I use Articulations to indicate which left hand finger to use when playing a cello exercise: e.g., 2 means use your second finger. Sometimes I want to use 2x, which means use your second finger but extend it a whole step above the previous note.
But since Articulations are just one character, I can't use them to indicate finger extensions. Does anyone have a workaround or suggestion?
… since Articulations are just one character, …
Not true.
An articulation can be
- a font character articulation (which indeed is only a single font character),
or
- a shape articulation.
For a shape articulation you use a shape from the Shape Selection.
You can create your own, custom shapes in the Shape Designer (which is a small drawing environment inside Finale).
In the Shape Designer there is a Text (sub-)Tool where you can enter multiple font characters in the same text block.
Also, you can have multiple text blocks in the same shape, and you can position the text blocks as needed.
David Lusterman,
The text you are quoting, is located in the in-app help article about the Articulation Selection dialog box.
Indeed the text is misleading, and should be corrected.
Also, the article about the Articulation Tool is misleading:
“… Use this tool to enter one-character articulation markings (such as accents, staccato marks, fermatas, and so on) into your score …”
However, the article about Articulations is correct:
“… Each consists of a single character (letter) from any font or a shape …”
There is a lot of info in the online manual.
Keeping everything correct and updated is no small undertaking.
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