In the current versions of Finale, that "Go To Measure#" is only effective once the first ending is played -- it does not prevent the first ending from being played as Robert asked for help with in the original message.
As I recall that has always worked that way -- it's for defining which measure the repeat should go back to or jump forward to, but only after the first ending has been played. David H. Bailey On 1/13/2016 8:13 AM, Peter Taylor wrote: > I'm not up with recent versions, but in Fin 2005 and 2007 there is indeed an > option in the endings dialog of "Go to measure #". Do you not have it? But > anyway, it's very easy to create it if MakeMusic don't include it in the > modern default files. > > Peter > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David H. Bailey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 12:13 AM > Subject: Re: [Finale] Always skip first ending > > >> >> Thank you, Lawrence and Gerald. I had fun trying to figure out how to >> solve the problem. >> >> But even though my workaround is easy enough to accomplish, it certainly >> begs the question of why MakeMusic haven't built into the endings >> dialogs the option "Ignore this ending - jump to measure #[target >> measure]." >> >> I hope the MakeMusic people who monitor this list take this under >> advisement. >> >> The problem of using the "ignore repeats" in the Playback is that >> sometimes, as in this situation of Robert's, perhaps there is one first >> ending that should be ignored on playback but others that need to be >> taken. >> >> My solution solves that problem but it's a bother and should be an >> option in the repeat dialog. >> >> Thanks, >> David H. Bailey >> >> >> >>> On 1/12/2016 6:49 PM, Lawrence Yates wrote: >>> Excellent - thank you! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Lawrence >>> >>> On 12 January 2016 at 23:35, GERALD BERG <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Brilliant David! GJB >>>> >>>> >>>> From: David H. Bailey <[email protected]> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 6:05 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Finale] Always skip first ending >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/12/2016 1:05 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: >>>>> Is there away to set an ending always to be skipped? I have an optional >>>> 1st >>>>> ending that I never want to hear in playback, regardless of "Ignore >>>>> Repeats" settings. The option to skip the ending is not jumping out at >>>> me. >>>> >>>> I don't see any easy way, but the workaround I've found isn't too >>>> onerous: >>>> 1) in the repeat tool duplicate the D.S. al Fine instruction and edit >>>> the font to be hidden. >>>> 2) select this new hidden D.S. al Fine in the repeat tool and set the >>>> target measure number to be the start of the 2nd ending. >>>> >>>> This worked in my short 3 measure example so I see no reason why it >>>> shouldn't work for you in a more major piece. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> David H. Bailey >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> David H. Bailey >> [email protected] >> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> [email protected] > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] > > -- David H. Bailey [email protected] http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
