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by HaraldS
Sun Sep 30, 2018 9:49 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Is it correct to notate like this?
Replies: 23
Views: 8630

Re: Is it correct to notate like this?

Hey thanks for the replies. Yes, it is intended as piano score. So this is a better option then? Yes, definitely. Clear voice leading is always a plus. The visibilty of the measure's two halves (your solution) as opposed to Zuill's solution is another topic. Both are good and perfectly redable, but...
by HaraldS
Tue Sep 11, 2018 4:15 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: x instead of dot
Replies: 6
Views: 2653

Re: x instead of dot

I just hoped I could change the font for one dot individually. You know you can change the font for all dots? Document Options -> Augmentations Dots -> Music Character Select ( manual link ). Obviously you need it for individual dots, which isn't possible, but I just wanted to mention the basic pos...
by HaraldS
Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:01 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Interrupted ties
Replies: 19
Views: 6917

Re: Interrupted ties

How many different tie shapes would be necessary? I guess 4, if I'm not mistaken: a long one for the highest and lowest note in the chord, a normal one for normal positioned chord notes and a short one for chord notes on the "wrong" side of the stem due to seconds. I think, creating those 4 ties wit...
by HaraldS
Sun Sep 09, 2018 10:58 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Slur to invisible
Replies: 5
Views: 2984

Re: Slur to invisible

How to attach slur to a hidden note? I edit a graphic score, therefore I need just that option. Slurs are attached to entries and thus aren't shown when the whole entry is hidden. Instead, don't hide the entry but only its visible elements: hide the notehead with the Special Tools - Note Shape Tool...
by HaraldS
Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:56 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Expressions in multimeasure rests
Replies: 6
Views: 3177

Re: Expressions in multimeasure rests

There's a workaround: for the movement's last bar, create and use a new barline. Duplicate an existing barline, edit it (shape designer will pop up) and add the word "attacca" above it. Two issues with this method: the barline's calculated width is now much bigger and the multimeasure rest ends befo...
by HaraldS
Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:47 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Self Publishing Advice for Amateur Composer
Replies: 17
Views: 8911

Re: Self Publishing Advice for Amateur Composer

MikeHalloran wrote:Perhaps she will be able to go the Eric Whitaker route
I didn't know him, looked up the name on Youtube and found Eric Whitacre - that's him, right?
by HaraldS
Sat May 26, 2018 8:12 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Rhythm header?
Replies: 5
Views: 2595

Re: Rhythm header?

motet wrote:I would just use the regular staff and hide the staff lines, etc.
But the example measure has another width than the first melody measure. So it would be easier to write all measures consecutively and hide staff lines etc. in the first line.
by HaraldS
Tue May 22, 2018 4:10 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale support
Replies: 27
Views: 6987

Re: Finale support

Klemm Music, the German distributor, used to sell Finale in English and has a good hotline with very nice and savvy people. I don't know whether they would speak English, but why not try it.

Harald
by HaraldS
Fri May 04, 2018 6:44 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Midi setup
Replies: 4
Views: 2027

Re: Midi setup

2009 is not supported in 10.13. I’m surprised that it even opens. You should upgrade to Finale25. Although this is an important issue, I suspect that the problem lies prior to that due to the missing "green light". Is it this device ? If the missing green light is the "USB" indication LED, try othe...
by HaraldS
Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:19 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale 25 Horizontal Scrolling Issue
Replies: 7
Views: 5043

Re: Finale 25 Horizontal Scrolling Issue

Is this a Mac issue? On Windows, I can't reproduce it.
by HaraldS
Mon Apr 16, 2018 10:59 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Finale and Automation
Replies: 6
Views: 2916

Re: Finale and Automation

Creating 15 PDFs is simple: set up a score with all your 15 instruments and copy the melody to all staves. Create all the linked parts and send them to a virtual PDF printer like PDFCreator . Prior to that, set your virtual printer to create PDF files in a specific folder without opening each file i...
by HaraldS
Fri Apr 06, 2018 8:50 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: full score dotted bar lines
Replies: 11
Views: 5055

Re: full score dotted bar lines

o Then type in the 3/4 part, declare the time signature to be 3/4, but to display 7/4. NB: If your score displays measure numbers, then the 3/4 measure should not be included in the Measure Numbering (this is an option you can de-select in the Measure Attributes). Since the “display Time Signature”...
by HaraldS
Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Constant beat 4/4 to 6/8
Replies: 14
Views: 5323

Re: Constant beat 4/4 to 6/8

buddymoore wrote:I think that is my current setting. When I click Edit Time Signature it shows 2 dotted quarters. When I increase the number of beats it shows 3. When I decrease it shows 1.
I see. Strange, 'cause it works for me.
by HaraldS
Fri Mar 23, 2018 1:20 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Constant beat 4/4 to 6/8
Replies: 14
Views: 5323

Re: Constant beat 4/4 to 6/8

Set the time signature to 2 dotted quarter notes instead of 6 eighth notes.
by HaraldS
Fri Mar 23, 2018 1:16 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Spatial Notation, wavy lines, etc.
Replies: 8
Views: 3561

Re: Spatial Notation, wavy lines, etc.

For creating boxes around measures you can try my JWLua plugin below. When I opened that, all I got was a picture of a computer screen with EXEC in bright green on it. I double-checked it, the ZIP file contains a LUA file to load into the JWLua plugin. You can see a german description with a pictur...
by HaraldS
Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:02 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Spatial Notation, wavy lines, etc.
Replies: 8
Views: 3561

Re: Spatial Notation, wavy lines, etc.

For creating boxes around measures you can try my JWLua plugin below.

Harald
by HaraldS
Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:17 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Looking for an authoritative resource to settle a dispute
Replies: 34
Views: 12791

Re: Looking for an authoritative resource to settle a disput

One hopes Behind Bars by Elaine Gould would be authoritative. On page 81, she discusses when accidentals after a barline are needed. Elaine Gould obviously does the same as the literature in my bookshelf - "Die Praxis des Notengraphikers" by Herbert Chlapik and "Die Notenschrift" by Albert C.Vinci:...
by HaraldS
Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:54 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale export issue
Replies: 14
Views: 6283

Re: Finale export issue

Harald - I've attached the files - thanks! I only see a .musx file, but no MIDI or audio file. My suggestion was to post all of these for comparison. MIDI file format 0 or 1 shouldn't make a difference, their only difference is whether the channels get mixed to a single track or if each channel get...
by HaraldS
Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Tonica Fugata
Replies: 2
Views: 1832

Re: Tonica Fugata

I don't use it, but it was a topic in several threads in this forum (in German). For technical details, you could contact the author Dr. Dominik Hörnel (picture / mail adress). The manual sheds some light on the underlying technologie as well.
by HaraldS
Sat Mar 17, 2018 5:04 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale export issue
Replies: 14
Views: 6283

Re: Finale export issue

You could post the original Finale file (e.g. a shortened version to show the issue), the exported MIDI file and the exported audio file here for further investigation. E.G. in a MIDI file, there's a reference to a time signature and it would be interesting, if that's already faulty or correct. Coul...
by HaraldS
Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:53 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: multiple short pieces on same sheet
Replies: 7
Views: 3602

Re: multiple short pieces on same sheet

I'm on the latest version (2025) I knew you guys in the US always get the new versions before us in good old Europe, but I didn't know 2025 was already out :) I still have to update to version 25... Anyway, regarding multiple short pieces on a single page, I just finished an opera with just that. T...
by HaraldS
Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:40 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: What do these signs mean?
Replies: 8
Views: 4017

Re: What do these signs mean?

I can confirm zuill's interpretation. It's an abbreviation for writing triplets and other tuplets. I do see this kind of notation regularly in entertainment music from the late 19th/early 20th century ("Salonmusik"), when the spacing was quite dense to save paper (and engraving time).

Harald
by HaraldS
Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:43 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Several movements in one file or several?
Replies: 13
Views: 7434

Re: Several movements in one file or several?

Be sure to use the JW New Piece plugin, it helped me a lot in producing clean parts with multiple mouvements.
by HaraldS
Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:05 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: "Print to PDF" respaces the music?
Replies: 4
Views: 2256

Re: "Print to PDF" respaces the music?

It would be interesting if there are differences concerning music spacing when producing PDFs in the three ways...
- File-export-PDF
- print to a PDF creating virtual printer driver
- graphics tool - export pages

Harald
by HaraldS
Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:59 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Save PDF without the word "Score"
Replies: 11
Views: 14554

Re: Save PDF without the word "Score"

When I save my score on PDF, it appears like this (Cat is the name of the score): Cat - Score.pdf I didn't enter the word "Score", it appears each time automatically, I delete it each time. How to change this ? I'm on Windows, but on my system, the word "Score" comes from the Score manager - File I...