You need to add a second staff to each system. Finale treats each staff
in a single-staff score as its own system, and you can't put brackets
across systems.
So add a second staff, which will be empty, define a group for those two
staves and then you can place a bracket.
You will have to copy and paste to get the music you want sounding
together into the empty staff of the system.
You have run into a big problem that arises from entering the music in
page view, if you aren't a veteran Finale user -- you thought that the
two staves you entered the music on would be related to each other. No
such luck.
I hope this helps -- thanks for adding the outline of how you set things
up, it's clear now why you can't add a bracket where you think you
should be able to add one.
David H. Bailey
George Ports wrote:
I used the setup wizard to get a page for guitar, no template and didn't
add any staves. There wasn't a grand staff since the guitar setup was
for single staves which I'm wondering is the reason I can't insert (put)
a piano bracket to two staves. Maybe I need to cut and paste the music
on this page to a piano set up with piano brackets, then delete the
piano brackets that I don't wan't. I'll send you the page directly since
I don't think I should send it on the forum.
Thanks,
George
----- Original Message ----- From: "Noel Stoutenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 3:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] Piano Bracket
Friends,
I've so far kept my oar out of this puddle, because I'm not sure I
have enough information to make a meaningful contribution. For
example, when George Ports wrote:
Is there a way to put a piano bracket connecting two guitar (single
staves)? These are not piano staves........will that make a
difference? I have winfin2006b.
I'm not sure what he means by "two guitar (single staves)". It would
help to know exactly how you started the file. Did you start "from
scratch"? Did you use the set-up wizard? If you use a template for
the score, which one? Have you added any staves that might be between
the two guitar staves? Have you moved the position of either (or
both) of the guitar staves within the grand staff since you set up the
score?
I'm not going to venture a guess on what the problem is, but if you
want to email me a copy of the file, I'll be happy to see if I can
find a solution.
ns
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