Thank you so much. Any help on changing the midi playback instrument at these points?
Jim
----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Finale] Instrument changing - midscore
Here's step by step, assuming you have already set your staff to clarinet clef and transposition.
Staff Tool, staff menu, Define Staff Styles.
Available Styles, click the button New to the right.
Name it Trombone Transposition
Select the box First Clef, Select and make it bass clef
Transposition, click Select and make sure it it set to None. When you exit this box, there will be a check mark where previously there was a dash.
If you want the score to reflect the new instrument staff names, change the Full Staff Name to Trombone, and the Abbr. Staff Name to trb.
There shouldn't be anything else to touch here. Clicking any box might turn it full on or full off, which means that that aspect WILL change when you apply the staff style. A dash means no change will be applied.
OK your way back out.
To apply it, select the passage with Staff Tool, and in the Staff Menu select Apply Staff Style. Choose Trombone Transposition, and all will be astonishingly perfect.
I suggest that you apply it from the first measure containing trombone notes (not before, as some do) until the next measure containing clarinet notes. However, I would put "To trombone" as a staff expressions IMMEDIATELY after the last note of clarinet, and "On trombone" or "Trombone" over the first note of trombone music. Similarly to go back to clarinet.
Obviously, clarinet and trumpet have the same clef and transposition, so just the staff expression indicating the instrument change is all you need.
Notice that there is a pre-made Clarinet staff style. This is designed to be applied to sax staves.
Christopher
On Mar 13, 2005, at 8:17 AM, Jim and Pat Sodke wrote:
David
Thanks, but I'm sure I'm finding how to do what you suggest. I'm using Finale for Windows 2004. Can you you give me a few more details?
J
----- Original Message ----- From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Finale] Instrument changing - midscore
Jim and Pat Sodke wrote:Hi all
I'm in the middle of an arrangement for jazz combo with four horns. The band is full of doublers, and halfway through the arrangement, the 1st clarinet switches to Trumpet, and the 2nd clarinet to trombone. How do I Change the two staves to indicate the switching of instruments, and change the 2nd clarinet to bass clef with the appropriate key signature? How do I change the midi instruments at this point in the score to give the correct playback?
Thanks - Jim
The Clarinet to Trumpet is extremely simple -- create an expression TRUMPET which also includes a patch change to the trumpet sound (if you want accurate playback) since clarinet and trumpet share the same transposition and clef. Then create a second expression CLARINET which sets the patch back to the clarinet sound.
The Clarinet to Trombone switch is a bit more complicated. You don't say which version of Finale you're using, but if it is a version which uses Staff Styles, you would accomplish what you want using staff styles defined for the different transpositions/clefs that you need.
If you're on an older version, you'll need to set the Clarinet 2 staff to Independent Key Signature, then insert the same sort of expression as in the first paragraph, and insert a clef-change using the Clef Tool and change the key signature using the Key Signature tool.
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