Thanks for the reply. As to the why, that's the way it is in the guitar manuscript I'm typesetting, no double barlines, and several successive key changes for 4-bar phrases, with the key change before a quarter-note length pickup.
John On 5/24/07 6:52 PM, "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Roberts wrote: >> Pardon my ignorance, but can I legally change the key signature in the >> middle of a measure? And in modern practice, do I still need a double >> barline with a change of key signature? If not, and if the answer to my >> first question is "yes," how would I accomplish that in Finale? (Hidden >> barlines and lots of futzing with the measure number tool?) >> > > > Legally? Certainly -- there aren't any notation cops who'll come > knocking in the middle of the night and hit you up-side the head with a > lead anacrusis or anything. > > Is it advisable? Depends on who the musicians are who'll be reading the > music. They'll let you know in no uncertain terms if they don't like it. > > My first question is "Why?" If there's any way to avoid it, my advice > would be to do so. > > Finale will only allow you to change key at the start of the measure, so > you're right you have to futz around with making that measure with the > mid-measure key change into 2 measures and making the barline of the > first of the two resulting measures hidden. > > In Fin2007, you can set the measure attribute for the second measure so > that it isn't calculated in the measure numbers. In earlier versions > you have to monkey around with defining additional regions to handle the > measure number hassles that result from such division of current measures. > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
