This may be one of my kludges.. I make the key sig. independent in that part, change the part's key sig to C with keep notes enharmonically, transpose notes if needed still. Steve P.
On 29 Jan 2011, at 14:34, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have only recently gotten used to processing parts from within the main > Finale document; I just had a case where an orchestration project made me > enter everything in "C" and then transpose. Now that I know the "display in > > concert pitch" tab is in the document menu, this isn't a problem, however > for things I've already inputed... > > I went back this morning to change my horn in F and trumpet in Bb parts for > proper printing. It's a Verdi banda part, so I wanted to have a similar > look to their regular opera parts, i.e. no key sigs. Why is it that after > I applied my transposition, the moment I hit "ignore key signature" it > applies an additional transposition? Logically this should make the key sig > go > away and then replace everything with accidentals. NOT move notes around. > Perhaps I need a new rubric; could someone give me a better list of steps > if one needs to "attack" a part in this manner? What was weird is that > the horn part acted differently than the trumpet even when following the > same > exact steps. (The key of the piece was Eb, by the way, which may account > for the minor third extra transposition that happened when I hit the > "ignore" button). I tried doing steps one at a time, as well as doing the > transposition and ignore all in one step. Various havoc followed. After > the > screaming stopped, I somehow coaxed the notes and accidentals to where they > needed to go, but it was maddening to have natural signs where none were > needed, and then no accidental when it clearly WAS needed. > > Any advice? Other than I should do some deep breathing exercises? > Michael Wittenburg > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
