On Nov 4, 2016, at 7:38, David H. Bailey <dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com> wrote:
> On 11/4/2016 5:21 AM, Haroldo Mauro wrote: >> Finale Mac (Marvericks) 2014.d I often use the Tempo Tool to slow >> down just one part of a measure, when I feel that keeping a straight >> pulse sounds unnatural. For example, when the whole orchestra stops >> for a rest on a last beat and resumes playing on the following >> measure. It might sound rushed sometimes, even though the pulse is >> kept. Then, say the metronome is 88, I change it to 75 just for that >> last beat with the Tempo Tool, and back to 88 on he next beat. It >> makes me happy and leaves no markings in the score. Now how would I >> do that one beat slow-down without the Tempo Tool, in Finale 25? > > Good question -- my guess (I don't have Finale25) is that you could > define two non-printing expressions which affect tempo, place one on > that last beat you want the extra time on, defined for 75 (in your > example), then place one on the next beat to return the tempo to 88 (in > your example). > > A bit more kludgy than using the tempo tool, but still possible. > > It does leave me scratching my head as to why they would remove a tool > which seemed to be working just fine. Especially since there have been > no reports here from Finale25 users telling us that long-standing bugs > have been fixed. I guess it's easier to take things out than to > actually fix things which are broken. > > Oh well. > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > _______________________________________________ Thanks. I too, don’t have Finale 25. I just read about this issue with the Tempo Tool and was fustrated with its doing away with. Another option, I read about, is to open the score with Finale 2014, use the tempo tool, save, then go back to Finale 25! Nuisance!! Harold Harold _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
