At 18:14 +0100 23/09/2002, Michael Lawlor wrote: >(Windows 2002) >I have added an ossia measure to an extracted part. I am now at a loss to >figure out how to change the contents of the ossia measure (to provide a >simpler passage). I can find no way to access the ossia measure itself and >if I change the contents of the original measure, it updates the ossia >measure, too. How are the two measures made independent? >I believe I have also found a bug in this tool: if the part is defined as a >transposing instrument, the ossia appears at the sounding pitch, not the >notated pitch; if the key signature for the ossia measure is changed, in the >case of a Bb instrument sounding a tone lower, the ossia measure now appears >an octave below the original measure. However, this is irrelevant if the >independence of the measures works. I have also realised it is possible to >switch the transposition off and transpose the part, but this is not a >satisfactory solution in all cases where multiple transpositions may exist >within a single part. Is this a known bug?
When you make an ossia measure, you should first create a "scratch" staff in which you enter the notes of the ossia. This is the source staff. Once you've entered the music, you hide this staff. Then, using the Ossia tool, you double-click on the staff to which you want to attach the ossia. In the dialog you need to enter the number of the (now hidden) source staff. It sounds as if your source staff is the same as the staff to which you've attached the measure, so your ossia measure will just be a mirror of the original one. It's true that it's annoying that the ossia appears at sounding pitch even if the source staff is transposing. You' have rightly supposed that, in order to correct the transposition of the ossia measure, you need to change the key signature in the Ossia Measure Designer. If it comes out in the wrong octave, just transpose the passage in the source measure. Best wishes, Michael Cook _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
