[Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Is there any way I can place a fermata on a whole bar rest in an empty bar in three time (3/4) Thanks, Lawrence -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Discussion List From: Lawrence Yates [yateslawre...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:13 AM To: finale Subject: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4 Is there any way I can place a fermata on a whole bar rest in an empty bar in three time (3/4

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Enter a whole rest with the Speedy Entry Tool, choose Leave the measure alone in the dialog box, then enter the fermata as an articulation. It's likely you will want this measure NOT to be included in multimeasure rests, which it will not be. Hal Owen Is there any way I can place a fermata

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

That's how I do it. The only issue is with TGTools smart part explosion, which deletes the contents of the measure and replaces it with a default rest, which does NOT have a fermata on it. It also does this with say, a measure of 3/4 with a half rest and a quarter rest and a fermata on the

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Another way I've accomplished this in larger scores is to simply leave the rest as a default whole rest and place a fermata as an expression over the measure. Multimeasure rests will break if you select that option in the creation dialog box. I find it faster since you can add and move

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Now we're talking things I don't understand - how do you get a fermata as an expression? Thanks, Lawrence -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Just a single character text expression using the character in slot 85 from Maestro font (slot 117 is the upside-down fermata). You can define it for playback as a tempo change but would have to reset the tempo following it. Now we're talking things I don't understand - how do you get a fermata

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Thanks - that looks like the solution I need, Cheers, Lawrence 2009/2/17 Richard Yates rich...@yatesguitar.com Just a single character text expression using the character in slot 85 from Maestro font (slot 117 is the upside-down fermata). You can define it for playback as a tempo change but

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Go to the Expression Edit dialog box, pick one of the existing default expressions like p that use Maestro, Engraver, whatever your default music font is, duplicate it, edit, hilight it, change the character to 'U' as in capital U. Done. Put it where you want. J D Thomas ThomaStudios

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

A one-character text expression using your music font. JR On 2/17/09 3:06 PM, Lawrence Yates yateslawre...@googlemail.com wrote: Now we're talking things I don't understand - how do you get a fermata as an expression? Thanks, Lawrence ___

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Lawrence Yates wrote: Now we're talking things I don't understand - how do you get a fermata as an expression? Thanks, Lawrence Create an expression, and in the font selection dialog, choose whichever music font you want and select the character that gives the fermata and that's all. Then

Re: [Finale] fermata on whole bar in 3/4

Thanks for all your help with this - it's solved the problem. Cheers, Lawrence -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale