cue note troubles

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Gordon Malone Posted February 17, 2019 19:47

Finale 26.0.1.655 on Win10

Hello. I have found three different ways to add cue notes to a staff. For example - horn hits on the drum part. What I want to accomplish is copy a line from a horn part and add it to the drum part as cues. Pitches are not important. The rhythmic figures should appear just above the drum staff as ONE pitch.

smart cue notes plug-in: https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleWin/Content/Finale/Smart_Cue_Notes_Plug_in.htm?Highlight=cue

It's not clear to me how this plug-in is supposed to work. Yes, I have read the help text. There are options grayed-out on the bottom half of the pop-up menu that seem to be needed but they are inaccessible.

cue notes plug-in: https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleWin/Content/Finale/pi-add-cue-notes.htm?Highlight=cue

This method will copy notes to the drum staff (layer 4 for example) but the notes retain pitch and may appear anywhere on or outside of the staff.

slashes with cues: https://usermanuals.finalemusic.com/FinaleWin/Content/Finale/Percussion.htm?Highlight=cue

This method will give the desired result but I have to reenter the rhythmic figures from another staff and resize notes/rests. There is a "note" on the drum staff called "rhythm cues". I created the staff syle "slashes with cues". I've tried copying notes from another staff to layer 4 on the drum staff but that doesn't work as the pitches fall into the drum staff.

Any help appreciated.

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Jeffrey Turner Posted February 18, 2019 00:33

Try your 2nd method, cue notes plugin. Then run the "Note, Beam, Rest Editing/Single Pitch" plugin. Set it to G5, all notes should now be on the G just above the staff.

Gordon Malone Edited February 18, 2019 14:49

Perfect! Thanks much.

I also had to define a new staff style for slashes w/cues and apply it to the drum staff.

You might want to update the help text to include those steps if adding cues to a drum staff or any staff where rhythmic figures are needed.

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Edited February 18, 2019 16:01

>> "You might want to update the help text ...."

Most of us here are not MakeMusic employees and cannot, therefore, alter the user manuals. You might copy this request into the Features Request Forum and/or use the "Submit a request" link at the top of the page to make your request directly to MakeMusic.

Vincent Hobson Posted February 28, 2019 22:32

Where do I go to download the cue note plugin?

J ADRIAN VERKOUTEREN Posted February 28, 2019 22:38

You start by looking in the Plug Ins > Scoring & Arranging submenu.

Next go to https://tgtools.com/index-en.htm

Martin Nickless Posted March 13, 2019 00:17

Hi this is martin may I add a further question to the original in addition to the cue notes top line on drum part , how do i enter in the space below the staff

eg F in bass cleff cue size notes again for a bass drum part ? at times at the same time as the hits / cue notes in top line

IM on finale 25

windows 10

thanks

Jeffrey Turner Posted March 13, 2019 00:27

If you're writing for a drumset, and you think about the notes as if they're in bass clef, the "F" space below the staff is usually used for a Hi-Hat controlled by a foot. The "A" space is usually used for a bass drum.

Both of these notes should be entered in layer 2, so the stems point down. Both use full size noteheads, not cue size.

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