On Apr 4, 2005, at 9:28 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote:
Darcy James Argue / 05.4.4 / 06:37 AM wrote:
If the rhythms of two wind parts -- say, Flutes 1 & 2 -- are similar
enough to be written on a single staff in the first place, than it's
*much* easer (and more readable) to enter both parts in the same layer,
so that share the same stem
I have a feeling I am somewhat misunderstanding this, but if two is sharing the stem, how can you tell if the note is not solo?
I think most people would default to thinking that they are unison if it is for only a note or two, and you can specify whether TG Tools gives the second part the unison or the rest. To be absolutely certain, you could put two stems on the single unison note. But if there is a long passage with only one pitch, you can mark it I. or Solo and TG Tools will remove it for the 1st part, and give rests to the second part. It's not called SMART part distribution for nothing!
And I think it would be a good feature request if Finale can display/ print in a manner of imploding from multiple staff. I usually create parts then explode. They usually share similar page layout.
You can do this with TG TOols, too. As you say, it saves a lot of reformatting if two instruments have similar layout. Just run TG Tools Smart Distribution on the extracted Flute 1+2 part, reextract the new staves (or delete one and save under a new name) and everything is done for you (or almost!)
Christopher
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