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by John Ruggero
Sun Mar 12, 2023 12:10 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command
Replies: 28
Views: 2650

Re: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command

That is very interesting and something I will investigate. However I may have asked the wrong question at the end of my last post. It was in response to this: I don't believe Keyboard Maestro can accomplish this. Here's why: your desired shortcut of CMD+OPT doesn't invoke a keystroke, so there is no...
by John Ruggero
Sat Mar 11, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: FinaleForum vs. MakeMusic/zendesk
Replies: 4
Views: 3523

Re: FinaleForum vs. MakeMusic/zendesk

And therein lies a tale...
by John Ruggero
Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command
Replies: 28
Views: 2650

Re: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command

Thank you for that information, bakkumd. SteerMouse sounds like a very interesting solution that I will try today. I use an Adesso upright mouse that has several buttons on it, so I am assuming it would work with that one. So the Keyboard maestro remapping system that you show only works for remappi...
by John Ruggero
Sat Mar 11, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command
Replies: 28
Views: 2650

Re: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command

I might be misunderstanding but I've used this guidance for various apps on my Mac to remap keyboard shortcuts, and it should work for this: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/create-keyboard-shortcuts-for-apps-mchlp2271/mac I had assigned a new shortcut to Finale through the Mac OS as descri...
by John Ruggero
Fri Mar 10, 2023 4:09 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Outgoing Key Signature Question
Replies: 10
Views: 1230

Re: Outgoing Key Signature Question

You've just uncovered a Finale weirdness that I have never noticed before. The solution is to stay with major keys, that is, go from E major to G major, not E minor, and you will get the normal behavior you expect. I never use the "minor key" setting at all and just stay with major keys, so the prob...
by John Ruggero
Thu Mar 09, 2023 9:27 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command
Replies: 28
Views: 2650

Re: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command

Thanks, Michelp. It's a good idea, but as you may have implied, it's not going to be easy to find convenient shortcuts that are not already Finale, Preview or my own programmed Finale Keyboard Maestro shortcuts. I may have to stick with what I've got. At least, I can keep three fingers planted over ...
by John Ruggero
Thu Mar 09, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command
Replies: 28
Views: 2650

Re: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command

Glad that works for you, but I don't think it applies to Mac Finale 25. Ideally it would. be the same shortcut for both hand grabbers.

So I am wondering if one can change the build-in Finale Keyboard shortcuts or disable them. Anyone know?
by John Ruggero
Thu Mar 09, 2023 1:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command
Replies: 28
Views: 2650

Re: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command

Thanks, Peter, but. that wouldn't work for me. I need the same keyboard command for Finale Hand Grabber as for Mac Preview Hand Grabber as I move through both a Finale File and a PDF on the same monitor. It gets confusing sometimes. So I'd like to change the Finale Hand Grabber to Option-Spacebar, b...
by John Ruggero
Thu Mar 09, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Hand Grabber Keyboard Command
Replies: 28
Views: 2650

Hand Grabber Keyboard Command

Is it possible to change the Finale keyboard command for the Hand Grabber: option-command, to a different keyboard command?
by John Ruggero
Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: adding fingerings
Replies: 16
Views: 1353

Re: adding fingerings

Motet, lynndavidnewton was referring to a previous comment where I mentioned that I have a special notation for showing two or more fingers depressing the same key simultaneously. It's simply two numbers placed together like 45. This technique gives greater stability to the hand when, for example, o...
by John Ruggero
Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:59 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: adding fingerings
Replies: 16
Views: 1353

Re: adding fingerings

Motet, you are right. Once I am finally finished with the current project, I am going to revamp my approach along those lines.
by John Ruggero
Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:57 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: adding fingerings
Replies: 16
Views: 1353

Re: adding fingerings

Sorry I have no experience with Finale 27 and stacked articulations. I was hoping that it might make life a little easier but haven't tried that version of Finale yet. You put the two numbers together like this: 45 and then put the elision symbol over or or under it like this: elisions.png So there ...
by John Ruggero
Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:39 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Is there such a chord?
Replies: 5
Views: 813

Re: Is there such a chord?

A beautiful seventh chord that occurs naturally by stacking thirds on the 7th note of any major scale: B-D-F-A, for example. Grieg would have been lost without it.
by John Ruggero
Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:44 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: adding fingerings
Replies: 16
Views: 1353

Re: adding fingerings

Since my right hand is on the mouse, the left hand has to do all the fingering. It's just nice to be able to press with the 5th finger and get a 5 etc. for notes in either hand. Of course, one could also create a duplicate set of finger numbers for the right hand and mouse with the left, but that se...
by John Ruggero
Thu Mar 02, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: adding fingerings
Replies: 16
Views: 1353

Re: adding fingerings

I couple of other suggestions. If you want your finger numbers to look like what one sees in editions from major publishers, use the Maestro numbers at 12 pt. These are the same numbers that Finale uses for time signatures. I do a lot of fingering and find it very efficient to assign the metatools s...
by John Ruggero
Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:36 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: "Advanced" Finale manual needed
Replies: 49
Views: 4909

Re: "Advanced" Finale manual needed

If one is publishing music, it is important to get everything right and looking good for the sake of credibility as well as esthetics. Experienced musicians instinctively know the difference between a professional and amateurish-looking score and judge what you are doing on that basis. I had one mo...
by John Ruggero
Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:11 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Set template to use Maestro *bold* for half and whole notes only
Replies: 4
Views: 644

Re: Set template to use Maestro *bold* for half and whole notes only

Thanks, bakkumd. I'm glad chimed in and learned something new!
by John Ruggero
Wed Feb 22, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Set template to use Maestro *bold* for half and whole notes only
Replies: 4
Views: 644

Re: Set template to use Maestro *bold* for half and whole notes only

The OP seems to be asking if there is a way of changing the font for just the half and whole note heads. As far as I know there is no way to do this in Finale. It's all or nothing when it comes to note heads. But perhaps someone knows a way to do this. However, one can find or create a different not...
by John Ruggero
Tue Feb 21, 2023 11:06 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow
Replies: 25
Views: 2801

Re: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow

Being able to move a tuplet number around with the mouse is about as basic a function as there is. The fact that we are even discussing a workaround is pathetic.
by John Ruggero
Tue Feb 21, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow
Replies: 25
Views: 2801

Re: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow

I just heard back from MakeMusic personally. They said that they are aware of the bug and that they will "hopefully address it" in a future maintenance update.

I also only use page view, so using scroll view is not really a help for me either.
by John Ruggero
Tue Feb 21, 2023 1:42 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow
Replies: 25
Views: 2801

Re: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow

It was just reported at https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/12406319897111-slow-moving-tuplets-on-mac?page=1#community_comment_12567962519319 that MakeMusic confirmed the problem under discussion as a bug. As stated in the post, this bug doesn't occur in scroll view, only in page ...
by John Ruggero
Sun Feb 19, 2023 1:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: "Advanced" Finale manual needed
Replies: 49
Views: 4909

Re: "Advanced" Finale manual needed

If one is publishing music, it is important to get everything right and looking good for the sake of credibility as well as esthetics. Experienced musicians instinctively know the difference between a professional and amateurish-looking score and judge what you are doing on that basis. I had one mor...
by John Ruggero
Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow
Replies: 25
Views: 2801

Re: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow

Would changing the tuplet definition itself help, or do they really need to be different each time? Thanks for the tip, Motet. I just changed some of my settings for the better for triplets. This would cut down on the hand modifying. But if one wants to place the tuplet number on the note head side...
by John Ruggero
Sat Feb 18, 2023 11:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow
Replies: 25
Views: 2801

Re: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow

Mike, I tried that also, with no success.

Bill Stevens is not seeing this on his Macs, which leaves room for hope, I guess. But after my last experience with MakeMusic support, I don't want to go there again, unless you feel that it would be helpful in this case.
by John Ruggero
Sat Feb 18, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow
Replies: 25
Views: 2801

Re: Tuplet adjustments are extremely slow

I am seeing the same thing in Finale 27, which I haven't actually started using yet. The tuplet number moves in jerks with the mouse, but the arrow keys move it properly. Behavior is normal in Finale 25. This bug is really intolerable.