Finale Forum

I have a song with a 4-measure intro that I want to show guitar tablature for, but I don't want the tablature on subsequent systems of the song. Is there a way I can remove the tablature part from subsequent systems?

Thank you!

I created a new score with separate parts for guitar and bass and somehow they default to being bracketed. It's caused problems when I'm extracting parts. Other than a 2-handed keyboard part, I don't see why parts should appear bracketed. Can I change the default on this? Screen Shot 2022-03-28 at 2...

I had previously written minor 7th chords as "min7" but want to switch it to "m7" to save space, but on playback the chords are major. When I first tried to enter "m7" for the chord quality, Finale said it wasn't in the library so I added it and never got the error message again. How can I change th...

A couple recent Finale files I created suddenly lost playback sound using Audio Units - they work fine when I switch to MIDI playback. Can someone help me troubleshoot?

It was the Break Multimeasure Rests I needed to fix - thanks!!

I'm running Finale 25.5.0.259 for Mac, doing a score with multiple parts and the multimeasure tool isn't working. I select the Multimeasure Rests > Create for Parts/Score, make sure all the parts are checked off, but it does nothing, no multimeasures rests in any extracted parts or the score. What a...

I'm trying to do a baritone ukulele tab part, strings tuned D-G-B-E (low to high), but that instrument isn't listed in the TAB options. I went to Score Manager, added a ukulele and edited the instrument (changed MIDI pitch values for each) but when I click OK it doesn't add the instrument to the tab...

That did it, thanks!

I have a 3-beat pickup measure with eighth notes that's annoyingly beaming all six eighth notes (3 beats) together. I want the "2 and" separate from the "3 and 4 and." How can I fix this?

I'm trying to copy/paste notes from a guitar part in treble clef into a tablature part. It asks to specify the lowest fret and I make sure it says "0" but when I hit OK it puts them on lower strings/higher frets. In the attached screenshot beats 2 and 4 should be on strings 2, 3 & 4 open, but they'r...

When I copy notes from a treble clef guitar part and paste them into a guitar tab part, the tab is often totally inaccurate with no relation to the treble clef notes. Not an octave above/below, and sometimes fret numbers will go up as the melody goes down. Is there a way to fix this? Screen Shot 202...

I did a couple lines of standard notation that I copied and pasted into the guitar tab part. For both I indicated the lowest fret should be 7. You can see it worked on the first line, but when I did the second copy/paste the fret numbers were totally off (and curiously looked greyed out/yellowed out...

My friend is running Finale Mac 2014.5 on Mac OS 10.12.6. A few days ago his Simple Entry palate lost a bunch of choices. There's only 4 icons showing up (see screenshot). Does anyone know how to fix this?

I have a measure of music that has an F# (accidental) but later on in the measure I want to indicate an F natural. I can't find it in any of the menus. In older versions of Finale I recall there was a special accidental tool. I'm running 25.5.0.259 for Mac.

Boom - that did it. Thanks!!

I'm writing out a C# major scale and using the chord tool for labeling the notes. As music nerds know, the third note is E# but Finale insists on spelling it as the enharmonic "correct" F. I tried messing around with manual entry but got nowhere. Is there a fix?

My key signature is C major, but I have a measure with an Eb chord that's going to have some Eb's in the melody. The first note I entered an E plus a - (flat accidental), but then in the next Eb an octave higher it entered it on playback as E natural, and forced me to add a flat to it (even though t...

Worked like a charm Bill - thanks!

I've got one part of standard notation and a tab part underneath. I want .75" between these parts/staves throughout the whole piece. Right now I've been going line by line with the staff tool, dragging the tab line up manually to .75. There's got to be a quicker way to do this right?

Someone sent me a Finale file that has a stray N.C. mark ("no chord" I presume) in the music. I can't find it to get rid of in the chord tool or anything. How do I get rid of it?

That did it motet - thanks!

I've got a song in 5/4 and I'm trying to beam eighth notes in groups of 2 beats (so in the attached screenshot "4-and-5-and" would be beamed together). I assume it's the 5/4 that's throwing this whole thing off. How do I fix this?

Just tried it again - now I'm getting just the "H" with no slur. I'd like to see both

Trying to articulate a hammer-on followed by a pull-off in this triplet. I selected the slur tool, double clicked on the first note of the triplet, then pressed Option + the custom line tool. I then scrolled down until I found the "H", selected it, but all I get is the slur mark with no H showing. I...