How do you add measures in Finale?

How do you add measures in Finale?

Measures

1. Choose Edit > Add Measures. The Add Measures dialog box appears.
2. Enter the desired number of measures.
3. Click OK (or press RETURN ). You can also add a single measure at the end of the score double-clicking the Measure tool .

How do you add a pickup measure in Finale?

To create a pickup measure at the beginning of a piece

1. Choose Document > Pickup Measure. The Pickup Measure dialog box appears containing rhythmic values.
2. Click the rhythmic value corresponding to the sum of the pickup note or notes.
3. Click OK (or press RETURN ), and enter the pickup notes, replacing the rest(s).

How do you Respace measures in Finale?

1. Click the Selection tool .
2. Select the music you want to respace. In general, you’ll want to select all the staves in a system.
3. Choose Utilities > Music Spacing > Apply Beat Spacing or Apply Note Spacing.
4. Choose Utilities > Update Layout.

How do you hide measures in Finale?

1. Click the Staff tool. , and select the measure region you would like to hide.
2. Choose Staff > Apply Staff Style To > Score and Parts (or Current Part/Score). The Apply Staff Style dialog box appears.
3. Choose Force Hide Staff (Cutaway) and click OK. The Staff Style is applied, hiding the selected region.

How do you transpose music in Finale?

To transpose a region by an interval

1. Choose the Selection tool and select a region. See Selecting music for some region-selecting shortcuts.
2. Choose Utilities >Transpose. The Transposition dialog box appears.
3. Specify the desired transposition, including Up or Down.
4. Click OK (or press RETURN ).

What is pickup measure?

A pickup measure (formal name: anacrusis) is a partial measure of notes that precedes the downbeat (strong beat) of the first, full measure. It is sometimes also called an “incomplete measure” or an “upbeat”.

How do you notate a pickup measure?

Select the first measure of your score. In the dialog, enter the time signature of your pickup bar including only the sounding notes, without the rests. For example, for our first two songs above (Figs. 1 and 2) you would choose a 1/4 time signature for the quarter-note pickup (as shown here).

How do you align staves in Finale?

Changing the order of staves

1. Choose the Staff tool . The Staff menu appears.
2. Choose Staff > Reorder Staves. The Reorder Staves dialog box appears.
3. Select the staff, staves, or group(s) you want to reorder.
4. Use the up or down arrow buttons to move the staves vertically.
5. Click OK.

How do you hide an empty staff in Finale?

1. Click the Staff tool. .
2. Select the empty staves you want to hide. You can either highlight the staff handle(s), or select at least one measure of the staff in systems you want to affect.
3. Choose Staff > Hide Empty Staves.
4. Repeat the process for other staves/systems as needed.

How do you hide unused staves in Finale?

Press CTRL +A to Select All. Choose Staff > Hide Empty Staves. The staves disappear from the score, and are replaced with dashed lines indicating the existence of one or more hidden staves.