Jim Fischer wrote:
Is there a way to specify how many systems per page?
I have three staves per system.
Trying to get 5 systems per page like I see in my Handel Messiah copy:
two staves piano and 1 stave vocal.
I looke in the index and no find - o...
I can't say there's not a method of specifying the number of systems on
a page, but if there is, that's not the method I use. In my experience,
Finale is structured to work from the other way, that is, rather than
specifying 5 systems per page, and having Finale determine an
appropriate size for the staves, Finale has you specify the size of the
systems, and trusts you to choose parameters (e.g., system margines,
staff sizes, and inter-stave spacing) such that five systems will fit.
ONe way to do this is to use the "resize tool" (the one with a percent
sign on it), and set the system size to about 50 percent, which should
be small enough to allow five systems per page. One thing to watch in
doing this, is that if you resize the system (or the staff containing
the notes to which the lyrics are assigned, the lyrics, too, will be
reduced by the percentage you choose, and may get to be quite small. To
mitigate this, when I use a small system size, I choose a larger point
size. For example, suppose that you have chosen a size for the type face
of the lyrics as 12 points, and reduce the lyric to 50 percent; in the
resized system, the lyric will be only 6 point. To mitigate this, what
you might do is to choose a lyric type size of 20 points; now when
reduced, the lyrics will appear to be 10 points.
Alternatively, you might choose to change the staff sizes. You could
leave the system size at 100 percent, and change the staff for the
vocalist to 75 percent, and the staff sizes for the accompaniment to 40
or 50 percent to create a vocal score; to create a score for the
accompanist, use a staff size for the vocalist of 40 percent, and a
staff size for the accompaniment parts of 75 percent.
ns
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