Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-19 Thread verngraham
Two questions: 1) When engraving a score that doesn't use barlines, what's the best way to ensure that the invisible barlines don't affect spacing (other than making each score system a single measure)? They will still affect the spacing somewhat because of the defaults you can change

Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-18 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 17, 2007, at 9:18 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Two questions: 1) When engraving a score that doesn't use barlines, what's the best way to ensure that the invisible barlines don't affect spacing (other than making each score system a single measure)? I haven't tried it, so I don't

Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-18 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 18.02.2007 Darcy James Argue wrote: 1) When engraving a score that doesn't use barlines, what's the best way to ensure that the invisible barlines don't affect spacing (other than making each score system a single measure)? What is the problem with making each system a single measure? In

Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hey Johannes, Actually, I did eventually come to the conclusion that making each system a single measure would save me a lot of hassle in the long run. But I forgot about the split/merge plugins -- thanks for the reminder. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 18

Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-18 Thread shirling neueweise
Actually, I did eventually come to the conclusion that making each system a single measure would save me a lot of hassle in the long run. But I forgot about the split/merge plugins -- thanks for the reminder. no! make each smallest unit a separate unit, you will have much more freedom in

Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-18 Thread Christopher Smith
On Feb 18, 2007, at 7:15 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 18.02.2007 Darcy James Argue wrote: 1) When engraving a score that doesn't use barlines, what's the best way to ensure that the invisible barlines don't affect spacing (other than making each score system a single measure)? What is

Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-18 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 18 Feb 2007, at 8:01 AM, shirling neueweise wrote: Actually, I did eventually come to the conclusion that making each system a single measure would save me a lot of hassle in the long run. But I forgot about the split/merge plugins -- thanks for the reminder. no! make each smallest

Re: [Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-18 Thread shirling neueweise
The other thing is that the composer wants all the notes beamed, and Robert's beam over barlines works better when there are fewer barlines. ah, yes, aha it's one of those. then yes definitely ignore my suggestion and go for 1 measure/system. I think they're close enough that I can get

[Finale] Scores without barlines

2007-02-17 Thread Darcy James Argue
Two questions: 1) When engraving a score that doesn't use barlines, what's the best way to ensure that the invisible barlines don't affect spacing (other than making each score system a single measure)? 2) What's the best way to deal with a score that combines sections with barlines