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Jaie Tiefenbrunn Posted
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I'm new to Finale 25, running on Windows 7. I have decades of experience with a different notation software that allowed you to edit the properties of each note.

For the life of me, I can't find this in Finale. My graphic interface is showing me this:

In the first measure, the stems are one staff space too short for my taste. 

When I go to Tools>Advanced>Special Tools>Stem Length

It changes the stem length only for the half note. 

I can change the stem lengths for the beamed notes, but the beam doesn't follow it. 

If I change other notes measures to the lowest line, the stem length changes to be short like this. 

Do I really have to create a custom beam here?  

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Christopher Smith Posted
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You're looking for the Beam Angle Tool in the Special Tools. When you click on the first note, handles appear. The first one changes the height for the entire beam; the second changes the angle.

 

Counterintuitive, I know, but that's the tool for the job.

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Jaie Tiefenbrunn Posted
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Thank you SO much!!  I could not come up with where to find that!!!

~Jaie

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Miguel Rode Posted
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The question is, why does that happen in the first place as the default?   So annoying...  compare the stem length of the 16ths in these 2 passages.  First set looks OK, second set is awkwardly short.  Is this a bug, hopefully being worked on?

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PETER THOMSEN Posted
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Miguel Rode,

 

Try this:

Document menu > Document Options > Beams

Select the option “Allow Primary Beam Within a Space”.

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Miguel Rode Posted
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That totally worked!  Thank you Peter, I really appreciate you responding.

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