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Yes I am able to manually create multi-measure rest in the parts. I wonder whether you have tried to create multimeasure rests for all the parts “at one fell swoop”: Edit menu > Multimeasure Rests > Create for Parts/Score… [/quote] Holy cow, yes that is it. this is what makes it happen. Thanks Peter...

Ok, I would like to bring this post to a close, I am able to deal with repeat bars in parts and not in the score, without messing rehearsal letters nor measure numbers. The issue of the multi measure rest I can't get around. I am doing what I supposed to do, setting up the parts and score the way it...

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Agostomortal, I think that this is a misunderstanding between you and oldmkvi. You are both talking about “repeat signs”, but in different meanings. By “repeat signs” you mean (forward and backward) Repeat Bars. By “repeat signs” oldmkvi means “One-Bar Repeat”s. That seems to be the case Peter, Tha...

I think at each new Rehearsal Letter, the First Bar should show the actual Measure being repeated. Especially when the Letters appear at the beginning of a Stave. I'm sure I read that Here, esp about Chord Symbols, don't start a new staff with a repeat sign. If Repeats Only goes on very long, one c...

Thank you guys, this gives me some options Rehearsal letters and repeat signs on parts: I prefer repeat signs on a piano part, specially for solos with backgrounds and have 3-4 pages over a 6-7 page part any day, specially in jazz. In my mind, seeing the repeat and seeing the next section skipping a...

Generating parts should create multimeasure rests. You must be doing something wrong. By "repeat" do you mean the % symbol or repeat signs |: .... Yes, something is definitely wrong because the multi rest don't appear. I mean repeat signs over 2 sections with rehearsals letters (i.e: A, B) For the ...

Yes, linked parts that are available as part of the document (score) and then I "extract" from the score once edited. This is what I am talking about. PIC 1: from a nice score, (sax section)..edit part.. to... PIC 2: alto sax part with no multi measure rest, horrible giant measure numbers, added let...

Yes, I have checked Create multi-measure rests, as I explained and used the plug in "Change to default whole rest" as it was recommended somewhere here when setting multi measure rests. (see picture)
I don't know about linked parts. I go to Documents/ edit score or edit parts.

I have use Finale for many years but not written many scores for +17 musicians. Creating parts from the score was a royal nightmare as many manual edits were needed per individual parts, even when I already knew to set up a "parts" file after finishing the arrangement, in addition to a "playback" fi...

Thank you guys for the response.
You are absolutely right, when using Music Spacing (in Utilities), its a compromise with the score, but its in the parts when is most effective.

I see that in Utilities / music spacing. I don't know what was selected before, note spacing or beat spacing, but I don't see any place to see where is the current selection. Document options / music spacing does not show the option to select note, beat or time signature spacing. Now I tried time si...

AS you can see on the attached picture, the slashes are not evenly divided in the piano and drums parts. Apparently, they are following what is written in other instruments and that can lead to confusion in slashes with odd number of beats changing from bar to bar. I need to be able to evenly divide...

thanks for the KS thing, still looking to use the JBB2 with finale V25.

I just upgraded to Finale 25 and want to use the garritan jazz & big band 2 DVD library I bought a few years ago for a big band arrangement i am working on and I Cant use it. Sound Priority map only shows SmartMusicSoft Synth. The Score manager sound column has "edit player.." in red. I can see from...

Thank you guys for all the help..killer feature the arrow to move them up or down a system.

Off course not if you write normal notation. But If you write slash notation, for example as is widely used for solo sections in jazz lead sheets. For the improvisor, the most important information is the form and the chord changes. Having the ability to use independent vertical alignment really hel...

Erik, that doesn't do what I want exactly. first of all I don't know how long(wide) a single system is and then I have to equally divided for the amount of measures (5 in this case). There has to be a way to tell finale to do that automatically, that is: space the measures evenly within a system or ...

OK, that will make ALL measures in a document equal. How about if I want to make just 1 system or a group of system to be equally even (vertically aligned if more that one system)? How to make a 5 measure system to be devided equally too? that means to divide the lenght of the system proporcially an...

thanks a lot!!

Hi, I am using layer 2 with modified noteheads to write kicks or hits over the regular staff on leadsheets. I need to reduce the size of it, like the ones on professional lead sheets like new reak book etc. where the rhythmic information above is smaller that the notes, slashes or whatever on the st...