

PETER THOMSEN
Mac Finale, v26.3.1.643, Mac OS X 11.6.2 (Big Sur), iMac Intel Core i7, 4 GHz, 32 GB RAM
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
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- Finale alphanotes - how to remove staff line behind letter on line notes
Welcome to the forum! Are you an experienced Finale user? I am not sure how detailed instructions you need. There is no need to tell you what you already know. Please tell how far you have come...
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
First, create the (new) custom staff style. To do so, begin by clicking the button ‘New’ (in your screen shot the button is located in the upper right corner). Define the staff style, give it a nam...
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
… I tried to find something in the online Users Manual about "Staff Style" and "Staff Attributes," re: global and local, but could not. Would you please give me a nudge in the right direction? … ...
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
… The "Interval = 4" did not work, but after a little trial and error I finally understood that the "Key Alter" refers to chromatic scale of degree. So, the visual note of "Eb" ascending up 9 half ...
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
As you know, the default transposition for Alto Sax is Eb Transposition. In the relevant portion of the piece I would use a custom staff style of D# Transposition:
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
Welcome to the forum! First, take a look in the MIDI/Audio menu. Is the menu item Play Finale Through MIDI selected or de-selected? … After installing Finale … There are two installers: One i...
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
Tammy Allaboh, Is the example Mike Rosen posted, the layout you are talking about? Or could you attach a graphic showing an example of the {Tonic solfa notation} layout you are after? I think t...
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
… I don't get how this is any easier. … The general “Finale idea” is that if some “non-standard” layout is used by someone somewhere, then there ought to be a way to create that layout in Finale....
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
… the lengths people go to, to avoid learning/teaching standard notation … As I see it, {tonic solfa} is a step on the road to learning standard notation. The diatonic structure (half-steps and w...
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PETER THOMSEN commented,
Actually, there IS a Finale solution which I did not know about 10 months ago. Tammy Allaboh, Could you attach a graphic showing the layout you are talking about? The better we understand, the ...