

Vanessa McClintock
Composer. Former conductor and music critic. Windows 10. Finale v27
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Ties in triplet chords?
Sorry, I can't think of the right way to express this, so here is a screenshot.I would like to all of the notes, not just the last in each chord:Below, I have simulated the ties with slurs.Thank yo...
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Turning OFF mute in trumpets
I've moved this from another thread to give it a more appropriate title I am having trouble getting the mute to turn OFF with a trumpet. Oddly, with GPO5, n-Trumpet Plr1 KS and n-Trumpet Plr2 KS wo...
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How to hide measures Vertically, not staves horizontally
Hi all, I know how to hide empty staves, but is there a way to hide empty measures vertically. I have a piece that includes a short coda. I would like to create empty space before the coda, meaning...
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Repeats, D.S., Coda, etc
Hi all, I'm having some difficulty with D.S., Coda, etc. I have a piece in tertiary form: A - B - A, followed by a coda. I want the first section A to repeat twice, and then go to section B; easy ...
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Character Map for Finale Maestro?
Hi all, I often create new expressions for Dynamics -- variations such as mf-f, or p-mf, etc. I use these for playback purposes, with gradations of key velocity. When I use the Expression Designer ...
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Cannot read file -- possible solution?
POSSIBLE solution? For some reason some of my custom saved library files are not loading.I created one a few days ago that will load, but two that I Saved today from one document will not open in a...
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Maracas, anyone?
So far--after many headaches--I have had reasonable success employing sundry percussion instruments. I say "reasonable" just to be polite, as so many of the percussion instruments simply do not pla...
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copy and paste text blocks -- with formatting and positioning -- into another documtn
I know this has been addressed before, but to no avail. So, I thought I would remind MakeMusic of this need, that of having a text tool to not only copy text, but for the the "copy" to include form...
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Best way to extract parts
What is your preferred way to extract parts? Do you use File/Extract Parts... and edit them, or do you edit them from Document/Edit Parts...There appear to be other methods, as well. What are your ...
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Parts page size
My score page size is set to "legal" -- 8.5x14. I would like my parts also to be that size, but they are "letter" -- 8.5x11 I have attempted to change the parts page size by going to Document/Manag...