* My thanks go to everyone who responded. I currently am using the same methods mentioned by other composers in this forum. My post was to propose that Finale create a more streamlined method with fewer steps involved (such as the 3 steps outlined in my initial post.)
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
DGB
Finale v.27 using Mac OS Catalina 10.15.7
Finale isn't set up to add hand-clapping and body percussion to a vocal part easily. It currently takes multiple steps and a significant amount of fiddling to accomplish, including changing note heads to Xs, setting up a separate "ghost" percussion track, hiding the track visually, and muting the voice part during the measures in question.
So, I hope that the Finale team will consider adding this feature in future releases. Something like:
1. Select the measures in question.
2. Right-click or control-click to open up a sub-menu
3. Select Clapping/Body Percussion (note heads automatically switch to X, sound automatically switches from voice to clapping/body percussion sounds)
That would be SO helpful to choral composers everywhere!
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