Replies: 16
Views: 7793

Re: scale exercise

Attached.
by Mike A
Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: scale exercise
Replies: 16
Views: 7793

Re: scale exercise

Peter, it's just your document, the one you posted above.
by Mike A
Thu Dec 22, 2016 6:16 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: scale exercise
Replies: 16
Views: 7793

Re: scale exercise

It works perfectly. It even moves with the note. ... I can also see that as a setup for parentheses. I was thinking about parentheses and other text too. But for some reason, when I take Peter's file and create new Expressions within that same Notehead Circle category that he created, they don't se...
by Mike A
Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: scale exercise
Replies: 16
Views: 7793

Re: scale exercise

I think I figured out how Peter made the circle move with the notes as an Expression, but he can correct me if I'm wrong. I think he started by creating a new category of Expression. Then he went into Edit Categories for that category, and selected: - Justification: Center - Horizontal Alignment: Ce...
by Mike A
Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: scale exercise
Replies: 16
Views: 7793

Re: scale exercise

That's excellent! One question ... On yours, the circle moves with the note when I transpose it, as desired. But when I create a circle in the Expression Tool, it doesn't move with the note. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!
by Mike A
Wed Dec 21, 2016 5:56 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: scale exercise
Replies: 16
Views: 7793

Re: scale exercise

But I don't know how to get those two stemless blacked-in noteheads in there (avoid notes in the scale). I got that figured out, using the Note Shape Tool. Still trying to figure this out, though ... Also don't know how to draw circles (or boxes would also be fine) around some of the notes (the cho...