I just tried both ways and they both work; however, I think Chuck's method is way cooler and I never heard that one before!
Thank you, Chuck! Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >________________________________ > From: Chuck Israels <cisra...@comcast.net> >To: finale@shsu.edu >Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:34 AM >Subject: Re: [Finale] Ties into second endings > >It usually works for me to enter Opt./= on the first note of the second >ending. That is supposed to put a backwards half tie on the note and usually >does. > >There have been times (perhaps with older updated files) where that doesn't >work, and I have to use a hand slur adjusted to resemble the ties. > >Chuck > > >On Jul 31, 2012, at 8:34 AM, Craig Parmerlee wrote: > >> This is something that has always bugged me. There are many cases where >> the last note before an ending ties, and the tie goes into the first >> note of BOTH the first and second ending. In fact, that is the normal >> case of a tie. In my view, it is invalid to right a tie going into the >> first ending if the tie doesn't also go into the second ending. >> >> The normal way of notating this is to show "the right half of the tie" >> going into the first note of the second ending. But Finale doesn't do >> this. It seems that it should be automatic. It would seem to be very >> straightforward to say "If an ending begins with a note and the measure >> before the ending ended with a tie, then draw the right end of the tie >> going into the ending." >> >> I cannot find any option that does this. Am I missing something? >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >Chuck Israels >8831 SE 12th Ave. >Portland, OR 97202-7097 > >land line: (503) 954-2107 >cell phone: (360) 201-3434 > ><www.chuckisraels.com> ><www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
