slashes with cues drum notation

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JAMES WARD Posted May 30, 2017 15:37

This is James Ward. I am operating with Windows 10 with the current Finale 25.

I am following the instructions on creating slashes-with-cues drum notation. I did exactly as your instructions say in the Percussion section of the instruction manual online.

1. I created a new staff style.

2. I checked all the items in Apply to:Layer 1 and Other Layers.

3. I chose Document>Doc options>Layers and followed those directions.

The result is that all 4 layers are hidden by the slash notation. How do you retain layer 4 for the ensemble figures when you have assigned slash notation to all layers?

Jim Ward

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PETER THOMSEN Edited May 30, 2017 18:18

Let me get this straight:

Your have selected these settings, right?

Sim Wierdsma Posted April 24, 2020 21:55

I did the same thing.. followed the instructions exactly, but when I added the band accents the slashes disappeared. How do you get both the slashes and the band accents in the score? help .. Sim Wierdsma

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted April 25, 2020 16:27

Notice that slashes are applied to Layer 1 and the second panel is applied to Layer 4.

Sim Wierdsma Posted April 25, 2020 22:51

Perhaps I am confused about the layers. I followed all the steps exactly but when I got to step 13 where it says "switch to layer 4 and enter cue notes" the notes (band accents) would not appear on the staff. The slashes are there. How/where do I switch to layer 4 after step 12 which says Click OK to return to document? thanks.... Sim

PETER THOMSEN Posted April 26, 2020 16:50

… How/where do I switch to layer 4 after step 12 which says Click OK to return to document? …

Sim Wierdsma,

You are using Windows Finale, right?

Look in the lower left corner of the document window.

There is a pop up menu where you can switch between the four Layers.

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted April 26, 2020 16:59

In Windows Finale 25, they are just buttons too.

Sim Wierdsma Posted April 26, 2020 17:30

Ok thanks Peter and Adrian. That's all I needed to know. The cues and slashes are in place. I am good to go now to print out the score and parts Thanks.... Sim.

JAMES WARD Posted April 26, 2020 21:58

This is James Ward, from three years ago! I can't wait to go in and apply the dialogue that y'all had with Sim!

Sim Wierdsma Posted April 26, 2020 22:45

Yes James....It works. Sometimes a difficult problem has a simple solution, but can still take many hours to figure out.. Just every step has to be detailed. Finale 25 is a huge program, really amazing and so much to learn. The manual and community forum experts are life savers.... thanks guys .. Sim

Don Jordan Posted August 24, 2022 06:22

I'm afraid this doesn't work for me. The other day I found a (Youtube?) video that explained how to put a 'invisible' stave immediately above the drums stave in which to put the cue notes. I could see how this would work for me, but I didn't take notes. When I tried to replay it, I couldn't find it again. It seemed to emanate from MakeMusic, so could someone help me find it again, please?

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