Hi thank you for taking the time to respond in detail Cheers Martin
Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Aug 2018, at 02:58, Christopher Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> [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] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
