On Apr 5, 2008, at 7:46 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Chris,
You can tie forward from any note you wish, but Finale only display
tie ends (a backwards tie at the beginning of a system) if the tie
is a valid tie. If you're trying to tie Db to D natural across a
system, the forward tie on the Db will display but the tie end
going to the D nat. at the beginning of a new system won't.
Yes I had gathered that it only causes trouble on system breaks. I
have often kludged this way before (sounds like a Lerner and Lowe
song!) tying to different layers, having to resort to dragging a
forwards tie backwards to make it work across system breaks. When the
note starting the new system is ALSO tied, I have to keep doing it
until the note stops being tied! Once I had to do it eight times for
eight bars of tied whole notes...
There is no good reason why Finale won't let you go ahead a create a
tie end even if there is no note tying to it, like in second endings
and when starting examples of extracts. The shift-= command in second
endings only works if there is a note in the last bar of the FIRST
ending, which is a ridiculous restriction (as well as the "only in
second endings" restriction.)
Christopher
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