Re: [Finale] Shifting Music
On Mar 27, 2006, at 12:00 AM, Carl Dershem wrote: Or maybe just Select Partial Measures, Copy the music, add in a beat, then Paste the selected music? Interestingly, This is what I tried the first time (before I wrote the list asking for help!) - and it worked at the beginning but about 10 measures into the song it went wacky again for some reason... So I wondered if there were another (possibly better) way! :) ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Shifting Music
On Mar 26, 2006, at 11:51 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: So, to particularize my response: in the first measure where the melody was in the wrong place, after making certain that the rebar music box was _not_ checked I'd make certain that the values in the measures in the range of otpion both contained the measure number of the measure I wanted to change, I'd change the meter / time signature of the measure by adding two beats (that is, if the desired measure had a time signature of 4/4 before, it would have a time signature of 6/4 after). Then I'd insert a half note rest at the beginning of the measure in which I just changed the meter signature. Then, making sure that the rebar music option was selected, I'd place the measure number of the measure I'd changed as the first measure of the range, and place the appropriate value as the highest measure number in the range, and change the time signature back to what it originally was (in the case of my example, 4/4). Thanks a bunch - this worked perfectly! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Shifting Music
Jacki B. wrote: Hi, Everyone! Is there some simple way to shift all the notes from a certain point to the end of the song forward or backward in time by a specified amount? Maybe. But since the exact details of how to do it depend upon knowing more about your score, more information would be useful. Does the part of the music you need to shift lie in only one layer? Only one staff? All staves? One general process here is to turn on check for extra notes, and insert a note (pitch is not significant, but duration is: in your case you want a half note) in the line(s) you want to shift. In the dialog box, when you get the warning that there are too many notes in the measure, choose the item that moves extra notes to the next measure as far as needed. I sometimes find another way to be more expedient: add a measure (in your case, containing two beats) just ahead of where you want to insert the half note. On all lines except those you want to shift, and select the parts of the score that get shifted using the mass-mover tool, and drag these toward the start of the piece, into new measure. Delete the extra measure at the end. In your case (though this is not always necessary), using the time signature tool, change the time signature of the new measure to the standard signature of the work, make sure rebar music is checked, and click OK in the dialog box. It sometimes happens in using this technique that longer notes (e.g., whole notes) get partially shifted across a bar line, and converted into two tied halves, which need to be manually cleaned up. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Shifting Music
On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:54 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Maybe. But since the exact details of how to do it depend upon knowing more about your score, more information would be useful. Does the part of the music you need to shift lie in only one layer? Only one staff? All staves? Sorry for the vagueness... The song is a simple lead sheet - melody line only (1 staff), 1 layer at this point. Thanks so much for the response! Jacki ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Shifting Music
Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Jacki wrote: On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:54 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Maybe. But since the exact details of how to do it depend upon knowing more about your score, more information would be useful. Does the part of the music you need to shift lie in only one layer? Only one staff? All staves? Sorry for the vagueness... The song is a simple lead sheet - melody line only (1 staff), 1 layer at this point. So, to particularize my response: in the first measure where the melody was in the wrong place, after making certain that the rebar music box was _not_ checked I'd make certain that the values in the measures in the range of otpion both contained the measure number of the measure I wanted to change, I'd change the meter / time signature of the measure by adding two beats (that is, if the desired measure had a time signature of 4/4 before, it would have a time signature of 6/4 after). Then I'd insert a half note rest at the beginning of the measure in which I just changed the meter signature. Then, making sure that the rebar music option was selected, I'd place the measure number of the measure I'd changed as the first measure of the range, and place the appropriate value as the highest measure number in the range, and change the time signature back to what it originally was (in the case of my example, 4/4). ns Or maybe just Select Partial Measures, Copy the music, add in a beat, then Paste the selected music? cd -- http://www.livejournal.com/users/dershem/# ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Shifting Music
Jacki wrote: On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:54 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Maybe. But since the exact details of how to do it depend upon knowing more about your score, more information would be useful. Does the part of the music you need to shift lie in only one layer? Only one staff? All staves? Sorry for the vagueness... The song is a simple lead sheet - melody line only (1 staff), 1 layer at this point. So, to particularize my response: in the first measure where the melody was in the wrong place, after making certain that the rebar music box was _not_ checked I'd make certain that the values in the measures in the range of otpion both contained the measure number of the measure I wanted to change, I'd change the meter / time signature of the measure by adding two beats (that is, if the desired measure had a time signature of 4/4 before, it would have a time signature of 6/4 after). Then I'd insert a half note rest at the beginning of the measure in which I just changed the meter signature. Then, making sure that the rebar music option was selected, I'd place the measure number of the measure I'd changed as the first measure of the range, and place the appropriate value as the highest measure number in the range, and change the time signature back to what it originally was (in the case of my example, 4/4). ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
