Orchestral instrumental parts are not always printed on separate staves, so perhaps you need to rethink your modus operandi.
Often Flutes 1 and 2 are on the same staff on a single part, same with most woodwind and brass parts. So the horn parts are often Horn I/II and III/IV in newer works and Horn I/III and II/IV in older works, making two staves in the score and only two printed parts (with copies, of course so each player gets a part to practice from.) My opinion as a conductor, is that I can work most easily and quickly when my score shows EXACTLY what the instrumentalists see, so if my score is horn I/II on a single staff, the instrumentalists should see the same on their parts. That way I can more clearly be sure we all understand which part should play which notes. That should make your inputting job much easier. If for any reason you feel the parts need their own staves, and maybe even their own separate pieces of paper, what you would do would be to create your score the way you want it (i.e. multiple parts on single staves) and then extract the parts to their own files. Then, to keep on with the horn I/II example, you would open the part file and then you would explode the music so that each horn part was on its own staff and from here you would extract the second staff to its own file and then delete the second staff from the hornI/II file. But by all means get the score to look exactly as you want it -- it has been my experience that it is far easier to work with extracted parts than to create a score to extract parts from and then from that score to attempt to force it into my desired end result. Others may feel completely different on this issue, and I do hope others chime in with different working methods. Alain Mayrand wrote: > Hello all, > > > > I have been trying to develop a better working method when it comes to > inputing orchestral scores. I have been using lots of keyboard shortcuts > and macros (thanks to Tobias' tools) and whatever can make the job easier... > > > > I am, however, still unsure about what is the best layout for my score > from which to extract parts. I am currently writing the score with each > instrument getting its own part, so that extracting the parts will be no > problem. But then my score has an unusual format since it has four horn > lines, 3 trumpet and trombone lines and, well, you get the picture. I > can then (with some noodling) combine these parts unto one staff to make > a more readable score, but I am not sure this is the most elegant solution. > > > > I hope I explained my dilemma succinctly enough but with clarity. > > > > I hope we can share working methods for inputing orchestral scores. > > > > > > Alain Mayrand, composer > > www.alainmayrand.com <http://www.alainmayrand.com> > > > -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
