Oh, that's a better idea! And the time signatures can show (using "Display as..." without having to mess with time sigs as expressions. AND you can lay out the parts any way you like, instead of being forced to do it my way. Yes, this is way better.
But doesn't Finale add a bunch of extra space at the beginning of a bar that might mess up spacing? Or do you have an adjustment for that? Christopher On Sun Sep 16, at SundaySep 16 4:44 PM, Ryan wrote: > Alternatively, you could make the time sig 1/4, and use a staff style to hide > the barlines. Show other time signatures as needed. > I prefer this method since you don't have to mess with barlines as > expressions. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Sep 16, 2012, at 1:33 PM, Christopher Smith > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Unfortunately, the way Finale works is to have one measure equal one >> measure, always. Since you have ten measures in all the parts except >> 8 measures in the drums, this is not going to work in the way that >> Finale would easily do it (say, 2/4 versus 6/8 would be easy.) >> >> There is a way to do this, though. You should create two large >> measures of 16/4 or the equivalent (display as 4/4) so that each >> "measure" takes up an entire system, and add barlines as staff >> expressions. There are excellent ones included in the latest versions >> of Finale, in the Miscellaneous category. You will also have to open >> up some extra space after some of the fake barlines in order to put >> in a dummy time signature as an expression. It IS possible to have >> Finale take expressions into account for spacing purposes, but you >> don't want this for OTHER expressions, so I would create an >> articulation that is a blank character, and take ARTICULATIONS into >> account for music spacing. This can only be applied to a note or real >> rest, not a default rest. You can nudge it around as needed to get >> the amount of space you need. Once you do it properly for one >> "measure" you can copy it to other places as needed. >> >> Dennis B-K, if he is reading, knows this inside out, and will almost >> certainly have some refinements to suggest. >> >> Christopher >> >> >> On 16-Sep-12, at 16-Sep-12 3:09 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: >> >>> I have a drum part with an independent time signature (that has >>> been selected in the attributes for this staff), but I don't know >>> how to rebar the music for the drum part. >>> >>> All other parts have one measure of 4/4, 4 measures of 3/4, one >>> measure of 4/4 and 4 measures of 3/4 again. This adds up to 8 >>> measures of 4/4 for the drummer, and I want the drummer to see only >>> that - not to be distracted by what the other players are doing. >>> When I change the time signature on the drum part for the affected >>> measures, the 3/4 measures are changed to 4/4, but there are too >>> many bar lines, and too many beats. >>> >>> What am I doing wrong? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> >>> Chuck Israels >>> 8831 SE 12th Ave. >>> Portland, OR 97202-7097 >>> >>> land line: (503) 954-2107cell phone: (360) 201-3434 >>> >>> <www.chuckisraels.com> >>> <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
