Finale Forum

motet wrote:Is timpani and triangle playing at the same time?

They play in the same measure

Put the other instrument in another layer. Whenever I try to do that it doesn't really work. I put the 2nd layer under Timpani to the sound "General MIDI Perc Map" because that includes the triangle sound that I want. Whenever I go to change the notation style of the second layer, it also changes t...

motet wrote:Simplest might be to add the triangle or cymbals on ledger lines above the staff in a different layer, stems pointing up, providing the marimba doesn't play up there (likely the timpani does not).

I'm not able to change the instrument/notation of only one individual layer. Do you know how to?

Hello all, I am writing a song which requires the timpani part to also use a triangle, and the marimba parts to use cymbals, and I don't know how to add in the triangle or cymbal parts to the staffs. If anyone knows how to help me, please respond. Thank you

Glockenspiels transpose 2 octaves lower than written. Starting with Finale 25, there's the option to keep instruments with octave transpositions transposed when the score is in concert pitch. So while Finale displays other instruments in concert pitch, it still transposes instruments like glockensp...

Hi, I'm using Finale Version 25 on a Mac, and whenever I write music for Glockenspiel/Bells and use the "Glockenspiel (Brass Mallets)" from the Tapspace sounds, the playback of middle c for example, will be several octaves down. Does anyone know how to fix this?