BTW, Chuck, I was looking through the score, and I notice you use expressions instead of Repeat Tool expressions. I, too, used to do that, because the Repeat Tool items were so unpredictable, but there is something that might persuade you to come back to the Repeat Tool for DSes, To Coda signs and the like. It's that they APPEAR on parts even when they are in the last measure of a multimeasure rest! Regular expressions do not, and you have to break the multimeasure rest as you have done, or else re-enter them in the parts and hide them in the score.
I don't know exactly when this happened, but I noticed it in 2012b. C On Sun Sep 16, at SundaySep 16 8:06 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: > Hi Chuck, > > I just sent you an edited version. Because of the tuplets, the 1/4 solution > won't be optimal. I used my solution instead. > > Hey, it's great that there ARE so many ways around this! > > Christopher > > > On Sun Sep 16, at SundaySep 16 6:43 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > >> Hi Darcy, >> >> I just sent you the score - to get a more specific opinion. But just so you >> and Christopher know what I'm facing here, this is the bridge of Bill Evans' >> "Five", in which not only are the measures divided as I describe, but the >> melody is overlaid in groups of 4 quarters in the space of three quarters >> (4:3 tuplets), starting on the second beat of the 4/4 measure. (Of course, >> these are two rhythmically symmetrical phrases, so you only have to solve it >> once). >> >> I played the bass part to this hundreds of times and never once thought >> about how it might be notated. This score supports my contention that there >> was extraordinary invention in Bill's rhythm - a largely ignored element >> when people discuss his music. >> >> I'll send this to Christopher too. >> >> Chuck >> >> >> On Sep 16, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Chuck, >>> >>> Chris has given you the solution for what you want (system-long measures >>> with barlines and time signatures added as expressions/articulations). >>> >>> Depending on the complexity of the part, and whether you need the drum part >>> to appear in the score, there is also the option of creating the drum part >>> as a completely separate Finale document. >>> >>> Another option -- and I'm sure you've considered this -- might be to notate >>> the entire thing in 4/4, using accents to create the implied downbeats in >>> the horns etc. (and perhaps even a dashed line showing the implied meters). >>> This is a strategy that has worked well for my music in the past -- >>> implying different meters superimposed onto the 4/4 grid, without changing >>> the actual underlying time signature. >>> >>> This approach might not be suitable for what you've written, but it does >>> have the advantage of being much easier to do in Finale than asymmetrical >>> barlines, and also gives you consistent measure numbers in the drum part >>> vs. the other parts. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> - DJA >>> ----- >>> WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org >>> >>> >>> >>> On 16 Sep 2012, at 3:09 PM, Chuck Israels <[email protected]> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Finale mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
