> For the first time since starting to use Finale I need to use it > to create a > score and parts for a multi-movement work. Are there any special > ways to do > this? Would it work to just put a final bar in the middle of a score and > continue from there? Also, how can you re-number the measures at the > beginning of each movement? > > Aaron J. Rabushka > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://users.waymark.net/arabushk
Sure, just put a final barline on the last measure in each movement and continue from there. You can start the measure numbering from one for each movement by creating multiple measure number regions (in the Measure tool, see Measure Numbers->Edit Regions). You'll want to change the measure attributes for the first measure in a new movement so "Begin a New Staff System" is checked. In the last measure of the previous movement, you may have to check "Hide Cautionary Clefs, Key and Time Signatures" in its measure attributes. Finally, it is traditional to indent the first system in each movement, and also to use full staff names on the first system. The latter can be easily done by creating staff styles in which you've redefined the abbreviated staff name for each appropriate staff and applying to the first measure of each movement (group names can be changed on individual systems after optimization). It's a little bit of work, but not as bad as it sounds, especially once you've got the staff styles set up that you need. The result is usually far superior to placing movements in separate files, especially when it comes to extracting parts. Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
