Hi David,

>From your description I'm not exactly sure what you need to do, but I think
using cross staff notation for your left hand will probably help.  If you'd
like to send a file to me privately I'll take a look and maybe I can be a
little more help to you.

Don Hart

On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 12:50 PM, David Smith <desm...@consolidated.net>wrote:

> I need to write a Harp part for a transcription of an opera score
> into concert band and am finding great difficulty.   The Harp part is
> essentially alternating left hand, right hand, left hand, right hand
> on (for example) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & etc.  The right hand stays in the
> treble clef but the left hand part has a bass clef chord then a
> treble clef chord, then a bass clef chord, etc.  When I notate the
> treble clef chord for the left hand Finale puts the stem up with the
> right hand chords (and joins the right hand chords) and won't let me
> change the direction of the stem to join those notes already written
> for the left hand.  Any advice from those who have written harp
> parts?  Thank you.
>
> David E. Smith
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> Lufkin, TX  75915
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