--- "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> An issue that I think is highly relevant, but that > only a few can > probably comment on, is how the issue of voice > handling in multi-part > score systems -> parts compares to Sibelius's > corresponding solution > to the same problem. I believe someone said that > Sibelius doesn't do > it too well, but can't recall who. People are going to find that the implementation of Linked Parts in Finale and Dynamic Parts in Sibelius are similar but with various strengths in favor of one or the other. Sibelius doesn't actually have a feature for doing this - a staff in the score will always have the same notes as the parts derived from that staff. Users can work around this in a couple of different ways: 1. Extract the part and work with it the old way. 2. Create the score with all of the staves you will need, including, for example, a flute 1 staff and a flute 2 staff in addition to the flute 1,2 staff that you ordinarily would only show in the score. Then make one huge part from that score that includes only the staves you actually want showing in your score (in this case, you'd leave the flute 1 and flute 2 staves out, adding only the flute 1,2 staff). Both of these methods can be used in Finale as well. Finale offers the 3rd option, which is to let it handle the splitting (and then make edits to it by extracting if necessary). As clumsy as method 2 may sound, it's not a horrible way to go. The idea of being able to see both part staves and the original source staff in the score at once is useful, since you can quickly see which notes are going where to make sure everything is accounted for, and you can also put anything you want on those staves. I suspect some people will use this method in Finale as well when the supplied method doesn't cut it. But we'll also see situations where the Finale method is sufficient or close enough to sufficient to save time. -Tyler __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
