Richard Smith wrote:
I would like the first two beats of the measure to have the second violin part in voice 2. I don't want the entire bar in voice 2 because it's a piano part and I don't want unneeded stems hanging around.
For this kind of short polyphony I would use V1/V2 rather than layers. V1/V2 is an entirely different mechanism than layers, with its own set of quirks and limitations, but it handles the situation Richard described very well.
You can also do it with layers by filling only half the 2nd layer and/or hiding rests and freezing stems & ties as needed. But V1/V1 is so easy, why bother.
It seems many do not know about v1/v2. This was Finale's original mechanism for showing polyphony on a single staff. Since layers were introduced (fairly early on), the program always pushes you towards layers. But v1/v2 is still fully supported.
In your particular example, in Speedy enter the half note first. Then position the Speedy cursor back over the half note you just entered. (Over, because the half note will be the second part.) Hit the single-quote key. This toggles you to V2, and you should see "V2" in a corner of the Speedy window. Now enter the top part, the dotted quarter 8th. Then toggle back to V1 (with the single-quote key) and enter the rest of the measure as 2-note chords, or whatever.
-- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
