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by Scottbr1
Mon Mar 08, 2021 11:24 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: mixing lead sheet on p. 1 and grand staff on p. 2
Replies: 1
Views: 890

mixing lead sheet on p. 1 and grand staff on p. 2

I would like to write a lead sheet on page one and then switch to a grand staff on page 2 to show some left hand options to play with the melody. Is this possible? Sometimes I would like to have the lead sheet at the top of a page and then switch to a grand staff on the second half of the same page....
by Scottbr1
Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: place an entire scale in one measure
Replies: 9
Views: 3277

Re: place an entire scale in one measure

That worked perfectly. Thanks for taking the time to walk me through it step by step.
by Scottbr1
Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:15 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: place an entire scale in one measure
Replies: 9
Views: 3277

Re: place an entire scale in one measure

solo scales cropped.jpg Here is an example of what I am trying to accomplish. I was successful setting the time signature to 9/4, adding 9 quarter notes to the measure, and removing the stems. But I was not able to find a way to make every other note open or clear like a whole note or a half note w...
by Scottbr1
Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: place an entire scale in one measure
Replies: 9
Views: 3277

place an entire scale in one measure

Finale 26.1 Mac I would like to place 9 notes of a scale in one measure. I would also like to differentiate the chord tones from the other notes in that scale. An example of this can be seen in Jamey Aebersold's play-a-long books. After each lead sheet there is a section for solos. Each measure of t...
by Scottbr1
Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: window with sharps, flats, naturals, etc has disappeared
Replies: 3
Views: 1811

Re: window with sharps, flats, naturals, etc has disappeared

I went to Finale Preferences, chose Reset all Preferences, and quit Finale. When I re-opened Finale, the missing lower half of the Simple Entry palette was there. Thanks for your help.
Scott
by Scottbr1
Tue Feb 26, 2019 10:11 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: window with sharps, flats, naturals, etc has disappeared
Replies: 3
Views: 1811

window with sharps, flats, naturals, etc has disappeared

I am using a MacBookPro MacOS X El Capitan 10.11.6 and Finale 25.5.0.259 The window that shows the simple entry options for sharps, flats, naturals, triplets, etc. has disappeared. The window that shows the notes (whole, half, quarter, eighths, etc is there, but I now have no way to indicate the nat...
by Scottbr1
Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:07 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: songwriter subtitle not displaying
Replies: 5
Views: 16515

Re: songwriter subtitle not displaying

There is a field for the subtitle on the template. I fill in the field, but it doesn't show up on the document. Right now I am typing the title then hitting RETURN to add the subtitle on the second line. It works, but I would prefer having the subtitle a smaller font similar to the name of the compo...
by Scottbr1
Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:30 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: songwriter subtitle not displaying
Replies: 5
Views: 16515

songwriter subtitle not displaying

When I create a new document with the Wizard, I enter a subtitle but it doesn't display on the page. I'm using SongWriter 2010 and a Mac OSX 10.6.8
Thanks for your help.
Scott