Ah yes. Organizing the score so that a2 sections appear correctly is tricky. Sometimes I duplicate the music into Layer 2 and apply a staff style to hide layer 2 in the score. It's a pain, but it gets the job done.
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for that, Ryan. This is very good info for another occasion. > > The only tricky business is the large number of a2 sections. They show up > only > in one voice as they're entered in only one layer. > > This is an older score from 2000 imported into F2011 for publication, and I > need all new parts. I tend to leave my own stuff in "premiere performance" > condition until it's actually asked for again ... a fairly rare > occurrence. :) > > Dennis > > > On Fri, August 24, 2012 5:37 pm, Ryan wrote: > > Yeah, might be easier to just extract those parts into a separate > document. > > BUT, there is a way to do it, assuming the score is set up correctly. > > Generate a new part. You can then define the voices to show the correct > 1st > > or 2nd part (again, assuming the music was entered correctly). Assign the > > staff you want to appear in that part.* In the new part, assign a staff > > style to that part only. Define the staff style to alter the > transposition > > (2012b) by an octave. > > Use TG Tools Modify Layout to get the part to match the original in terms > > of measures per system, etc. > > I use this method to create Baritone TC parts. > > *A word of warning, if you assign a staff that's already assigned to > > another part, Finale sometimes will remove it from the original part. > > Double check all your parts to make sure the definitions are still in > tact. > > You can also add staves to the score that don't print. Copy the music > into > > that staff and generate a part using that staff. > > > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Fiskum, Steve <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> File>Extract Parts > >> > >> Steve > >> > >> On 8/24/12 3:41 PM, "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> >Hi all, > >> > > >> >Can I get a little help on linked parts. > >> > > >> >I have an orchestral score that's done with all linked parts done. > >> > > >> >But I need extra parts -- horns 8va down, doubled parts split into > >> >individual > >> >parts, etc., alternate parts for other instruments for rehearsal, etc. > >> > > >> >I'd like to duplicate or extract the linked parts that are already set > up > >> >so > >> >they can be modified. I'm stuck. > >> > > >> >How, for example, can I create a horn part that's an octave down that's > >> >otherwise identical to the one that I have now (without it appearing in > >> >the > >> >score), and split it into horn 1 & 2? > >> > > >> >In the old days (which has been until very recently), I'd extract the > >> >parts > >> >multiple times and edit the duplicates to taste, adding cues or special > >> >notes > >> >or markings. They wouldn't be linked, of course. The parts manager > doesn't > >> >seem to allow me to duplicate and edit existing parts -- it makes new > >> >ones, > >> >and stuff I delete gets deleted in the score and other parts. I can't > even > >> >find a way to save the parts as separate Finale files, which would be > >> >just as > >> >good. > >> > > >> >This seems clumsy, so I must be doing something wrong. > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> >Dennis > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Finale mailing list > >> >[email protected] > >> >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Finale mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
