My feelings exactly, Darcy. And what I'm planning on doing (probably without
double barlines :-).

Thanks for all the replies.
John



On 5/24/07 8:22 PM, "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Personally, I think that's terrible practice. There is a key change
> before a quarter-note pickup? Use an accidental, fercrissakes, and
> change the key sig at the beginning of the next bar.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - Darcy
> -----
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 
> 
> 
> On 24 May 2007, at 7:50 PM, John Roberts wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>> 
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