Re: [Finale] Beaming Across Grace Notes
I think it's always been like this. I checked in Finale 2004b: it is also necessary to use the slash key on both the grace note and the eighth note. I think there is also a difference depending on if you create the grace notes as you go along, or if you first write everything as normal notes (de-selecting the check for extra notes option) and then go back to turn some notes into grace notes. It's quite infuriating, since you can't see how many times the slash key has been pressed on a particular note. Michael On 18 Jan 2009, at 06:29, Christopher Smith wrote: Yes, this is strange new (I think) behaviour in Finale 2009 (maybe even 2008). In Speedy, you have to hit the / key on the second grace note AND then on the second eighth note. If you hit it on the same note twice, it won't work no matter how many times you hit the slash key on the other note (so if you have already tried this several times and have pressed the slash key an EVEN number of times, you won't get it to work until you have pressed it ONE more time and moved on to the other note. I remember this behaviour as being position the cursor on the GRACE note and hit the slash (instead of the more obvious: position the cursor on the EIGHTH note.) But now you have to do it on BOTH notes, and only an odd number of times, never even! Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Beaming Across Grace Notes
In Speedy, you have to hit the / key on the second grace note AND then on the second eighth note. Worked like a charm. Thanks much. It was driving me crazy. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Beaming Across Grace Notes
On Jan 18, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Blake Richardson wrote: In Speedy, you have to hit the / key on the second grace note AND then on the second eighth note. Worked like a charm. Thanks much. It was driving me crazy. And me too - for years! Nice to get another clue into the mystery of Finale. (They often come from Christopher.) Thanks, Chuck ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Beaming Across Grace Notes
I've got an eight-note/eighth-rest sequence with a grace note before each eighth-note and the normal beaming process doesn't want to work. Is there another way to beam across a grace note and a rest? It's probably something simple I've overlooked. I've posted screen shots of what I'm talking about at the link below. http://gallery.me.com/btr1701/100016 The first image is the Finale document as is, without the beams. The part I'm talking about is the third measure in the Horn part. The second image is the original handwritten manuscript and shows the passage as I'd like it to appear. [For those who are curious, this is part of a film cue called The Basket Game from Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's the part where the evil swordsman challenges Indiana Jones to a duel with an elaborate flourish of his blade, and Jones just sighs and shoots him.] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Beaming Across Grace Notes
Yes, this is strange new (I think) behaviour in Finale 2009 (maybe even 2008). In Speedy, you have to hit the / key on the second grace note AND then on the second eighth note. If you hit it on the same note twice, it won't work no matter how many times you hit the slash key on the other note (so if you have already tried this several times and have pressed the slash key an EVEN number of times, you won't get it to work until you have pressed it ONE more time and moved on to the other note. I remember this behaviour as being position the cursor on the GRACE note and hit the slash (instead of the more obvious: position the cursor on the EIGHTH note.) But now you have to do it on BOTH notes, and only an odd number of times, never even! Christopher On Jan 17, 2009, at 10:08 PM, Blake Richardson wrote: I've got an eight-note/eighth-rest sequence with a grace note before each eighth-note and the normal beaming process doesn't want to work. Is there another way to beam across a grace note and a rest? It's probably something simple I've overlooked. I've posted screen shots of what I'm talking about at the link below. http://gallery.me.com/btr1701/100016 The first image is the Finale document as is, without the beams. The part I'm talking about is the third measure in the Horn part. The second image is the original handwritten manuscript and shows the passage as I'd like it to appear. [For those who are curious, this is part of a film cue called The Basket Game from Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's the part where the evil swordsman challenges Indiana Jones to a duel with an elaborate flourish of his blade, and Jones just sighs and shoots him.] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
