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Post by musicus » Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:46 pm

In the attached file I'm trying to hide empty staves,
which are "ossia" notations after the score. I'm clicking on the
empty staves and choosing "staff" and "hide empty staves"
but nothing happens. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.
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Post by motet » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:07 am

Make sure there aren't real whole rests in those measures.

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Post by motet » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:08 am

There there aren't, attach your .musx file and someone will take a look.

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Post by musicus » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:39 am

See the last page of the attached file. Thanks.
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There there aren't, attach your .musx file and someone will take a look.
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Post by Peter Thomsen » Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:34 am

The culprit is the Piano staff group.

If you examine the Group Attributes for the Piano staff group, then you will see that the pop up menu
When Hiding Empty Staves
is set to
Only Hide If All Staves Empty

Instead, choose
Hide Normally
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Post by ebiggs1 » Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:53 pm

What he is saying is the way you have it set up, the bass staff is part of the music. So even though there aren't any notes in it, it won't hide.
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Post by motet » Sun Sep 12, 2021 3:27 pm

Normally you wouldn't use a grand staff for ossia.

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Post by musicus » Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:52 pm

Only if it involves the bass.
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Normally you wouldn't use a grand staff for ossia.

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Post by musicus » Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:52 pm

Thanks, that makes sense.
ebiggs1 wrote:
Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:53 pm
What he is saying is the way you have it set up, the bass staff is part of the music. So even though there aren't any notes in it, it won't hide.

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Post by musicus » Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:53 pm

musicus wrote:
Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:52 pm
Only if it involves the bass as well.
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Normally you wouldn't use a grand staff for ossia.

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Post by musicus » Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:53 pm

I thought I got it but I don't. I have a treble and bass, and I wish to hide the bass staff. So
I highlight the bass staff, select "hide normally" and still nothing happens.
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Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:34 am
The culprit is the Piano staff group.

If you examine the Group Attributes for the Piano staff group, then you will see that the pop up menu
When Hiding Empty Staves
is set to
Only Hide If All Staves Empty

Instead, choose
Hide Normally

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Post by motet » Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:58 pm

Did you do what you just quoted, edit the group attributes? Does it say "hide normally" now? If so, did you do the right group?
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Post by musicus » Mon Sep 13, 2021 12:21 am

See attachment, meas.54.
motet wrote:
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Did you do what you just quoted, edit the group attributes? Does it say "hide normally" now? If so, did you do the right group?
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Post by motet » Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:40 am

The group setting applies to the entire group. "When hiding empty staves, hide normally." You then need to go hide what you want after you change the setting.
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Post by musicus » Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:49 am

Maybe I'm not getting what is meant by "group." Can you clarify?
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The group setting applies to the entire group. "When hiding empty staves, hide normally." You then need to go hide what you want after you change the setting.

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Post by motet » Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:08 am

You can read all about it in the manual

http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... Groups.htm

but for an ossia staff that will usually be hidden, you probably don't want it in a group.
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Post by musicus » Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:50 pm

Thanks for your comment. I followed your link to the manual and found extensive
articles about groups, seemingly very detailed, but could not find anywhere a definition of
the word "group" in the context of Finale. I assume they don't mean Systems or
Staves. The word "group" has many definitions depending on context, and I did
see articles on how to group staves, remove groups, etc. And they do discuss how
to do various tasks. But I still have no idea what is meant by "group" in the context of
Finale. This is frustrating because I would like to follow your suggestion regarding
"ossia" but I don't know how to proceed.
motet wrote:
Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:08 am
You can read all about it in the manual

http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... Groups.htm

but for an ossia staff that will usually be hidden, you probably don't want it in a group.

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Post by musicus » Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:51 pm

musicus wrote:
Tue Sep 14, 2021 8:50 pm
Thanks for your comment. I am a pianist and composer and have been using Finale
for many years. I followed your link to the manual and found extensive
articles about groups, seemingly very detailed, but could not find anywhere a definition
of the word "group" in the context of Finale. I assume they don't mean Systems or
Staves. The word "group" has many definitions depending on context, and I did
see articles on how to group staves, remove groups, etc. And they do discuss how
to do various tasks. But I still have no idea what is meant by "group" in the context of
Finale. Nor do they provide a visual example of a "group," at least I couldn't find one.
This is frustrating because I would like to follow your suggestion regarding
"ossia" but I don't know how to proceed.
motet wrote:
Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:08 am
You can read all about it in the manual

http://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/Fina ... Groups.htm

but for an ossia staff that will usually be hidden, you probably don't want it in a group.

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