Hi Bill, Go to Layer 4 Select Show Active Layer only. In layer 4, put in rests where you want the chords anchored. Input your chords. Mass Edit select all measures. Plugins>Note Beam and Rest Editing>Hide Notes and Rests Go back to Layer one. Uncheck Show Active Layer only You should now see notes in layer one along with your chords.
-K When generating a lead sheet, it is often desirable to have chords that sequence under a fixed melody note. For example, you might have an 8 beat whole note where a sequence of chords are changing under it. This is not in keeping with the way finale anchors chords, since it the chord anchor must be on a tied note, note or rest. I have not seen any way to anchor a chord to a note that's not in the staff. One can generate an artificial chord anchor by breaking a long note into tied notes, but that makes it awkward to read the music, and it's not good notation practice. I tried hanging chords onto alternate layers, but that means sticking notes into the score that don't belong, and I have not figured out how to suppress the printing out of the alternate layers. That really confuses things. Has anyone figured out a way around this? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
