We had better make sure we are using the same terms. Part in Finale is NOT the staff name, though most of the time they are the same. You create a PART and add a STAFF to it. The PART name can be different from the STAFF name. Once you are in the part, go to the Score Manager. You unlink the instrument, click on the Instrument Name to change the instrument (I don't see Trumpet in E Flat, but you can choose Trumpet in D), then go to Transposition in the bottom right corner of the window and click it. Choose E flat down minor 3rd etc., and the transposition should be correct WITHOUT AFFECTING THE SCORE. You may need to manually edit the name of the part in Document menu>Manage Parts because it might be called Trumpet in D now.
I don't know what you mean that the "score still changes keys on part A". If you changed the INSTRUMENT or the TRANSPOSITION while only the part in question was showing, AND the instrument was unlinked, then the part should be transposed according to the new instrument chosen without affecting the score. If you change keys in the score, then of course the part will change keys too, but the transposition should still be for E flat trumpet. I don't know if you are using the Key Signature tool to try to change the key of a linked part, but that doesn't work. You need to change the TRANSPOSITION while in the SCORE MANAGER. I don't remember what version of Finale you are using. This only works for Fin 2012. Previous versions need the Staff Style approach. Christopher On Sun Dec 9, at SundayDec 9 9:07 PM, Ralph Whitfield wrote: > Christopher, > > I must be doing it wrong. No matter what I do the score still changes. > > I go to the Part A - Trumpet in Eb, unlink the part, and then make the > change in key. The score still changes keys on part A. > > It may be because I had the parts set up prior...I'll try it again on a > clean score. > > Thanks, > > Ralph > > On 12/9/2012 12:00 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Yes. (though you must have meant "without having multiple STAVES in the >> score." Multiple PARTS is what you want.) >> >> Create a new part, name it, add the staff you want, now read carefully. >> WHILE IN THE PART, go to the Score Manager (command K on Mac) and click >> "unlink all instruments in this part." Now you can change the instrument >> willy nilly, including custom transpositions. >> >> You can also do this the old-fashioned way, by creating a part then adding a >> Staff Style TO THIS PART ONLY changing the transposition. This is possible >> only in the newest version of 2012, or in pre-Score Manager versions. >> >> Christopher > > -- > Ralph W. Whitfield, Jr. > Bass Trombonist - Gadsden Symphony Orchestra > 2nd Trombone - Rome (GA) Symphony Orchestra > Bass Trombone - Kings of Swing > www.rainbowbrassmusic.com > "Trombonist by Nature, Engineer by Necessity." > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
