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Use the "hide barlines and time signatures" method. In that way you can control, exactly how many notes you get in each system. To enter a note that exceeds across a barline: In this example let's say that you want to enter a half note on beat 4 in a 4/4 measure: 1. Enter the half note as a tuplet: ...

...since rick is located in Florida, he is probably using the american keyboard layout. In the american keyboard layout Mac users can type character #212 with Option-]. For Windows users it's Alt-0212 (type the number characters on the numeric keypad), regardless of the language keyboard layout. Peter

Harmony Assistant and Melody Assistant indeed sound like interesting alternatives to Finale.
You didn't post an URL, but here it is:

http://www.myriad-online.com/en/index.htm

Peter

Finale 2004 has the desired feature in Simple Entry Tool.
Quoting from the PDF manual for Finale 2004's Simple Entry Tool:

"With the caret active, play a note or chord on a MIDI keyboard to enter pitch(es) of the chosen duration."

Peter

Although Finale itself doesn't have these options, at least some of them are available through third party software. To get MP3 files with Finale 2003 or earlier, you can export from Finale as a MIDI file. And from the MIDI file it's possible (with third party software) to create an audio file that ...

Two ideas: 1) When importing from Mac, make sure that the files names end with the .MUS extension. 2) Before transferring the .MUS file, compress it as a .ZIP file. Mac OS X 10.3 Panther can create .ZIP files (Look in the Finder's File menu). The .ZIP file format is a common file format in Windows, ...

To create woodwind fingering charts with the Fretboard Editor: Chord Tool Chord menu > Manual Input Click the note you want to attach the fingering chart to. The Chord Definition appears. In the pane Fretboard click the button "Edit...". The Fretboard Editor appears. Click the button "Edit Instrumen...

Finale's Chord Tool has a Fretboard Editor that can be used to create woodwind fingering diagrams.

With the Fretboard Editor you can easily create vertical fingering diagrams.

If you, however, want the fingering diagrams to be horizontal, it's back to "good old Shape Designer".

Peter

One: Your question is a bit unclear. Please explain what you want, the steps you follow to get it, and what happens. Two: This is called a multimeasure rest. Do this: Measure Tool. Select the empty measures (the measures must be truly empty). Measure menu > Multimeasure Rests > Create Three: Use Lay...

Youssef, You ask "How can I have a standard sharp raising a 1/2-tone file?" I think that you misunderstand me. I wrote "a standard sharp raising a 1/2-tone". It's not a special file. A standard sharp raises the pitch a 1/2-tone. You can have a standard sharp in any Finale file. To put a standard sha...

Since you right-click, I suppose that you are using Finale for Windows. In this example, let's say that you have a standard sharp raising a 1/2-tone, and you want to change that sharp to a 1/4-tone sharp. 1. Switch to Special Tools Tool. 2. (Left-)Click the Accidental Mover Tool. 3. (Left-)Click the...

If it's only one quarter-tone, you might just as well enter a standard accidental and edit it: Switch to Special Tools Tool. Click the Accidental Mover Tool. When you click in the staff, you will get a handle on every accidental in that measure. Context-click (Windows: right-click ; Macintosh: ctrl-...

The online pdf manual has a suggestion for quartertone accidentals. The list in the online pdf manual displays 1/4-tone accidentals in the font Tamburo. Here is a suggestion for 1/4-tone accidentals in the font Maestro Percussion (compare with the list in my first posting!): Alter Amount: 0 ; Charac...

Yes, Finale can do quartertones. I suppose that your problem is the layout, not the playback. There are step by step instructions below. Come back here, if you are having problems with the playback (the playback depends on your playback device). How to set up a quartertone key signature. Key Signatu...

To unbeam: Speedy Entry Tool. Use the / key to join and break beams. To create cross staff notation: Enter both 8th notes in the same staff. Switch to Note Mover Tool. Note Mover menu - Cross Staff Notation When you click the staff, you will get handles on the notes in that measure. Drag the handle ...

In Finale versions before Finale 2004 there is only one way:
Save as a MIDI file, and use third party software to create an mp3 file from the MIDI file.

In Finale 2004 you can also save as a .wav file, and then use third party software to create an mp3 file from the .wav file.

Peter

Your question is a bit unclear. Please explain what you are trying to do. Finale can export as MIDI (.mid format), thus enabling MIDI instruments to play the notes. This is done from the File menu. Finale can export the visual as a graphic, either the entire page(s), or a selected area. Several grah...

The results are very good!

My eyes don't tired with LCD as they did with CRT.

Peter

Excellent, Michael!

I have immediately included your instructions in my private collection of Finale tricks.

Peter

Go to

http://www.jwmusic.nu/freeplugins/index.html

and download the plug-in JW Tempo.

Peter

...or perhaps you haven't created a measure number region?

Measure Tool.
Measure menu - Measure Numbers - Edit Regions...

Peter

The new forum is more attractive and seems to respond faster. I agree. I miss the ability to explode topic threads, and the frames format that allowed viewing of threads and open messages simultaneously. Viewing open messages and threads simultaneously sounds like a good idea, I prefer that Mac hav...

I may misunderstand you, but it seems to me that Finale already has what you are asking for: Chord Tool. Chord menu - One-Staff Analysis or Chord menu - Two-Staff Analysis When one of these two analysis modes is selected, a click on a note will make Finale analyze your four-part chord and place the ...

From Sibelius, export as a MusicXML file. Import the MusicXML file into Finale by using Finale's Dolet plug-in.

Peter

I can think of at least two other ways to do this: 1) Use the Resize tool to make the first system smaller (if desired), then use the Page Layout tool to center this system at the top of the page. 2) Create a Finale file of only one measure with the appropriate number of beats and not displaying a t...