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Charles Horton Posted
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For the piano, I have a chord in the upper staff (treble clef) of middle C down to A (a minor 3rd). In the lower staff, (bass clef) I have the chord of E (just below the chord in the upper staff) down to C (a major 3rd). I want to insert a vertical bracket just to the left of the four notes with little ticks at the top and bottom of the bracket going a short distance to the right. This is to indicate to the pianist to play all four notes of the the A minor chord (in first inversion) with the right hand. 

I've messed around with smart shapes and other things, but nothing has worked so far. Anyone know how to do this?

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PETER THOMSEN Posted
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My first thought is that a shape expression can do what you need.

With the Shape Designer you have full control over the bracket, including line length and line thickness.

Advice:

The layout work in the Shape Designer will be easier if you set Finale to small Measurement Units, like the (small) Points or the (very small) EVPUs.

The height of a scale step is 3 Points (12 EVPUs).

The distance between staff-lines is 6 Points (24 EVPUs).

The staff height is 24 Points (96 EVPUs).

(And the default size for the Music Font is 24 Points - the same as the staff height)

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