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by musicus
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: complex meter
Replies: 5
Views: 237

Re: complex meter

I also found a bug, in that when I tried copy/paste it didn't work. Independent time signatures have a bug when drawing hairpins. What are the other limitations, Peter? Can you say more about "This solution works best where the ‘primary’ time signature (= 6/8) is bigger than the ‘independent’ time s...
by musicus
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: complex meter
Replies: 5
Views: 237

Re: complex meter

Thanks.
Peter Thomsen wrote:
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:30 am
Here are two different solutions.

The first solution is more time consuming, but it is versatile, universal; you can do anything.

The second solution is faster, but it has limitations.
by musicus
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:06 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: complex meter
Replies: 5
Views: 237

complex meter

In the attached example it shows 6/8 meter but I'd like the bass clef in this example to be 2/4 while the treble clef remains 6/8. Meas.13 gives an approximate idea of what it should look like, except the LH would be four eighth notes, no triplet bracket. In the example, the LH meas.1-8 is written w...
by musicus
Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:14 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: format question
Replies: 0
Views: 119

format question

I'm a bit confused about the difference between format for score versus part. I've always figured that the score pages should be longer vertically than a part. On the attached, I used Page format/score A4, File menu (same), Redefine pages /all. But for a score page, I used the exact same settings. O...
by musicus
Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: score merge
Replies: 9
Views: 450

Re: score merge

Agreed.
motet wrote:
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:42 pm
Perhaps Perfect Layout tries for good page turns? Otherwise, you must do it manually by shuffling measures and systems around.
by musicus
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:33 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: score merge
Replies: 9
Views: 450

Re: score merge

I am putting together a baroque-style 10-movement chamber work. In order to avoid headaches (including my own), I want to keep the instrument parts as separate files with separate page numbers for each movement, keeping in mind easy page turns, and making one pdf from all of it. To me, the ease of p...
by musicus
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

Thanks.
Peter S. wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:40 pm
"page range" from 2 or 3 through 0...
by musicus
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: score merge
Replies: 9
Views: 450

Re: score merge

Thank you for that.
Bill Stevens wrote:
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:57 pm
Like you, I have had mixed results with score merge. It works much better to generate PDF's and merge those.

::: Bill
by musicus
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: score merge
Replies: 9
Views: 450

score merge

I've been trying out the Score Merge (merging several movements of an orch. score) and have found quite a bit of gobbledy-gook in the result. For example a cello line appears in wrong octave or systems get skwunshed together. The separate movements look fine. Wondering if anyone else has had this pr...
by musicus
Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

Ditto from me. See my comment above to John R. In case it makes you feel any better, musicus,I used to have to painfully "figure out" page numbering in Finale every time I did it, which was fortunately infrequent, because page numbers were included in my main template. Way over-complicated and uncle...
by musicus
Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

Indeed, that does make me feel a bit better. As if Mozart or any great composer would present a new score to an orchestra and they would hesitate to consider it because of the page numbering. And yet the "guidelines" from different souces tell us these things. Take books, for example. I have yet to ...
by musicus
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:17 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

On my mac, "page range" from 1 through 0. Ja. But that doesn't hide the "1."
Peter S. wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:06 pm
This is done on top of the frame: do not use ALL pages but the option "from page x to page y", use 0 for y if you want it to the end...


frame attributes 2.jpg
by musicus
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

That worked. Now I have to figure out how to hide the page number on page 1. Thanks.
Peter S. wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:44 pm
the marked settings should be "left" and "right"



frame attributes.jpg
by musicus
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

I just tried it - it doesn't work. It places subsequent pages only in the middle. (I started by putting the text box bottom middle.)
Peter Thomsen wrote:
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:33 pm
Peter S. is right.

In the english version, at the bottom of the Frame Attributes, select
Use Right Page Positioning

* See the attached Finale document
by musicus
Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

Still no-go. I created the text block this way: I double-clicked the upper L space (see attached), then went up to the text menu, insert/ page number, and that puts in “1.” Then "frame attributes / ALL pages. Good so far. But still can't figure out your instruction for different positioning on right...
by musicus
Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

Re: simple but baffled

The piece begins with page 1 upper Left. I doubleclick text box, text insert page number - and “1” appears - but only on pg. 1. At that point (to get R pages) I am unclear what "rinse and repeat" means. Text Tool > Double click where you want the number > then Text > Insert > Page Numbers Then Text ...
by musicus
Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: simple but baffled
Replies: 17
Views: 653

simple but baffled

Trying to put orchestral score page numbers - baffled! Getting the same number ("1") on all pages, and can't get L and R positioning. Have read the instructions several times. :-(
by musicus
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:09 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: vocal "line"
Replies: 2
Views: 202

Re: vocal "line"

Thanks
motet wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:37 am
In the Lyrics tool, pick Edit Word Extensions from the menu. A handle will appear at the end of the line. Click the handle to highlight it, and press Delete (Windows; looks like it's fn+Delete on the Mac).
by musicus
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:20 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: vocal "line"
Replies: 2
Views: 202

vocal "line"

Here I have some cue notes preceding a flute line. They are sung by baritone. After the word "home" there is a long line that extends for several measures. How would I remove that line? Thanks, see attached.
by musicus
Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: reverb
Replies: 9
Views: 513

Re: reverb

Thanks, I tried d/l from https://audacity.en.softonic.com/mac/download and found it so confusing. Several prompts - "relaunch", "download in progress," "download" appearing several times. Not sure about this. I'm sure the app would help me though. I would suggest, and I do it myself, you d/l Audacit...
by musicus
Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: [staff 5]
Replies: 9
Views: 508

Re: [staff 5]

OK, no problemo.
motet wrote:
Tue Feb 06, 2024 1:21 am
If you're sure you're looking at what you've uploaded, I can't explain it. No way to help you if I don't see it.
by musicus
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: [staff 5]
Replies: 9
Views: 508

Re: [staff 5]

It's on my score on screen, however, it doesn't appear on hard copy. So perhaps
I shouldn't be overly concerned about it. Still I wonder why it's not showing up on screen
for you.
motet wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:26 pm
musicus wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:10 pm
It's to the left of meas.10, 15, 20...
motet wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:59 pm
I'm not seeing "[staff 5]" anywhere.
Not when I open it. Check again.
by musicus
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: reverb
Replies: 9
Views: 513

Re: reverb

I'm assuming that the only two adjustments are the blue-ish reverb level dial and the volume slider - yes?
Bill Stevens wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:36 pm
Odd. It worked for me when I opened your file. Maybe someone else can help.

::: Bill
by musicus
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: reverb
Replies: 9
Views: 513

Re: reverb

I tried that, to no effect. See my settings below:


Bill Stevens wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:48 pm
In the Mixer turn up the reverb level.

::: Bill
by musicus
Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: [staff 5]
Replies: 9
Views: 508

Re: [staff 5]

and what would I do when I get there?
miker wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:03 pm
That’s all done in the Staff menu > Groups and Brackets > Edit…