Thanks for reminding us about that, Ryan!

I had forgotten about that possibility.

David


On 2/11/2016 7:17 PM, Ryan Beard wrote:
> And be sure to set the last measure of each region to break multi
> measure rests. Could be very confusing if a player saw a 2-measure
> rest comprised of measures 118-121.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Feb 11, 2016, at 2:57 PM, David H. Bailey
>> <dhbaile...@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/11/2016 5:31 PM, Sears, Joel wrote: Back in the day, many of
>>> the west cost composers would scratch out measures they were not
>>> happy with, and continue on, leaving those measure numbers out.
>>> They would, then, give the scores to the studio copyists. The
>>> copyists, working very fast, would just leave the numbers out and
>>> continue on, with what they saw. I am creating a score from these
>>> beautifully hand copied parts and what the score to reflect the
>>> numbers as they are on them.
>>>
>>> I'm using Finale 2014d on a PC. My jazz band score starts with a
>>> quarter note rest pick up. The bar numbers should be from 1 to
>>> 317, not counting the pick up bar. Finale counts the quarter note
>>> rest as a bar but does not number it. The numbers start with the
>>> first full bar, as number 2. I can change it in the Measure
>>> Number dialog box, to start with the first full measure as number
>>> 1, but it ignores it and starts with number 2. My friend tried it
>>> with his Mac  Finale 2014.5 and has the same problem.
>>>
>>> The hand written parts start on the first full bar and are
>>> numbered from 1 to 118, 121 to 317 omitting bars 119 & 120  When
>>> numbers are added to the score in Finale they run consecutively
>>> from 1 to 317. How do I delete bar numbers 119 & 120 and start
>>> with 121 after bar 118 so the Finale score will match the
>>> handwritten parts? If it can be done my score bar numbers will go
>>> 1-118, 121 -317. Any help out there on this matter?
>>
>> Edit the Measure Number Regions. Edit the first region to be
>> measures 2 through 118, start the numbering at 1. Create the second
>> region to be measures 121 through 317, start the numbering at 121.
>>
>> That should leave the pickup plus measures 119 and 120 outside any
>> measure number regions and thus shouldn't show any numbers.
>>
>> I've always found that pickup measures work best for me if I create
>> them by hand rather than using Finale's built-in pickup measure
>> creation, but that's perhaps a discussion for a different thread.
>>
>> I hope this helps!
>>
>>
>> -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
>> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
>>
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>> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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