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I Googled <Menu selection from keyboard Mac OS> and that’s how I found it.

Mac OS. And I suspect it’s been around forever; I just never knew about it. In Windows, you have the underlined letter in each menu item. I don’t know what the trigger key is for that, though.

The L is to flip the layer 1 notes, so that the beam goes back to its original position.

I've often admired the ability of Windows users to navigate the menus from their QWERTY keyboards, rather than mousing. I just found out that you can do the same thing on a Mac! CTRL-F2 moves focus to the menu bar, and you can navigate to menus and selections with the arrow keys, and then RETURN or ...

When you add the layer 2 notes, it flips the stem of the layer one notes so they are, correctly, up. My fix: Add the first low A in Layer 3. This will cause the mess. Select one of the layer one notes, and tap the L key, to return it to the original position. Switch to Layer 3, and enter the additio...

Probably because of the cross-staff. Use the Note Position Tool to fix it.

Did you apply Music Spacing? That will usually clear up the overlap.

I'm not clear what the problem is. Can you take a screenshot of the "mess" when it happens?

Finale doesn't work that way. Deselect Check for Extra Notes in Simple Entry Options. (That's why it isn't working for you.) Then, follow your plan. Select the first note, Option-6 to change it to a half note, right arrow to the next note, and delete it.

BuonTempi wrote: ↑

Sun May 19, 2024 7:33 am

This does read like AI.

It did, and they're gone.

Any time something that used to work, doesn't, restart Finale. If no change, restart the computer. If still no joy, refresh the preferences.

Add a scratch staff below your original. Use the plugin JW Staff Polyphony > Staves > Split, which will split the duads into two staves. For the two measures with layers one and two, same thing, except use Split From Layers.

I suspect that you inadvertently switched layers. That’s usually the case when something like that happens. If you double-click on a lyric, it will automatically go to the verse and layer it was entered in. Check your score. If you can’t figure it out, post the score here, and we’ll have a look. If ...

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Wed May 15, 2024 5:25 pm

oldmkvi wrote: ↑

Wed May 15, 2024 4:24 pm

EbM7/C-7 is just C-9.

I know, but not important. This was just an example of a way to create the horizontal line.

And this is why rock musicians play six chords to an audience of thousands, and a jazz guitarist plays thousands of chords to an audience of six…

The lines are word extensions. In your original, they stopped at the end of the song. When you added the extra measures, they carried forward until they hit a rest or, as you found out, a double barline. (Which, I might add, doesn't always stop it.) You can also get rid of them by going to Lyrics Me...

As the first note of any piece that I'm going to enter could be anything , I'm OK with pressing a button to set the value, as I do for all other notes in the piece. Agreed. But I couldn’t find a way to select the Simple Entry tool without choosing a default duration. And even if you could, you’d ha...

motet wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2024 6:01 pm

miker wrote: ↑

Thu May 09, 2024 5:58 pm

My solution for this is to create two scores: one with the tie ends for print, and another fully written out for playback. Not ideal, but it works for me…

My solution plays back correctly.

I’ll certainly try again. Thanks for the tip.

I used the Mac keyboard shortcuts until I switched to Keyboard Maestro. Either way, you can set up to open on your desired duration.

My solution for this is to create two scores: one with the tie ends for print, and another fully written out for playback. Not ideal, but it works for me…

And it sure is easier than dealing with measure number regions!

As you have it. Fermatas should be closest to the note.

Here’s a link to a tutorial I wrote:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1b6sl2ej ... 65wxg&dl=0

You might also consider reducing the size of the lower (optional) note, rather than using parentheses. A reduction to about 70% works well, and (to my eye, at least) looks less cluttered.

When you select a subforum - Beginners, General Finale Help, etc. - you will see a New Topic button. Click on it.

Will do.

Fixed now. ISP attack.