That seems right. I reserve layer 3 for cues above the staff, and I set Layer Options so that Layer 3 is always stems up, ties up, and rests are displaced by 6 steps. I make sure the option is selected that this happens even when the other layers are empty.
I reserve layer 4 for cues below the staff, Layer Options stems down for Layer 4, ties down, and rests displaced by negative 6 steps. Layer 2 I use in choral parts and keyboard parts and stems down on drum parts (not to mention paired instruments on staves) so I don’t want that for cues. You have to edit the Slash Notation staff style so that under Alternate Notation you edit it to show items in other layers. Otherwise, out of the box, Finale will NOT show anything else. I also add articulations and expressions in other layers to be displayed, because those things need to show, even in the drum part. I also like to Show Active Layer while in Layer 3, select the entire drum staff, and Change Note Size to 75%. I do this only once the whole drum part is done. Some people like the drum cues to be full-sized, but I find it gets crowded at 100%. Repeat for Layer 4. Hope this helps. Christopher > On Aug 19, 2018, at 8:50 PM, Martin Nickless <mnnickl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi there can any one writing big band charts please help me with my drum > parts > I have searched all over finale manuals but with no luck > I want to write small cue size notes above the top staff and small cue size > notes just below the staff > With slash notation in the middle > If someone could bullet point the process I would be extremely grateful kind > regards Martin > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
