Re: [Finale] two parts on one staff

2011-03-16 Thread Christopher Smith
There is a Staff Style included in the new templates called Blank Notation with Rests Layer 1. Apply that to your Flute 2 part ONLY (it will not show up in the score by default if you enter it in the part). You can then select the bars (and any surrounding bars) and Create a multimeasure rest fo

Re: [Finale] Notation for dual (simultaneous) meter

2011-03-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Mar 2011 at 8:28, Robert Patterson wrote: > A question has come up on another list about what Elaine Gould in her > book calls "dual meter". This a situation where, for example, 2/4 and > 6/8 coincide vertically or in not-necessarily predictable horizontal > patterns, but the beats (and the

RE: [Finale] two parts on one staff

2011-03-16 Thread Jonathan Smith
This unfortunately is the drawback and I have found no way round it, except that rather than fight it I go with it and leave the 1st Flute part in the 2nd Flute part and indicate it as a cue (you can hide the text expression in the 1st part and show in the 2nd). Most doubled/trebled stand player

Re: [Finale] Notation for dual (simultaneous) meter

2011-03-16 Thread Leigh Daniels
I think de Falla's "El Sombrero de Tres Picos: Suite No.1" uses the = sign quite a bit. **Leigh > >Examples of the 1st option (parentheses) are fairly easy to come by. I feel >virtually certain I've seen the "=" notation in a few standard orchestral >works, but I can't remember which. I think I'v

[Finale] Notation for dual (simultaneous) meter

2011-03-16 Thread Robert Patterson
A question has come up on another list about what Elaine Gould in her book calls "dual meter". This a situation where, for example, 2/4 and 6/8 coincide vertically or in not-necessarily predictable horizontal patterns, but the beats (and the barlines) always line up and have the same duration. Goul

RE: [Finale] two parts on one staff

2011-03-16 Thread Gary Griffiths
I love this, will make the full scores much easier to read. Just a few questions/notes. I needed to check stem directions in layers under document-layers options, so that the stems in the parts went the right way. Check 'ignore layers containing only hidden notes'. If, say, on a flute part with b