Slurs should not disappear in measures that have Slash Notation applied to the first part of the measure.

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Christopher Smith Edited January 09, 2017 18:24 Planned

Slurs will disappear in measures that have Slash Notation applied to the first part of the measure. This may be true of other Staff Styles as well, but I haven't tested it.

To make this bug appear:

Enter a half rest and two different quarter notes in a measure of 4/4. Add a slur to the two quarter notes. In the Staff Tool, drag across the first two beats of the measure and hit S to add the Slash Notation staff style. The slur disappears.

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MM_MICHAEL JOHNSON January 12, 2017 22:16

Hi Christopher:

Great observation. Thank you for reporting it to me. Documented as FIN-4372. We will take a look very soon.

Cheers,
Michael Johnson
VP, Professional Notation
MakeMusic

richard machuzak Posted January 15, 2019 22:10

Any progress on this? Am using the Windoze version. Is there a work-around?

Elijah Grajkowski Posted April 10, 2020 22:46

Hi, I'm having the same problem. It appears I have to choose between either having a slur or having a partial measure of slashes, but I can't have both. How do I fix this, please?

Christopher Smith Posted April 10, 2020 23:06

My kludge for this is to enter the slash notation as middle line B quarter notes, then change the note heads to slashes and hide the stems (either with the Hide Stems (Stemless notes?) staff style, or use the Special Tool stem length tool to drag them up to zero and hide the stub in the slash at 400% zoom.

This was how we made slash notation before the Staff Style existed.

Elijah Grajkowski Posted April 11, 2020 15:01

Christopher, thanks. I did as you suggested and it worked! I needed to place the "dummy" notes on the G line to get the slash note heads to match up with the height of the slash notes in the previous measures that have the "slash notation" applied in the staff styles. The "stemless notes" in the staff styles doesn't hide the slur once applied. Thanks again!

Christopher Smith Posted April 11, 2020 15:06

Great! Glad it worked out. Thanks for the additional info about the G line; I had forgotten that.

I only hope MakeMusic doesn't use the fact that a kludge exists to keep them from fixing the bug.

IAN SWEDLUND Posted February 23, 2021 08:34

I want to thank you guys for finding and posting a solution to this seemingly small but actually quite significant problem!! How can one hope to make a "professional" edition when it is totally impossible to slur notes in these circumstances???

richard machuzak Posted March 05, 2021 20:34

Here is another work-around, YMMV.

In a measure without staff styles, enter your notes, add slurs/articulations, make it the way you want it. Then copy and paste to where it should be. The slurs should stick.

Christopher Smith Posted March 05, 2021 23:32

Hi Richard. That workaround doesn't work on my Mac, most recent version of Finale, starting from an unedited default file. I tried copying partial measures, full measures, everything. When the staff style STARTS the measure, it prevents slurs from appearing no matter what. But the staff style can show up LATER in the measure without hiding slurs earlier in the measure, even without the workaround.

richard machuzak Posted March 07, 2021 23:25

Hi Christopher,

Interesting. Am on Windoze, and for me if there is slash anywhere in the measure you can't have slurs. But I can cut and paste even when the measure starts with slash and the slurs stick in the pasted notes. Just wish the Finale development team will finally fix this.

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