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MICHAEL DOTY Posted
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Windows 8.1.  Finale version 25.  Tech support is asking that I refer my issue to the community.  I am creating a full concert band score from individual parts.  The original percussion part is on a single line.  I wish to split it into a 2-line part for greater clarity for the players (sort of like creating a piano part within the full score).  In other words, the score itself will reflect two parts, but I want a single part with two lines to appear when I extract parts.  1.) How do I add this extra line to the score, and 2.) ensuring that it is linked to the other line when it comes time for extraction?  Please do NOT refer me to lines in the user manual, etc., as I've tried that and I cannot get it to work.  Using your own words, please give me a step-by-step instruction as to how to accomplish this.  Thanks.

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Bruce Kling Posted
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I do this kind of thing frequently and would be glad to give you my take on it. First, a few questions:

 

• How many instruments are on the original 1 stave part, and what are they?

• At which "pitches" are each of the instruments notated - for example "below the line", "on the line", "above the line".

• I'll say this right now, it might be better to go to a 5 line staff for maximum clarity. Any chance of that? One, 2, 3 and 4 line staves are for Marching Band only, not concert pieces (my opinion and that of my clients).

• Can you post a screenshot of one complete system that shows this one line staff fully involving the player(s)?

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J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted
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I would only ask what you mean by "two lines."

  1. Do you mean a two-line staff?
  2. Do you mean two one-line staves?
  3. Do you mean two five-line staves?

I support Bruce's question which instruments you are using. Are the two (?) percussion instruments written in different layers? 

Is your difficulty splitting the single part/line into two staves or is it creating the two-stave/line part in Manage Parts?

Could you

  1. do a screen shot of what you have (ALT-PrtScn),
  2. copy it into Paint,
  3. crop it to show an example of the problem, and
  4. post it here?
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