On 22 Jan 2010 at 0:17, Mark D Lew wrote: > On Jan 20, 2010, at 5:37 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > I'm stuck working with Finale 2003, and am in the midst of doing a > > whole bunch of editions for my viol consort with lyrics. My annoyance > > is the whole issue with spacing of melismas -- i.e., if there's a run > > of 16ths, if the first has a syllable on it, the full space for the > > syllable is allocated to the first 16th, even though the 16ths should > > be spaced normally, because it's a melisma. > > I'm sorry I didn't notice this post earlier, David. If you're not > already done, I would recommend you try turning off music spacing for > lyrics, then respace the music, and see how that works for you.
That's what I originally did, but I didn't like the spacing at all. Besides, some of the measures have melismas and syllabic passages mixed in, so that's unsatisfactory. I didn't try partial music selection for spacing, but it appears that music spacing does not honor partial measure selection, so that just wouldn't work. > (Options > Document Options > Music Spacing > uncheck the box for > Lyrics. In earlier versions, I think it was a separate menu item > called "Music Spacing Options".) > > As one who is fussy about spacing, I find that letting the program > space for lyrics, even when it's done "correctly", leaves much to be > desired. 99% of the default spacing is good enough for my standards. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
