[Finale] Standards for Rehearsal marker placement and repeat bar height
Is there a standard for Rehearsal Letters in rectangles for placement.? I'm always having to tweak the placement to stay out of the way of chord symbols on beat 1. Also is there a standard height for repeat lines above the staff - I am always having to tweak to make room for 16pt font chord symbols.??? Thx much, Jim :: j i m f i s c h e r :: p r o d u c e r ♫ ♪ ♫ :: m u s i c b o x :: p r o d u c t i o n s :: v a n c o u v e r, w a, u s a :: www.jimfischer.net ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Standards for Rehearsal marker placement and repeat bar height
The short answer is no. Rehearsal letters are one of those things, which not being essential to the musical information, are moved around to avoid collisions. Almost everything else takes precedence over rehearsal letters. I generally have set them so that they avoid the top of the treble clef by a fraction of a space, then tweak them from there as necessary when they show up mid-system. As for repeat lines, I set them to the height that will apply to the most parts possible, then tweak all the others. If I use the height that is good for chord parts, they will be too high for almost all the other instruments, except maybe flute and trombone. It continues to drive me nuts that multi measure rests inside a repeat ending will cause the repeat lines to be partially uneditable in page view because the handles are hidden. I have to switch to scroll view to drag them over. It also continues to drive me nuts that old files need constant hoop-jumping-through to get repeat endings to appear on all staves. New files seem to be okay. Christopher On Fri Nov 21, at FridayNov 21 1:49 PM, Jim Fischer wrote: Is there a standard for Rehearsal Letters in rectangles for placement.? I'm always having to tweak the placement to stay out of the way of chord symbols on beat 1. Also is there a standard height for repeat lines above the staff - I am always having to tweak to make room for 16pt font chord symbols.??? Thx much, Jim :: j i m f i s c h e r :: p r o d u c e r ♫ ♪ ♫ :: m u s i c b o x :: p r o d u c t i o n s :: v a n c o u v e r, w a, u s a :: www.jimfischer.net ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Finale] Standards for Rehearsal marker placement and repeat bar height
Dear Chris, You know there's a selection called align repeats in the repeat tool sub menu and, if memory serves me well, I think it works without breaking the MM rest. Discovered it by accident. It saves just the irritation you describe. I am on tour (in interesting Kraków at the moment), so I can't test this to be sure, but do look for it. Best, Chuck Sent from my iPhone On Nov 21, 2014, at 8:11 PM, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote: The short answer is no. Rehearsal letters are one of those things, which not being essential to the musical information, are moved around to avoid collisions. Almost everything else takes precedence over rehearsal letters. I generally have set them so that they avoid the top of the treble clef by a fraction of a space, then tweak them from there as necessary when they show up mid-system. As for repeat lines, I set them to the height that will apply to the most parts possible, then tweak all the others. If I use the height that is good for chord parts, they will be too high for almost all the other instruments, except maybe flute and trombone. It continues to drive me nuts that multi measure rests inside a repeat ending will cause the repeat lines to be partially uneditable in page view because the handles are hidden. I have to switch to scroll view to drag them over. It also continues to drive me nuts that old files need constant hoop-jumping-through to get repeat endings to appear on all staves. New files seem to be okay. Christopher On Fri Nov 21, at FridayNov 21 1:49 PM, Jim Fischer wrote: Is there a standard for Rehearsal Letters in rectangles for placement.? I'm always having to tweak the placement to stay out of the way of chord symbols on beat 1. Also is there a standard height for repeat lines above the staff - I am always having to tweak to make room for 16pt font chord symbols.??? Thx much, Jim :: j i m f i s c h e r :: p r o d u c e r ♫ ♪ ♫ :: m u s i c b o x :: p r o d u c t i o n s :: v a n c o u v e r, w a, u s a :: www.jimfischer.net ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
