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Or (2+2+2+3)/8 (like Dave Brubeck's "Blue Rondo a la Turk). That are 3 + 1 beats, I would need 4 + 1. Also, thinking about having to many "+" affects music spacing to much. Than I would need to do TS another way. But good I discovered you just type 4.5 and it works. Even it works like 4.2 or 4.4. I...

miker wrote:Maybe it’s just me, but what’s wrong with 9/8?

Because there are 4 beats, and one half (conducted quickly; not 3 compound, and not 3 + one compound)

Thank you.
It is interesting with 6/7 - a bit more complex, I will read it throughout carefully.

I have found out! The only thing I wonder, how to place the dot a bit lower?

Is it possible to enter, by some simple means, 4.5/4 time signature, or 4½/4?

There are different thoughts about this last practice. I've always slurred to the last tied note as well, but sometimes, especially with a long series of tied notes, this leads to a lot of clutter. In such cases, it would be better to slur to the first of the tied notes. Yes, that is exception of t...

...via the print dialogue was 21MB. Today I decided to renew the whole PDF file in one go from the edited Finale file, but this time via the graphics tool: the result was just 6.4MB. Does anyone know what the excess 14.6MB was used for in the original file? I am just curious. Cheers, Hector. I woul...

Nick Mazuk wrote:I would not use either of those slurs. Definitely using two slurs in that situation is more information that what you would need. I would slur from the first note to the end of the tied note.

That is the correct way, indeed.

If you double click, the slur won't appear. However, if you double click and hold, then drag, it will appear. I have never heard about it but it works. However it doesn't snap. Maybe it is possible to use like that. The measure attached slur is known to me; I wanted just to have more "stable" slur ...

Harpsi wrote:I believe you can use the undo/redo lists to get a visual indication of to what point to undo.

Finale was relaunched, unfortunately...

Yes, that worked indeed. Many thanks!

Done: I just made a new sequence, reversing all back.

Friends,
Is there any way to undo changes that I have applied with JW Change?
There are a lot of sequences (resize noteheads, hide accidentals, and so on) so I need to do all manually.
Possible?

Friends,
How to attach slur to a hidden note? I edit a graphic score, therefore I need just that option.

If it is cadenza, I don't believe anyone is concerning counting the measures.
Write just "tacet" or "cadenza" and that's it (as proposed by Motet above).

I think what I would do would be to apply a staff style to the parts that hides most everything (see below for something similar I do with tacet movements) and then cram all those measures together into a small space. You will end up with a blank "measure" which you could label cadenza. You'll also...

Ok, I have found solution: I will use "tempo alterations" category to attach symbols to the beats. It seems to work well. Also, I have abandoned Times and have completely changed all my textual fonts to FreeSerif. It is amazing font. There are several thousands of symbols. Even musical symbols are a...

Thank you. Good to know.

My copyist sends me new files that are created January 1st 1970.

Vaughan wrote:If you do it in Measure Attributes (Extra Space at Beginning), it will be fixed in eternity forever.

Hm.. but it has returned back.
I am not sure what I have done that is affecting it. Something I did, but not this...

....Actually, Finale sometimes (why, when?) returns back the extra space on the beginning of edited measures.

How to prevent it to happen, so to have it fixed in eternity forever?

Add space at the beginning of the measure by dragging the handle. I'd say it's better to use the "Extra space at beginning of measure" value in the Measure Attributes dialog, where you can enter always the same amount. Dragging is less precise. Yes, this works actually quicker and more precise. Tha...

How about creating a dedicated staff for the conductor symbols? A stave that contains and displays nothing else but those symbols, and where those symbols are attached to specific beats. This staff could then be included in every instrumental part where needed. Yes, I have been also thinking about ...

Is that Couleurs de la cité céleste ? The biggest tam-tam I've ever seen was used for the coup formidable! in that, it completely hid the (standing) player. Actually, I was searching "messiaen beats" and found that picture that I took a screenshot. Now when I checked where I downloaded from, it was...

Hector,
http://notat.io/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=58