Thanks, Christopher… That's what I thought/feared. Let's just say that the musicians of the orchestra will branch out and get accustomed to reading parts in a new style!!!
Neal Gitleman On Sep 17, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Christopher Smith <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> wrote: > Yes, it's possible, but I can tell you I sure wouldn't want to do it! > > You can set staves to have an independent notehead font, you can import > another set of articulations (and re-assign all the metatools for them), you > can set different regions for bar numbers, you can set different staff lists > for different rehearsal letters, you might have to hide time and key sigs and > then add them in as expressions, oy, the list goes on! > > What might be a better idea is for you to do the score in the Handwritten > Style, then copy everything to a new Engraved Style document to create the > parts. Many things will change automatically (key and time sigs, noteheads, > measure numbers, etc.) and you can convert any expressions to the engraved > style fonts using the Font Utilities. YOu might have some surgery to do on > Smart Shapes as well. > > Only the conductor will see the score as all handwritten, while the orchestra > musicians would get the parts from the new file. > > Christopher > > > On Mon Sep 17, at MondaySep 17 9:22 PM, Neal Gittleman wrote: > >> Greetings… >> >> I think I know the answer to this question, but… >> >> FinMac 2012b.r1 running Mountain Lion 10.8.1 >> >> I'm working on a project putting an orchestral accompaniment around a >> pre-existing big band arrangement. One of the big band members created >> their parts and sent me the file, and I'm added the orchestra parts around >> it. His stuff is in the Handwritten Style and I usually do the orchestral >> parts in Engraved Style. >> >> So… >> >> Is it possible to mix those styles -- putting the band's stuff in the >> Handwritten Style they're used to and the orchestra's in the Engraved Style >> they're used to? I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is "no", but I >> figure just because I can't find a way to do it doesn't necessarily mean it >> can't be done… >> >> Any sage advice would be appreciated! >> >> Neal Gittleman >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
