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On a Mac Finale backups default setting is that they are saved in Documents/Finale Files/Backups In order to change this so that a backup is automatically created in the same folder as the original file go to Finale Preferences/Folders and uncheck the Backup Files tab. Of course, in Finale Preferenc...

No rewire on my system afaik.

How do I switch audio playback via MIDI off? I have Logic Pro and Finale open and when I play MIDI in Logic I get a GM piano playing from Finale through my soundcard. If I change to 'Play Finale through audiounits' I get the GM piano through my computers audio. Can I switch off MIDI playback altoget...

This was helpful - A piacere got me there..
https://musicterms.artopium.com/a/Apiacere.htm

Ah, I think Rubato is what i'm looking for..

Haha, go nuts. Well this is a Led Zeppelin song I'm scoring so maybe that's the one!

Thank you for the replies. I guess the problem might be that the reader wouldn't know what 'liberamente' or 'z tempo' means so 'tempo ad lib' might be the best choice. I tried googling an answer to this and (surprisingly), there's no information that I can find which seems strange because if you hav...

What is the opposite of 'a tempo' in musical notation?
In other words breaking with the tempo, at the musicians discression.

zuill wrote: > Kroy was asking about the oddity of the post in which the pictures were > attached, which does appear wrong. My comments are all in the Forum > Feedback topics that are dealing with the new forum format. > > Zuill That's right. In my original post the text: [attachment=1]Screen Shot 2...

zuill wrote: > If you mean after the creation of the triplet, then delete the second 16th > rest and change the first to an 8th. If you want to do I while creating, in > Simple Entry, enter the 8th rest, then press alt-9 and set the triplet to > be 3 16ths in place of 2. In Speedy, press ctrl-1 (opt...

Is something wrong with the way attachments are behaving with the new forum?

How do I combine two sixteenth rests within a tuplet so they become an eighth rest:
[attachment=1]Screen Shot 2019-09-12 at 04.50.42.png[/attachment]

(I tried speedy entry: tuplet, eighth rest, sixteenth, but I get this):
[attachment=0]Screen Shot 2019-09-12 at 04.54.59.png[/attachment]

What's the musical notation/expression for 'break tempo' or mot following any particular tempo, leaving it up to musician's discression?
Can't seem to find it via google..

It looks like there are 2 triplets entered within beat 3. The copying seems to have unmasked one of them. Copy beat 4 and paste it into beat 3, then renotate the pitches. I didn't realise notes could get 'masked' like that. I ended up just starting again then the copying worked ok, because when I t...

Something strange going on here.
When I try to copy this bar: It copies like this:

Peter Thomsen wrote:Another thought:

Since the first tuplet is a 6-tuplet, it might be simpler to notate the second tuplet as a 9-tuplet (= no nested tuplet):

That works - thank you.

Back up to the quarter note and enter the eighth note triplet right away, before completing the outer triplet. Make sure "Insert Notes or Rests" on the Speedy menu is unchecked . The 3 from the outer triplet may overlap that from the middle inner triplet, so you'll need to flip one of them. My apol...

That doesn't match your original picture, though. It can all be done without a plug-in. If there's a sub-triplet at the beginning of the bigger triplet, though, you either need to use the separate tuplet tool (enter all the notes, then start with the inner-most triplets), or, with Speedy entry, sta...

Thank you, I got there in the end. Your encouragement to read the manual led me to The Rhythmic Subdivisions plug-in, which solved the issue. Slowing the section of music down revealed that it's actually this: Screen Shot 2019-07-15 at 14.35.26.png But it needs to be written in 4/4 because the rest ...

I'm struggling with notating this: Screen Shot 2019-07-14 at 21.13.24.png I enter with speedy tool: 1 quarter click quarter with tuplet tool (main toolbar) '3 quarters in the space of 2 quarters' Ok Enter 2 quarters Enter 1 quarter click quarter with tuplet tool (main toolbar) '3 quarters in the spa...

motet wrote:Turn on Automatic Update Layout (and leave it on). Edit/Preferences. There's no benefit to turning it off.

Great, thank you!

I'm using Finale 2009 Sometimes I get this weird thing where the notes extend over the barline. For example, when I try to copy the top 9 bars again or try to enter notes in bar 10 manually I get these two scenarios: Notes entered manually: Finale_Notes over barline_2.jpg 9 bars copied: Finale_Notes...

… Is there a way to copy get this into 2009's Expression Selection? (can't seem to figure this one out and google didn't reveal any clues..) An expression is document specific, not program specific. In Other Words: You can get the expression into your Finale 2009 documents, not into the program Fin...

Oops, sorry! I did not notice that you are using Finale 2009. Unfortunately I do not have Finale 2009. Attached are some older examples (for Finale 2001, I think). You should be able to open them in Finale 2009. Thank you :-) Is there a way to copy get this into 2009's Expression Selection? (can't ...

To get full control over each individual element in the symbol, create it as a shape expression. The “swung 8ths expression (no7)” you have found in the default, is a shape expression. See the attached Finale documents for some shape expression variations on the theme - with 16ths. Thank you, but I...