[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have set up a clarinet part with chromatic transposition. However, I am
having a problem with an ossia bar. At first it showed the music at
concert pitch, even though the ossia staff is also defined with chromatic
transposition. The only other option I can think of is to set the ossia
staff as non-transposing, at the correct written pitch. However, I can
foresee problems if I ever need to do this in a more complicated scenario
with several parts and different transpositions. Is there a better method?
I have a second problem with the ossia bar. My smart shape slurs do not
appear in the ossia measure. How do I get them to appear, since the rhythm
of the bar in question is a lot simpler than the original?
My advice about ossia bars is not to use the Finale ossia feature but
instead to add a second staff to the score, optimize it out for all the
systems except where it's needed, then apply staff styles before and
after the ossia, if necessary, to make those measures invisible.
That way you've got a normal staff working in a normal way, doing normal
things with transposition and smart shapes, and don't have to mess with
the buggy Ossia function of Finale.
How many versions has it been that there have been complaints about the
ossia feature? Hmmm, far too many for lots of veteran Finale users to
ever think the program will be anywhere near working completely as
advertised, or being pretty much bug-free.
--
David H. Bailey
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