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by miker
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing time signature of a selected region or bar
Replies: 7
Views: 176

Re: Changing time signature of a selected region or bar

motet wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:47 pm
MakeMusic really needs to get their act together and hire some people with serious technical chops.
And wouldn’t that be a wondrous thing?
by miker
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Body percussion
Replies: 0
Views: 40

Body percussion

I’m looking for stomps, claps, and snaps. Does anyone know where to look?

Of course, (if) after I find them, I’ll be asking for help how to use them, but that’s another problem…
by miker
Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:21 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Score Manager confusion
Replies: 6
Views: 135

Re: Score Manager confusion

I dunno. That’s the way it comes. I’ve never seen this before.
by miker
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Score Manager confusion
Replies: 6
Views: 135

Re: Score Manager confusion

Here you are! Thanks.

I had to load it as a zip. XML is not a valid file extension, it seems.
by miker
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Score Manager confusion
Replies: 6
Views: 135

Score Manager confusion

What is this, why is it here? As usual, I imported an XML from SmartScore, and imported it into Finale. Instead of the regular Women's voice, Men's Voice (which I change anyway) I got these strange entries: Screenshot 2024-03-14 at 1.38.48 PM.jpg Even when I added new staves, and copied music into t...
by miker
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: mover tool
Replies: 12
Views: 275

Re: mover tool

David, great idea, moving the initial rest, down. I used layers, but your way is easier.

jo, with motet’s instructions, I doubt you still need my Finale file.
by miker
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:09 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: mover tool
Replies: 12
Views: 275

Re: mover tool

I wasn't able to duplicate the problem. I did this with the note mover, and JW Change to move the rests off the page.
by miker
Sat Mar 09, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: Lyrics too low
Replies: 11
Views: 341

Re: Lyrics too low

What works best for you is, by definition, the best way!
by miker
Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: Lyrics too low
Replies: 11
Views: 341

Re: Lyrics too low

motet, in my experience, it’s easier to have them in different verses. And make sure that the voices are on different channels, as well.

Jose, yes, that's the way I would do it.
by miker
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: Lyrics too low
Replies: 11
Views: 341

Re: Lyrics too low

Your lyrics are pretty messed up. I can tell by selecting a lyric while the lyrics window is open, and seeing how the selection is jumping around. Right now, both soprano and alto are in verse one, and tenor and bass in verse two. Each part (SATB) should have its own lyrics, in verses 1, 2, 3, and 4...
by miker
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: Lyrics too low
Replies: 11
Views: 341

Re: Lyrics too low

If you are in Type Into Score mode, select a lyric, and you will see 4 triangles on the left. Grab the 3rd triangle from the left, and you can move all the lyrics up or down in that system. To move them globally, grab the 1st triangle on the left.
by miker
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Niente decrescendo hairpin
Replies: 5
Views: 190

Re: Niente decrescendo hairpin

As far as I know, you’ll have to create the circle as an expression, and add it to the hairpin. This is a long-standing request, and they have not implemented it.
by miker
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: How can I have two scores open at the same time?
Replies: 7
Views: 217

Re: How can I have two scores open at the same time?

I open one, and then the other. Does this not work for you?
by miker
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Problems using tablature
Replies: 12
Views: 400

Re: Problems using tablature

No, SmartScore is a completely separate product. Do your scanning and editing there (and there IS a learning curve) and take the XML into Finale for final tweaks. Look over the selection of products. One of the programs below the Pro version might do what you need. SmartScore has notation, although ...
by miker
Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:10 am
Forum: Finale Forum Feedback
Topic: Cut/Paste in Lyrics Window V. 27
Replies: 5
Views: 193

Re: Cut/Paste in Lyrics Window V. 27

I don't use Finale on a regular basis and have recently upgraded to Version 27, Windows. I'm noticing that I cannot "cut and paste" lyrics in the lyrics window as I have done in previous versions. Is this a bug or has Finale been changed in some way to inactivate this feature? It works for me, but ...
by miker
Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Problems using tablature
Replies: 12
Views: 400

Re: Problems using tablature

Your photo scan may have been the problem, or, at least part of it. Using a phone or tablet will always introduce a certain amount of distortion, which makes recognition even more error prone. A flatbed scanner will do a much better job. Still, if you can take a picture and export it as a PDF, let’s...
by miker
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:33 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Vocal ranges
Replies: 9
Views: 376

Re: Vocal ranges

I may be misunderstanding the problem. If it's one particular file, can you post it?

If you need tech support, open a support ticket. This is not an official Finale forum.
by miker
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Problems using tablature
Replies: 12
Views: 400

Re: Problems using tablature

I'd really like to see the original PDF or TIFF, if possible. I use SmartScore Pro, but they have other versions which are limited in what they do, but they all have the same scanning and editing capabilities.

You might not even need Finale.
by miker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:54 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Help to recover old Finale 1998 files done on Windows
Replies: 4
Views: 216

Re: Help to recover old Finale 1998 files done on Windows

Do you have print copies or PDFs?
by miker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:36 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: Dash
Replies: 17
Views: 544

Re: Dash

I sit corrected. I thought the Finale Lyrics was newer than that.
by miker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: Dash
Replies: 17
Views: 544

Re: Dash

I think he was trying to insert the elision character. By the way, between the two versions I have, 2014.4 and 27, they've added a keystroke for the elision symbol, Ctrl+Alt+Shift+minus. Jose Oscar's bio says he's got Finale 25; I don't know if the new feature made it in by then, but if not, it mig...
by miker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Vocal ranges
Replies: 9
Views: 376

Re: Vocal ranges

Info in the Score Manager seems to be locked in to the linked text frames. If you need to make changes in the score, I would suggest using individual text frames, instead.
by miker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: Finale Songwriter
Topic: Dash
Replies: 17
Views: 544

Re: Dash

Were you typing anything other than a space or a dash between the syllables?

Are you using something other than a US keyboard?
by miker
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Problems using tablature
Replies: 12
Views: 400

Re: Problems using tablature

Your method may be part of the problem. It sounds like you used one of the "black box" programs which takes your picture and spits out an XML. So whatever errors may have been picked up in the scan (and I guarantee there were some) were buried in the XML. A program like SmartScore (which I use, but ...
by miker
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Note mover tool
Replies: 9
Views: 330

Re: Note mover tool

And I don't understand the need for the cross-staff notes from the treble, since they are already in the bass staff.