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by miker
Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes
Replies: 10
Views: 223

Re: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes

A QWERTY keyboard is a standard US keyboard, identified by the first letters it the top row.
by miker
Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Suggestions for new desktop PC setup?
Replies: 26
Views: 3764

Re: Suggestions for new desktop PC setup?

And….

Poof! They’re gone.
by miker
Sat Apr 13, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Finale issues (version 27.4.1.110)
Replies: 3
Views: 114

Re: Finale issues (version 27.4.1.110)

I would uninstall, SHUT DOWN and restart the computer, and reinstall. Restart again.
by miker
Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Backup in Finale 27
Replies: 15
Views: 288

Re: Backup in Finale 27

Change the .bak to .musx and the files should open.
by miker
Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:29 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes
Replies: 10
Views: 223

Re: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes

There are a lot of things that could be fixed. I'm not holding my breath for any of them. But I think it doesn't matter. If you enter the first note with the mouse, go through the ALT-9, OK, you get what you show. But if you tap RETURN at that point, the carat appears, and you can enter from there w...
by miker
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:44 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes
Replies: 10
Views: 223

Re: Quarters and rests in triplets of half-notes

Worked fine for me. The sequence in Simple, using the numberpad and QWERTY keyboard: 5, pitch, OPT-9 (ALT-9 on /windows.) Set 3 half notes in space of 2 half notes. OK 0 (zero) pitch 0 pitch 0 No backing up, no deletions, no Ëxtra Note setting. As I've mentioned before, some tuplets push a couple of...
by miker
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: SmartMusic
Topic: Change instrument, keep staff name?
Replies: 12
Views: 16194

Re: Change instrument, keep staff name?

davidjoseph wrote:
Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:23 pm
Thank you for this thread, I have the same question and found this when I searched. Hope you are all doing great here. apex roofing
If you continue pulling up old threads and adding irrelevant comments, you will be banned. No further warnings.
by miker
Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:22 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Music spacing problem
Replies: 4
Views: 152

Re: Music spacing problem

Yes, that’s the font it showed. It’s a paid font, and I don’t need it, so I’ll pass on this one.
by miker
Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Music spacing problem
Replies: 4
Views: 152

Re: Music spacing problem

Your file opened with an incorrect font(s). Even after changing the font to Maestro, things were odd. So I can't offer much hope, except to say that maybe you should reduce the number of measures per line.
by miker
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:00 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Articulation With Different Playback Settings
Replies: 4
Views: 144

Re: Articulation With Different Playback Settings

Make copies, and edit them individually. You’ll need a way to keep them straight, so maybe number or letter them,

You may find it easiest (I did, at least) to use the Mac keyboard shortcut setup, to avoid conflicting with other metatools.
by miker
Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:45 am
Forum: Hardware Issues
Topic: Finale 27 Won't Boot - Mac/Monterey
Replies: 4
Views: 6706

Re: Finale 27 Won't Boot - Mac/Monterey

Deauthorize Finale, uninstall, reboot, and reinstall. If it works properly, reinstall the plugins a few at a time (although I doubt that’s the provlem.)
by miker
Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Quintuplets
Replies: 2
Views: 92

Re: Quintuplets

In Simple entry, enter the first note, tap ALT-9 on your numberpad, set the numbers as 5, 16ths in the space of 4, sixteenths. OK. When you return to the score, enter the additional notes.

If you have a lot of these, check Set as Default. Then, enter the first note and tap just the 9.
by miker
Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: eighth note triplet with quarter note as second note
Replies: 7
Views: 194

Re: eighth note triplet with quarter note as second note

Dan, I think the step you are missing is when you are pressing the 9 key. The default setup for tuplets is 3 (use current) in the space of 2 (use current.) So when you enter the quarter note and the tap the 9, Finale thinks you are creating a quarter note triplet. So, enter your quarter note, and ta...
by miker
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:33 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplets within tuplet
Replies: 4
Views: 195

Re: Tuplets within tuplet

Great “here’s how,” motet. I’m going to put that in my notes!
by miker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How do we double note values in a passage?
Replies: 13
Views: 553

Re: How do we double note values in a passage?

Yep, no change. It jammed up one measure, but a simple Music Spacing took care of it.

What happens if you work in Scroll View, instead of page view?
by miker
Sat Mar 23, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How do we double note values in a passage?
Replies: 13
Views: 553

Re: How does we double note values in a passage?

Burt, I don't understand. If you want to double the note durations, you have to rebar, or you have too many notes in a measure. I selected 2 measures of a score I'm working with, which contain eights, dotted quarters, dotted eights, sixteenths, quarters, and half notes: pretty much everything. I wen...
by miker
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing time signature of a selected region or bar
Replies: 11
Views: 465

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: 95

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: 272

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: 272

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: 272

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: 465

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: 465

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: 555

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: 555

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.