A Pick up Note = Full Measure??

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Paul Ferington Posted September 07, 2018 01:49

Windows / Finale v25

Hopefully someone can find a solution to the fact that Finale counts a one note pick up as 1 full measure! I'm transcribing orchestra parts from manuscript into Finale, and the corresponding choral scores (already typeset) start the 1st full measure as ms. 1....not the one note pick up! At this point, my Finale orchestra parts will be 1 measure off from the corresponding choral scores! This will be very problematic when rehearsals start! Couldn't there be some option to include the pick up in the playback, and have the 1st full measure be ms. 1? Creating a pick-up is already designated in the Set Up Wizard. Couldn't there be a link from the pick-up designation in the Set-Up Wizard to the playback? Thanks!

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MIKE ROSEN Posted September 07, 2018 01:53

Select the pickup measure

Right-click > Edit Measure Attributes

In the next screen, Uncheck > Include in measure numbering

Paul Ferington Posted September 07, 2018 02:12

Thank you Mike.....just tried this.....but the numbering bars at the top of the score didn't change....the first full measure is still ms. 2....??

MIKE ROSEN Posted September 07, 2018 03:04

Two different things. To see the measure numbers in the score, select the score, choose the measure tool, and from the Measure menu choose Show Measure Numbers.

You can set the number bar to show the score numbers. Check your help files to see how.

VAUGHAN SCHLEPP Posted September 07, 2018 10:17

In Preferences you can select either Show Actual Measure Numbers or Show Defined Measure Numbers. If you’ve deselected certain measures so as not to be included in measure numbering (like your upbeat) or if you have different measure numberng regions, selecting the latter preference will allow you to see the measure numbers as they’re defined in the score.

VAUGHAN SCHLEPP Edited September 07, 2018 10:24

BTW, I’d advise against using Finale’s upbeat measure function. It creates problems! Most of us define the time signature to be exactly as long as the upbeat but to show as the basic time signature of the piece. You then deselect Include in Measure Numbering in Measure Attributes.

PETER THOMSEN Posted September 07, 2018 11:38

… I’d advise against using Finale’s upbeat measure function. It creates problems! …

Indeed.

One of the problems is playback: the pickup measure is played back as a full measure.

It should be added that the function Pickup Measure is a very old function that uses Placeholders from the (now obsolete and removed) Mirror Tool.

MIKE ROSEN Posted September 07, 2018 13:45

Agreed, as well. The only time I use the pickup measure feature is a quick-and-dirty lead sheet.

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