[Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Dan Tillberg
Hi folks, I have run upon a need I haven't encountered before even if it probably isn't something extremely uncommon... I have a rubato part of a vocal chart, in which some wind instruments should follow the voice by playing long notes. To be able to change note at the right time (if a conductor

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Gippo Mercoli
Maybe I did not understand, but can't you just extract each staff together with the vocal line and then hyde bars you don't need to be shown? -- Gippo Mercoli www.clubgippo.com Il giorno 19/dic/2013, alle ore 14:57, Dan Tillberg dan.h.tillb...@gmail.com ha scritto: Hi folks, I

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Christopher Smith
Just put the vocal part in another layer. You can copy it in with Show Active Layer Only activated (so it doesn't overwrite the part that is there already) then reduce it in size. Change the octave to avoid collisions, because of course the register is not essential. Christopher On Thu Dec

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Dan Tillberg
OK but I would like to vocal part in a separate staff and not mixed with the normal wind staff. Perhaps the other suggestion, extract the parts together with the vocal line and then hide parts not necessary is what I am looking for. I'll try that. Thanks both :-) /D 2013/12/19 Christopher

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Williams, Jim
Here's a related question: how do linked parts handle ossia staves? Cleanly or with problems? Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:26 AM, Dan Tillberg dan.h.tillb...@gmail.com wrote: OK but I would like to vocal part in a separate staff and not mixed

Re: [Finale] SPAM-LOW: Re: Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread George Brooke
I have done this with linked parts -- you go to manage parts and add the vocal staff to the part definition (putting it above or below as needed). Then in layout you can adjust as you need, hide unused staves, etc. This way is pretty straight forward, no copying/pasting and when you make

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Christopher Smith
Ossias (with the Ossia tool) are always terrible. To make an Ossia, I strongly suggest adding another staff that is reduced in size (you'll have to add it to the part in Manage Parts), and hide it in the systems where it is not used, forcing it blank with a Staff Style when it is empty on the

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Steve Parker
This is one of the things that would be helped with opaque empty text boxes that could be set to the topmost graphics layer to hide things. Always hoping that someone will tell me it's possible.. Steve P. On 19 Dec 2013, at 18:19, Christopher Smith christopher.sm...@videotron.ca wrote:

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2013-12-19 23:41, Steve Parker wrote: This is one of the things that would be helped with opaque empty text boxes that could be set to the topmost graphics layer to hide things. Always hoping that someone will tell me it's possible.. It's possible. But I don't see how that would be better

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Christopher Smith
I don't think that's necessary here. The Staff Style works well, and you can assign to only the part. For what gets drawn first (and thus covered by something else) I never quite understood it. Jari Williamson and jef chippewa seem to understand these things better than I do. Christopher On

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2013-12-19 15:26, Dan Tillberg wrote: Perhaps the other suggestion, extract the parts together with the vocal line and then hide parts not necessary is what I am looking for. Why would the part extraction be necessary in this case? Best regards, Jari Williamsson

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Steve Parker
No.. not better.. in addition too.. Create stave - use empty text box to cut away, so ossia can be as short as you want. Steve P. On 19 Dec 2013, at 23:03, Jari Williamsson jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: On 2013-12-19 23:41, Steve Parker wrote: This is one of the things that

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Steve Parker
If it's possible, how do I make an opaque text box? I have a hundred uses for it! Steve P. On 19 Dec 2013, at 23:03, Jari Williamsson jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: On 2013-12-19 23:41, Steve Parker wrote: This is one of the things that would be helped with opaque empty text

Re: [Finale] Advice for a new need...?

2013-12-19 Thread Christopher Smith
I still don't get it. The hide everything staff style will also make an ossia as short as you want, won't it? Christopher On Thu Dec 19, at ThursdayDec 19 6:21 PM, Steve Parker wrote: No.. not better.. in addition too.. Create stave - use empty text box to cut away, so ossia can be as short

Re: [Finale] 2014 limitation

2013-12-19 Thread Ryan
Has anyone heard anything as far as a timetable goes? On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Eric Dannewitz ericd...@jazz-sax.comwrote: yes, TGTools is busted on 2014 for Mac. I'm hoping there will be an update soon Sent from my iSomething -- On Nov 21, 2013, at 6:59 AM, Chuck Israels

Re: [Finale] 2014 limitation

2013-12-19 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Nope. Kinda sucks, I use the pitch names thing in TGTools all the time as well as the custom chord stuff Sent from my iSomething -- Eric Dannewitz Musician/Polymath/Evil Genius http://www.ericdannewitz.com On Dec 19, 2013, at 10:10 PM, Ryan ry.squa...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone heard