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Is there a way I can tell Finale 2006 to show the note stems up or down? I want to place soprano notes on a staff with the stems up and the alto notes on the same staff with the stems down. Can I do it either individually or a measure at a time? Also, If I enter the notes in layers then overlay, is ...

How do I do it using Speedy entry or mouse pointer entry?

I use keybord and/or mouse.

for Peter:
I use speedy entry and simple entry.

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How do I make the playback change tempo at a measure and stay until I change it again? I am in the middle of a caore. I start with nothing in a measure except some notes. I use the expression tool, double click the measure to start the expression menu. (An aside - how did tempo become an expression ...

How do I enter mutilpe notes on a staff (like on a piano part)? Can I do this without layers? Will all notes play back?

re: lyric word extensions. The object is to manually put in a word extension. I do Document Options > Lyrics > Word Extensions and see the Word Extensions window. I UNCHECK Use Smart Word Extensions. Now I click OK. and am in the Lyrics window. I click ok and am back at my score. I click Lyrics tool...

Could someone please give me some guidance on the meaning of Level, Voice, and Verse in the Finale contex?

I put lyrics in on one part of a score - sayteh suprano line. Then I copy the lyrics to the tenor line. Is there a way to edit the soprano line lyrics without the same changes being seen in the tenor line? With 'EDIT LYRICS' I get the same changes in both places.

Is there a way to enter word extensions manually?

when I view all layers teh note stems are sometimes 'mixed up'. When the note rhythms are the same there is not too much of a problem, but when rhythms differ the note stems are confusing. Is there a way to control note stems indivfidually in a 'show all layers' mode?

Primarily for Peter Thanks, but !!! I have Finale 2006 if it makes any differebce. I have the two layers. you say go to the edit menu >Move/Copy layers.. I go to the edit window and see nothing about copy/move layers ??? Can you be VERY specific on where I put the cursor and what I do please. I just...

I have a tenor voice staff in trebel clef. I want to copy it to the bass staff of a piano score. When I do it I wind up with the bass staff in the piano score with a trebel clef. How do I do it and get it to be transposed to bass cleff? Also, how do I move a line up or down an octave in a staff?

I have a layer 1 and a layer 2. How do I copy from a staff in layer 1 to a different staff in layer 2?

I have a chorus set up S/A/T/B on four staffs with notes entered for each. For accompaniment purposes only I'd like to put the S and A notes on the trebel piano staff and the T and B notes on the bass piano staff. 1st: In the set up how do I get the piano staffs to be below the S/A/T/B staffs? 2nd: ...

I define oboe and bassoon staffs in my Finale .mus file. I save as .mid with each given a midi track and everything works ok. I define tenor and bass (for a choral work) staffs in Finale. When I save as .mid, EVEN WHEN I CHOOSE EACH TO HAVE ITS OWN TRACK, I wind up with only a single mid track with ...

Is there any way to just have the staff and key signature on the first line of a single part and not on every line (in page view naturally?