Thanks as ever. I'll spend a couple of hours experimenting with a defunct score- fingers crossed! Cheers K
----- Original Message ----- From: dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 10:30 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Score reduction. > Keith Helgesen wrote: > > > Can anyone give me a 'thumbnail' sketch on how to convert a full Concert > > Band Score to three or four stave 'Shortscore". > > (Win 2001d) > > > > A thirty odd page full score is great for rehearsal, but a 'short score' of > > three or four pages is much better for an outdoor windy performance in the > > park! > > > > If not can someone point me to it in the OLD (Grrrr!) > > > > Cheers Keith in OZ. > > > > Use a copy of your full score file, saved as something like > MyMarchShortScore.mus > > Use mass mover tool to select the parts you want on one of the staves of > your short score and then under Mass Edit choose Implode Music and then > allow it to add a staff to the bottom of the score. > > Do the same for what you want on each of the staves of your short score. > > Copy the dynamics you need and other expression marks. > > Use mass mover to highlight and delete all the original staves. > > Place text boxes or expressions to indicate the instrumentation where > it's important. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
