Hi Karl,
I use the Explode Music feature that is built in to Finale for this but using a little bit of a different method when two parts are sharing stems in some places and unison in others. (This leaves the notes where things are unison in tact.)
For instance for Flute one and two...I would extract the combined part, set up the layout the way I want it to be and make sure everything is aligned the way I want it etc and save. Then I do a "save as" and save as Flute 2 so I now have two identical parts.
To create the Flute 1 part, go back to your original part and:
Explode music with settings as follows:
Split into: 1 Staves and check the "one note per staff" box Explode direction: Top Down Extra Notes: Discard Place Music Into: Existing Staves Starting With Staff "(your staff name here)" Click OK
This will leave you with one line of music for your Flute one part. (Change the name of course to Flute 1)
I then go to my "saved as" part (Flute 2).
Go to explode music again and the only setting you have to change now is:
Explode Direction: Bottom Up
If you have done everything correctly, your second part should only take you a few minutes to do because you already have the layout and alignment done.
One last thing, on a Mac the shortcut for Explode Music while in the Mass Edit tool is simply the number 2. Implode is the number 1. Don't know if this is the same on a PC.
Best,
Karen
I have composed a large (some 236 measures!) work for full concert band. That was the easy part, and here is the notational problem.
I have composed my score in pencil on paper, as is my custom, and am ready now to start entering the score, on my 2002b software. I want to do the score "in C", and then extract the parts in their appropriate transpositions. That (I think) I can handle!
Here's where I need help! In the score I would like to be able to pair certain instruments on a single staff, like, Flutes 1&2, Oboes 1&2, etc. If I entered a pair of instruments in the score in a single staff, is it possible then to extract the parts for Flute 1 and for Flute 2 separately?! (And, of course, also for Oboes, Bassoons, Alto Saxophones, Horns, Trombones...)
If there is no way to do this, does it mean that one needs to enter each instrument on a separate staff in order to be able to extract each part separately. Right, or not?! The down-side to that is that it makes for a very long (vertical) score when you have a large instrumentation.
Well, there is my question. I will be most grateful for your expert commentz.
Karl Kohn Professor of Music and Composer in Residence emeritus Pomona College Claremont, California
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