Don't use split/reverse stems for this type of writing: write it in
two layers. Try using layer 1 for the melody and layer 2 for the
drone notes. In Document Options - Music Spacing, make sure that
Avoid Collision of Unisons is set to "all noteheads".
Michael Cook
On 20 May 2006, at 18:05, Mark Q. Simos wrote:
Hey Finale Wizards:
I am in the middle of a piece for solo cello and am finding myself
frustrated in some extended double-stop passages where the melody
is played high on the string using as a drone an upper string
sounding, at times a unison, at times an upper, at times a lower
tone. I would like the notation to visibly show the two voices,
with unisons showing double note heads, and with repeating drone-
string notes beamed together, and slurs marked on the changing
melody line. I've explored various combinations of the Finale
Special Tools menu to do this but, though they seem to supply every
arcane option one could want, the tool is still getting in my way.
Even when I try to force direction on the beams of the melody line
and then add the drone lines in later, either as a second 'chord'
tone or using split stems, Finale seems to automatically switch the
beaming between the voices (and flip the slurs on me in the
process) so that the result looks jumbled and chaotic. The command
to "reverse" stems seems to not help as it attaches the stems to
the "wrong" side of the notehead, not really what I'm after. Any
suggestions would be welcome - I really have tried to explore the
options on my own as best I could!
Mark Simos
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