I've written a vocal work using just one treble staff which includes both soprano and alto line, and one bass clef staff including both tenor and bass parts. The ending becomes very contrapuntal, a...
I'm using a print music 2002 program. How do I mass move off screen? What's the keyboard shortcut? I seem to remember it involves the shift, control, and the mouse, but I can't find the correct com...
I would like to change my Bb clarinet part from 6 sharps to 6 flats without changing the key signatures of the other instruments in my score. I followed the instructions given by a previous questio...
I've written a symphonic score that uses tom-toms. I'm using smartmusic/softsynth, and the instrument is standard, drums and percussion. When I play it back, there are audible crackling, popping s...
I have an orchestral score of approximately 18 staves. If I want to delete a measure in the middle of my piece (over 200 bars long), the only way I seem to be able to do it is to highlight the enti...
Let's say I have an orchestral score, which of course has a lot of staves. And I decide that I need an additional percussion staff, which would be between the brass instruments and the strings. Whe...
I'm writing a choral piece with two staves, a top treble clef stave that accommodates the soprano and alto parts, and a bass clef staves that holds the tenor/bass parts. However, the piece, towards...
bear with me-here goes. I have a measure with 3 groups of 16th notes. I want the first 16th note played with 3rd finger, left hand, the second 16 note played with 3rd finger of right hand, and so o...
The removing empty function has worked perfectly for my full score; however, when I extract individual parts (the chimes, for example), all the empty measures are visible. When I apply the removin...
Windows computer, Finale 2014 When I open a music file, page layout lines appear on it, even though the page layout button is not selected. It's annoying, and I can't figure out how to eliminate...