Mac OS 13.7 Ventura, MuseScore Studio 4.6.6, Finale 26.3, 27, SmartScore 64 Pro | Copyist for the Barbershop Harmony Society | wawoodman at aol dot com
It sounds like you are using cloned lyrics, so changes in one affect the others. What you need to do is enter each verse separately, in its own verse, and assign each verse to the appropriate layer...
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It looks to me like you want to start the endings after the first beat in 24 and 27. I would include the first beat notes under your first ending, and add them to the first measure of the 2nd repea...
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It sounds to me like you have inadvertently selected Adjust Syllables. Look in your Lyrics menu, or at the tiles in the Lyrics window. Please remove your email address, before the spambots get it!
Write the music in whatever way that ordinary musicians can understand and play. Any attempt to reinvent the wheel is asking for trouble.
Becky, just a "Thank You" from the forum denizens. You told us the platform and Finale version. You clearly stated the problem, and what you had tried, both successfully and not. If only everyone...
For the second example, I think you will need to adjust them manually, with the Dot Mover in Special Tools.
https://makemusic.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/215729367-General-Discussion-House-Rules We ain’t mind readers, people. It does us no good to make suggestions relating to Finale 26, Windows,...
Start with this. Note that I moved the chords below the staff, but above the lyrics. Use Blank Notation, and also don't display Staff Lines, Barlines, Time or Key Signatures, etc. The notes w...