Slur + Tie in Parts

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John Miano Posted November 10, 2017 19:27

(Occurs in may places, one example)

I have a score staff with two parts. The upper part resolves a chord by tying the last quarter note of a measure to the first note of the next measure. The lower part slurs from the last quarter note of the same measure to the first note of the next measure.

When I create parts, the upper part has both a slur and a tie. The lower part has just a slur. If I delete the slur in the upper part, it gets deleted in the lower part as well.

How can I resolve this.

Mac, on the next to current maintenance release.

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J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted November 10, 2017 22:27

I am not sure I understand your situation.

John Miano Posted November 11, 2017 01:27

I have like in your second example. If I split into two parts, the lower one is correct. The upper D to D has both a tie and a slur.

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted November 11, 2017 16:30

>>If I delete the slur in the upper part, it gets deleted in the lower part as well.

What happens if you then re-enter the slur just in the lower part?

John Miano Posted November 11, 2017 21:28

If I delete the slur in the lower part is gets deleted from the upper part as well. If I reenter the slur in the lower part, it shows up on the upper part as well.

PETER THOMSEN Edited November 11, 2017 21:45

John Miano,

If I understand you correctly, you are using linked parts with Part Voicing, right?

The problem is that Finale uses different notes from the same staff / layer in two different parts, and it can not know whether the slur should display only in one of the two parts - since the slur is not, strictly speaking, “reserved” for the lower note in a dyad of notes from the same staff / layer.

What happens if you - instead of deleting the slur - hide the slur in the upper part?

John Miano Posted November 12, 2017 00:06

How does one hide a slur?

PETER THOMSEN Posted November 12, 2017 12:01

… How does one hide a slur? …

While you are in the linked part, switch to the Smart Shape Tool.

A handle appears on the slur.

Context-click the handle.

In the context menu, de-select “Show” (and remember the keyboard shortcut in case you need to hide slurs a gazillion times).

John Miano Posted November 12, 2017 15:24

Thanks,

Any idea how to reverse the direction of the tie in the part? For some reason (the slur?), Finale has inverted the tie from how it is in the score in the part

PETER THOMSEN Posted November 12, 2017 16:32

… Any idea how to reverse the direction of the tie in the part? …

Have you tried the Tie Tool?

Special Tools Tool > (sub-tool) Tie Tool

If the Message Bar has not been de-selected, it will say

“TIE TOOL: Double-click a handle to change direction (up or down), arc, and position of a tie”

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Edited November 12, 2017 22:57

Choose the SmartShape Tool.

Right-click (or whatever the Mac equivalent is) the selection handle of the slur.

There is a Direction option in the sub-menu.

(EDIT: Whoops! Saw the reference to the slur and thought that was what you wanted to change.)

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