Hi Jan,

Playback is not the issue. I need a 8vb treble clef to appear in the score and 
a regular treble clef to appear in the part, for a partial measure.

This is standard recommended practice for treating octave-transposing 
instruments in a concert pitch score.

The passages in question do need to be in treble clef, but regardless, it would 
be the exact same problem in tenor clef. (Of course, I'd have to create the 8vb 
tenor clef as a custom clef but that is not the problem here.)

Cheers,

- DJA
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On Apr 13, 2014, at 5:46 AM, Jan Angermüller <j...@angermueller.com> wrote:

> Hi Darcy,
> 
> use a mid-measure clef and then assign
> a playback expression to the first note in the new clef
> that sets transposition to whatever you need (0, -12, 12).
> Repeat the same when switching back to bass clef.
> 
> But do you really need to change the transposition ?
> In standard contrabass notation the treble clef
> is also read as 8vb, just like the bass clef.
> So if you assign a standard bass clef (without 8vb)
> and a standard treble clef (without 8vb) and set the
> transposition settings in score manager to "Down octave".
> Everything should be clear for the bass player and
> you don't need any manual transposition changes.
> 
> Using an 8vb bass clef and a treble clef without 8vb,
> but that playsback as 8vb, seems inconsistent to me
> and also not clear for the bass player.
> 
> And last but not least, treble clefs rarely appear in
> contrabass notation. Usually the tenor clef is used
> for high notes. Only the highest flageoletts or
> Bottesini style arpeggios are usually written in treble clef.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Jan
> 
> Am 13.04.2014 08:08, schrieb Darcy James Argue:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm working with a score in concert pitch, where the contrabasses are 
>> notated with the 8vb bass clef in the score, but a regular bass clef (as 
>> usual) in the part. This is all fine and well and easy to set up in the 
>> Score Manger (with a transposition and Set To Clef).
>> 
>> The problem arises when you need to change clefs to an 8vb treble clef in 
>> the score, showing as a regular treble clef in the part, and this clef 
>> change occurs mid-measure. In Finale 2011 in older, you could simply apply a 
>> staff style with the same transposition but Set To Clef assigned to treble 
>> clef — but Fin2012 and 2014 won't allow you to apply a transposing staff 
>> style to a partial measure.
>> 
>> Given that, what is the best workaround? There is one I can think of 
>> involving clefs as expressions but I'd prefer to avoid going down that 
>> rabbit hole if I can avoid it.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> - DJA
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