Display in Concert Pitch but in Different Clef

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RANDY SCHMIDT Posted September 09, 2022 21:36

I'm inputting notes with a MIDI keyboard at pitch. One of the instruments is Bb bass clarinet. I'm playing the actual notes with "display in concert pitch" checked. If it's not checked, the notes I input are transposed when "display in concert pitch" is unchecked. The only problem is that the actual pitches are better viewed in bass clef. Is there a way when switching from one to the other that the clef also changes? I know I can set the clef in Staff View but prefer not to change it from treble to bass if at all possible.

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PETER THOMSEN Posted September 10, 2022 11:41

Randy Schmidt,

Are you still using Finale 2010?

Or have you upgraded to a later Finale version?

Unfortunately I do not have Finale 2010 anymore, and I do not recall how Finale 2010 worked.

Anyway, what you need, is easy to do in later Finale versions:

1) Set the Bass Clarinet staff to Bass Clef.

In that way {Display in Concert Pitch} will switch to Bass Clef.

2) For the staff transposition, choose

(Bb) Up M9, Add 2 Sharps, Treble Clef

MIKE HALLORAN Edited September 10, 2022 21:10

What Peter describes is how I remember it from Finale 1998. I had a big project for a band where many of the members could only read in C (guitar players—go figure) but could play brass and winds while others playing the same instruments wanted their notation as normally written. Finale to the rescue!

24 years later, I no longer visualize the screen and the boxes to be checked/unchecked—could be the same that Peter is showing. In any case, it was that easy.

RANDY SCHMIDT Posted September 10, 2022 23:38

Peter and Mike,

I didn't even try that, which would seem so obvious. It does work as expected! Thank you for answering. BTW, I am still using Finale 2010. A project I signed up for many years ago is not yet finished but there are thousands or even tens of thousands of lines of Finale Script code that are needed whenever I resume work on the project. Hopefully I can it done before I croak!

Randy

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