Thanks everyone for the advice and I agree with most of what was written. They actually want the hymn for insertion into their printed bulletins, for which they separate the systems into separate TIFF files so they can break to a new page as needed. I suppose I can just provide them with both 6 & 3+3 and whatever fits best they can use. It's only one hymn that has all the verses.
Rich On Jan 14, 2010, at 6:50 AM, Cecil Rigby wrote: > The Lutheran Service Book (most recent version for LCMS) frequently sets five > verses between the staves. However, there's a bit of space between verses 3 & > 4, which makes scansion to the proper line of succeeding staves easier. I > would definitely set the verses 3 & 3 if two pages are required when the > voice parts and/or harmony changes. For six or more verses I would set 4 in > the music and put 2 underneath. > > However, if I'm only acting as engraver and the client has asked that all > verses go between the music I would gently make my suggestions and do > whatever the client ultimately decides. > > -Cecil Rigby > > ----- Original Message ----- Subject: [Finale] maximum verses between staves > in hymns > > >> I'm setting a hymn with 6 verses. I'm not terribly familiar with the >> conventions — what would be a good limit to the number of verses between the >> treble & bass clefs in a system? _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
