grace notes , how to place them?

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scorn
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Post by scorn » Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:31 pm

hi
me again
well i'm on a score now , and when i try to place a grace note , it will be placed just after the last note before , but not before the note i want it to be placed

as you see the grace note is not before the a of the eight note , but after the a of the 16th note before , and there is no way i can move it

can you help pleeeeeease..


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motet
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Post by motet » Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:35 pm

It's a matter of spacing. Looks like you haven't spaced the measure. Do that first (you might want to turn on Automatic music spacing if you've turned it off). Then, in Document options / Grace notes, there's a setting controlling the space between the grace note and the main note.

You can also move the note manually with the special tools.

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Post by Peter Thomsen » Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:33 pm

scorn,

Your screen shot displays a lock icon, telling that the system is locked.
And the spacing looks rather “tight”.
I suspect that you have squeezed too many measures into that system.

That could explain the problem with grace note spacing.

To fix,
- unlock the system (and Update Layout)
or
- keep the system locked, and use a smaller scaling percentage.
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996

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Post by scorn » Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:13 am

ok thanks guys i finally did it thanks to you ..

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