Finale Forum

Having everything in one file just makes my life much simpler - especially for large band scores where I used to end up with 35+ files. Just changing the copyright notice or something simple like a font attribute of certain text was a tedious chore. Hiding the staves I don't want to appear in the sc...

I haven't extracted parts in years. I'm mostly working on orchestral and band scores. I simply duplicate staves in my score that "will have issues" and use them for the linked parts and then hide those staves in the score. It's quite easy and allows for very quick edits and everything in a single fi...

You could use the Beam Extension Tool and do each one manually. Depending on how complex your music is you may have to superimpose a couple of layers (using the tool in different places in each layer) to get the right look but it is possible. There also seems to be a bug in Finale 26 that limits cop...

Jari's JW Change plugin is very helpful to change several parameters (rests/beams/etc.) at once across selected measures.

Perhaps Doug Blackmore's graphic representation of the margin system would help. https://forum.makemusic.com/default.asp ... 48#m262948

Ken

Weird. Jan replied to me later on the day when I first posted here about the lack of response I was getting. I replied to Jan's email and sent a file for examination and, again, didn't hear back. Waited a week and sent another email on Feb 16 and still haven't heard back. Hmmm. Maybe Jan is working ...

Have other people had luck getting a response from Elbsound Studio? I tried emailing them last Wednesday through their website about Perfect Layout and still haven't heard back.

Ken

I'm interested in purchasing Perfect Layout and I've watched the videos but still have a couple of questions about how Perfect Layout handles cues and I'm hoping I can get a user's response/impression (I've already emailed them directly and am looking forward to their reply). 1) When a cue in a diff...

Can anyone confirm the inability to select a tuplet using the tuplet tool when a new window (i.e., 2nd window) of the same file is open? Clicking on the first tuplet note displays the little selection box but I am unable to select it until I close the 2nd window of that file. Ken Finale 26.1, Window...

Thank Peter! Your suggestion about the triplet re-engaged my imagination and I did things a little different. From past negative experience, I try to avoid hiding things by sliding them off the page. For anyone whose interested: 1) Create a 16th note(s) in place of the 32nd rest(s) and program it/th...

Hi Folks, I need a clue on how to beam as in the example attached. It's Respighi's Pines of Rome. I'm trying to reproduce the bassoon/English horn/cello beaming in the 2nd measure of rehearsal [1] (page 2 of the score). If I choose Doc/Opt/Beams/Extend secondary beams over rests it makes both the 16...

Thanks folks. It's was common enough that I was taught to recognize it under the Royal Schools of Music curriculum. I would prefer not to ever see it again but I'm recreating parts of Franck's Symphony in D minor which uses it throughout. I'm surprised non-of Finale's fonts have it.

Can anyone tell me where to find the euro style quarter (crotchet) rest in the Maestro or Engraver font set? It's the backward eighth rest.

Ken