Well, a few things come to mind.
First of all, is this an old file being opened in a newer version of
Finale? We know opening older versions is SUPPOSED to be transparent,
but in real life... I have stopped using templates made in old
versions of Finale because they gave me so much trouble, and never
the same problem twice, it seemed.
Could independent key sigs be enabled on the guit and bass staves?
Never mind if YOU did it, just check. Sometimes these things check
themselves. There is an option somewhere to wrap keys; could that be
checked? maybe ONLY on those staves?
Sometimes I hit the metatool for some behaviour or other, then
discover that I was in the Staff Tool, so a weird Staff Style gets
assigned instead of what I wanted (this often causes me to make
everything a bass clarinet transposition instead of respacing!) Could
this have happened?
If all else fails, create a new file with all the correct staves in
the current version of Finale and copy the file contents over. This
often filters out the corruption, if the file is indeed corrupted.
Hold on, I just thought of something. Of COURSE guit and bass staves
are transposing instruments! In the Staff Attirbutes, click
Transposition, and UNcheck Simplify Key! I'm 99% sure that's it.
Christopher
On Wed Sep 30, at WednesdaySep 30 1:40 PM, Carl Dershem wrote:
I'm working on a big band piece that has a section in 7 flats (C-
Flat) in the middle. Oddly enough, the guitar and bass parts are
in 5 sharps (B).
FinWin2k4
Does anyone have any idea why Finale might do that? And if so, why
the guitar and bass, but not the piano? And not the trombones?
Very interesting.
cd
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