Ch6 Slurs, Hairpins, Other Smart Shapes, and
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1. Edit the default placement of slurs tab slides glissandi Slur x and guitar bends in the Smart Shape Placement dialog i S box dij ero LL Start Point H End Point H 0 V 0 04167 V 0 04167 a a Units Inches oK Cancel Hep 1 z 4 2 Choose the general type of slur from the list on the left Use the scroll bar to view all the options Notice the placement of the slur related to the stem settings to determine which type of slur to adjust 3 Inthe large editable preview window make adjustments to the slur manually Click the left and right endpoints to adjust the slant and length of the slur Click the middle of the slur and drag to adjust the vertical placement You can also enter specific values for the start and end point in the H Horizontal and V Vertical text boxes Click Reset to revert back to the original default settings 4 Click OK to return to the score and review your changes Note they will not change if they have been manually adjusted Changes made in the Smart Shape Placement dialog box will affect any new slurs you create as well as existing slurs in the score provided that they have not been adjusted manually 154 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 S Slurs Sometimes slurs need to extend from one staff to another requiring an S shape as shown in Figure 6 7 instead of a simple curve2. You can customize Finale s handling of guitar bends generated text font etc with the Guitar Bend Options Choose SmartShape gt Guitar Bend Options There is a more complete discussion of how to enter and edit guitar bends and how to create guitar tablature in Chapter 8 Brackets and Lines There are six remaining Smart Shape Tools for creating brackets and lines e The four bracket Smart Shapes Bracket Dashed Bracket Double ended bracket and Dashed double ended bracket behave almost the same With one of them selected double click and drag to create a horizontal bracket Use the diamond editing handles to adjust the length and the primary handle to move it around e Tocreatealine click the Line or Dashed Line Tool then double click and drag anywhere in the score Unlike brackets lines can be drawn at any slope Bracket and Line Smart Shapes are always beat attached e Hold down SHIFT to constrain dragging in order to create a perfectly horizontal or vertical line There are several ways to customize brackets and lines throughout your document Change the width dash length dash space and length of bracket hooks in the Smart Shape Options dialog box 1 Choose Smart Shape gt Smart Shape Options The Smart Shape Options dialog box appears see Figure 6 11 2 Inthe four text boxes on the right you can specify line thickness dash length and dash space These parameters affect both Bracket and Line Smart Sh
3. t look right press CTRL CMD Z to undo Creating Custom Text Repeats In addition to using the available text repeats you can create your own or edit the already available ones Click the Repeat Tool ll and then double click a measure Click Create to open the Repeat Designer dialog box Enter the text of your repeat marking here click Set Font to change the font size or style You can use the character to indicate a customizable measure number or symbol for the text repeat depending on settings you will make in the Text Repeat Assignment dialog box Click OK to return to the Repeat Selection dialog box From now on the repeat text you created will appear in this dialog box Like articulations expressions and other items you can transfer text repeats between documents by saving and opening a library File gt Save Load Library Resolving Infinite Loops After defining the repeats as described in this chapter they will play correctly However playback of text repeats added to the score individually need to be defined manually see Repeats barlines and text indications in the Finale User Manual If you do this it is quite possible to unintentionally define infinite loops which must be resolved for playback to function properly If you find your score contain Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 173 ing repeats that play the same section many times more than intended your repeats ha
4. Secondary diamond handles available for editing the shape or contour of a Smart Shape These will be referred to as diamond handles Beat Note and Notehead Attached Smart Shapes Many Smart Shapes can be set to attach to either a beat or a note Before entering a Smart Shape from the Smart Shape menu you can choose Attach to Beats Attach to Notes or Attach to Noteheads depend ing on the role of the Smart Shape you are about to enter note that some of these options are limited to certain Smart Shapes Note the default attachment settings are usually appropriate NOTE Measure attachment of Finale 2012 and earlier has been replaced with beat attachement which is better described below e Beat attached Smart Shapes new to Finale 2014 can be entered anywhere in the score and will attach to the beat closest to the point of entry They will adjust to their corresponding beat like an expression with those dashed blue attachment indicator lines Hairpins trills trill extensions horizontal brackets lines and ottavas are examples of beat attached Smart Shapes See also Hairpins Crescendos and Decre scendos on page 156 e Note attached Smart Shapes will adjust according their corresponding notes much like a note attached expression Their position is determined by settings in the Smart Shape Placement dialog box SmartShape gt Smart Shape Placement Slurs are an example of note attached Smart Shapes e The Atta
5. Edit button for Left Start since you ll want the text at the beginning of the line The Edit Text box opens 7 Type Cresc 8 Most often this type of marking is italicized Hold down CTRL CMD and press A to Select All 9 Choose Text gt Style gt Italic The text becomes italicized 10 Click OK You return to the Smart Line Style dialog box 11 Inthe upper right for Start H check After Text 12 Click OK and Select to return to the score 13 Double click and drag to create the marking anywhere in the score You can edit custom lines in the score just as you would a regular line If you want to change the text line thickness dash length etc 1 CTRL OPTION click the Smart Line Tool Your custom Smart Shape will now always appear in the Smart Line Style Selection dialog box for this document 2 Click it and choose Edit to make any edits to the line If there is a custom line similar to the one you would like to create you can save time by duplicating and then editing the smart line 1 Inthe Smart Line Style Selection dialog box click the Smart Line similar to the one you want to create and click the Duplicate button A duplicate of the Smart Line will appear at the bottom of the list 2 Click the duplicate Smart Line and then click the Edit button to make the adjustments One additional benefit to Custom Smart Shapes 1s the ability to rotate text If you need text to appear vertically for example
6. are used to indicate a bend in pitch To enter a bend hat 1 Click the Bend Hat Smart Shape and double click a note Finale will extend the bend hat to the next note automatically see Figure 6 13 You will see three diamond editing handles attached to the bend hat in addition to the primary handle 2 Drag the diamond handles on the ends of the bend hat to adjust the placement of the endpoints and drag the handle at the joint to adjust the angle 3 To create a bend hat that isn t bound to two notes click the SmartShape menu and choose Attach to Beats Then double click and drag anywhere in the score Figure 6 13 Use bend hats to indicate a pitch bend 162 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 The Guitar Bend Smart Shape is used primarily for bend and release figures in guitar tablature notation This is perhaps the smartest Smart Shape due to its ability to analyze the notation and create the appropriate pitch change text for the existing notes as well as hide unnecessary notes To enter a guitar bend in a tab staff simply choose the Guitar Bend Smart Shape and double click a fret number to create the guitar bend Learn more about entering tablature in Chapter 8 Finale will hide the following fret number and indicate the appropriate pitch change in text see Figure 6 14 Figure 7 14 Use the Guitar Bend Tool to create bend curves with text automatically generated to indicate the pitch variation full
7. create a Custom Smart Shape line and then create the shape vertically Copying Smart Shapes When you copy music with the Selection Tool Finale will copy all Smart Shapes along with the notation You can however copy Smart Shapes independently from one area of your score to another Click the Selection Tool Choose Edit gt Edit Filter Click None Check Smart Shapes Assigned to Notes or Assigned to Beats Click OK Select the region of your score containing the Smart Shapes you want to copy and drag to the new measures or CTRL OPTION click the first measure in the destination region or CTRL CMD C the source region then CTRL CMD V the target 6 The Smart Shapes copy to the new location oS SYS 166 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 Automatically Copy Smart Shapes to Rhythmically Identical Passages You may have a recurring rhythms in your score that demands the same set of smart shapes at each occurrence throughout the piece SmartFind and Paint allows you find and copy smart shapes to these passages automatically To demonstrate this 1 Filla measure with a combination of eighth and quarter notes on different pitches with the Simple or Speedy Entry Tool 2 Click the Selection Tool and highlight this measure Press CTRL CMD C to copy Then click the next measure to highlight it and choose Edit gt Paste Multiple The Paste Multiple dialog box appears 3 Type 10 and click OK Now the
8. 6 167 Basic Repeat Creation and Editing Defining basic repeats in Finale is easy To create a simple repeat with two repeat barlines one at the beginning and one at the end 14 Click the Repeat Tool 2 Highlight the region of your score that will be the repeated section click the first measure then SHIFT click the last measure of the desired region 3 Right CTRL click the region and choose Create Simple Repeat The selected region now begins and ends with a repeat barline and will play back correctly To create a repeat with a first and second ending is almost as easy 14 Click the Repeat Tool 2 Highlight the measure or measures you would like to include in the first ending 3 Right CTRL click the highlighted area and choose Create First and Second Ending see Figure 6 18 Figure 6 18 Create a first and second ending easily using a context menu Help Create Simple Repeat Create Ending Ae Create Forward Repeat Bar Create Backward Repeat Bar 4 Now context click a measure and choose Create Forward Repeat Bar to adda forward repeat This first and second repeat will play back correctly If you do not add a forward repeat prior to the endings Finale will automatically skip back to the beginning of the score after playing the first ending NOTE Feel free to add or delete measures within repeated sections Finale updates the playback definitions for you automatically 168 Slu
9. Designer dialog box as shown in Figure 6 16 Figure 6 1 6 mart Line Designer Define the appearance and add text toa ie ST eas aes smart line in the Smart Line Designer dialog ET 0 coc StartH 0 After text box Continue H 0 After text Dash Length 0 0625 Space 0 0625 End H 0 Before text Character z y 0 End Point Style Start None End None Preset arrowhead 0 Select Preset arrowhead 0 Select Custom arrowhead 0 Select Custom arrowhead 0 Select Hook 0 Hook 0 Text Left Start Edit Position Left Continuation Edit Position Right End Edit Position Center Full Edit Position Center Abbr Edit Position OK Cancel Help EDO E 3 Click the Line Style drop down menu and choose Dashed Notice the updated preview in the lower right 4 Check Horizontal You ll want to constrain to horizontal dragging while entering the crescendo markings in the score 5 Now increase the frequency of the dashes Some find the default dashes a bit too long For Dash Length enter 04 For Space enter 04 inches Notice that the preview in the lower right updates after leaving each text box Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 165 6 Now add the text In the text section at the bottom of this dialog box click the
10. Right CTRL click one of the selected handles and choose Align Horizontally or Align Vertically They all become aligned with the one you context clicked You may want to align all hairpins horizontally at a certain position above or below the staff You can do this with the Align Move Dynamics plug in 1 Choose the Selection Tool 2 Highlight the region of your score containing hairpins CTRL CMD A to Select All 3 Choose Plug ins gt TGTools gt Align Move Dynamics You will see the Align Move Dynamics dialog box 4 Onthe right make sure Hairpins is checked and uncheck any other items if you do not want them to align Choose the appropriate option on the left If you choose Set To Value enter an offset from the bottom staff line in the Move Vertically text box 5 Click Go to align your hairpins 158 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 Hairpins Over System Breaks To create a crescendo or decrescendo over a system break from the end of one system to the beginning of the next 1 Simply double click where you want the hairpin to begin and drag it down to the next system 2 When yourelease the mouse button there will be a break in the hairpin lines at the beginning of the second system as shown in Figure 6 9 Figure 6 9 Drag the right editing handle of a hairpin down to extend it across a system break 3 You can drag a hairpin over as many systems as there are on a page The width of t
11. Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 147 6 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Okay now that you ve had quite enough of staff related figures and settings let s move on to something completely different Smart Shapes Smart Shapes are not particularly dangerous nor are they exhilarat ing but it is important to use them properly or time can be wasted You can use the Smart Shape Tool to enter slurs hairpins trill extensions brackets bend shapes glissandi and other markings Like Expressions Smart Shapes are designed to adjust intelligently while you work As you edit and adjust the layout of your score each Smart Shape moves with the measure or note it is attached to and can even adjust automatically to avoid collision with notes accidentals and other items In this chapter you ll learn when to use Smart Shapes and how to enter edit and copy them Youll also learn how to make global changes and create your own custom Smart Shapes The end of this chapter will be devoted to Repeats which can be somewhat dangerous but only when used recklessly Repeats are represented by both text and barline figures You will learn how to safely and easily enter repeat barlines and text repeats edit their appearance and get them to play back Here s a summary of what you will learn in this chapter e How to work with Smart Shapes slurs and hairpins e Howto enter glissandi guitar bends lines and other Smart S
12. This type of slur is quite simple to create in Finale 1 Enter the slur as you normally would between notes in two adjacent staves a grand staff for example Then drag the endpoints of the slur to the desired location Drag the editing handles to create the S shape as seen in Figure 6 7 Figure 6 7 Creating an S Slur Dashed Curves Dashed curves behave just like slurs Click the Dashed Curve Tool inthe Smart Shape palette and then double click in the score to create a dashed curve slur Most settings made in the Smart Slur Options dialog box will apply to dashed slurs as well as regular slurs The width of dashed slurs curves is customizable Dashed slurs curves are not tapered unlike regular slurs and are basically just curved lines To change the width of a dashed slur the dash length or the space between dashes use the Smart Shape Options dialog box Choose SmartShape gt Smart Shape Options 2 Intheright side of this dialog box specify a value for Line Thickness Dash Length and or Dash Space 3 Then click OK to return to the score Note that these changes will also apply to Line and Bracket Smart Shapes as well Avoiding Collisions with Articulations TGTools If you find that some of your slurs collide with articulation markings you can use TGTools to tell Finale to automatically reposition the endpoints of slurs to avoid this collision Here s how Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chap
13. apes as well as dashed curves To change the length of the bracket hooks the vertical lines on the Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 163 ends of brackets enter a new value in the Hook Length text box of course the Hook Length setting applies only to brackets 3 Click OK to review changes in your score Custom Smart Shapes There are a number of other available Smart Shapes that do not exist in the Smart Shape palette To see a list of other Smart Shapes CTRL OPTION click the Custom Line Tool inthe Smart Shape Palette You will see the Smart Line Style Selection dialog box as seen in Figure 6 15 Figure 6 15 Edit or create a smart line in the Smart Line Style Selection dialog box E Smart Line Selection Edit Dupicate pelete Move MoveDown Q A Create Select Cancel Help Here there are a number of other Smart Shape Line styles available for you to choose from They are basically specialized lines for figures not available in the Smart Shape palette To use any of the follow ing click to highlight it and then click the Select button Double click and drag in the score to create the figure you chose e Glissando Choose a glissando with or without text These are the same as regular glissandi e Dand sustain These figures are generally used to indicate the beginning and end of a sustained section of piano music Many C
14. ch to Notehead option is used for the Tab Slide and Glissando Smart Shape The default setting for Beat Note Notehead Attached is usually adequate for the common usage of each Smart Shape so you may never need to change this setting 150 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 Other Techniques There are some other tricks that apply to all Smart Shapes e Drag enclose to select several Smart Shapes You may also select several Smart Shapes by holding down the SHIFT key and clicking in each handle Then use the mouse to drag all selected Smart Shapes uniformly or use the arrow keys to nudge them e Hold down the SHIFT key while creating or editing a Smart Shape to constrain dragging to either vertical or horizontal movement For example do this to draw a vertical or horizontal line e Hold down the DELETE key and drag over as many Smart Shapes as you like to delete them e When a Smart Shape s primary handle is selected press the TAB key to cycle selection through the diamond editing handles of any Smart Shape Pressing ESC will select the primary handle again and hide the diamond editing handles When there are no diamond handles showing the Tab key will cycle through the primary handles of the various Shapes in the document e Pay attention to the direction of the arrow on the mouse cursor when adding beat attached Smart Shapes like hairpins to ensure you attach them to the intended staff e And new to Final
15. e 2014 you can always see the attachment of beat attached Smart Shapes by selecting a Smart Shape s handle and looking at the dashed blue attach ment indicator lines The Smart Shape Context Menu Any Smart Shape can be edited in the score with a context menu Right CTRL click any Smart Shape handle to invoke the Smart Shape context menu as seen in Figure 6 3 Figure 6 3 Quickly edit Smart Shapes in the score with the Smart Shape context menu Ae Edit Delete Del Show Ctrl Alt Shift H Un nk in Al Parts amp i Alt Shift Relink in All Parts tri Alt Shift L Align Horizontall oo a il Make Horizontal Over System Break v Maintain Angle Over System Break Make Horizontal Remove Manual Slur Adjustments This menu can be used to quickly make a number of adjustments to individual Smart Shapes including direction and alignment The available options in this context menu will depend on the type of Smart Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 151 Shape certain options will be grayed out with some smart shapes To save time learn to use the context menu frequently while editing Smart Shapes Context Menu Aligning Smart Shapes You can easily align any number of beat attached Smart Shapes such as hairpin crescendo or decre scendos vertically or horizontally 1 Click and drag to select several beat attached Smart Shape handles 2 Right CTRL click one of the highlighted handles to open the conte
16. hapes e How to define Repeats Introduction to Smart Shapes When you click the Smart Shape Tool you will see the Smart Shape palette appear see Figure 6 1 Figure 6 1 Choose a shape from the Smart Shape palette for entry into the score Smart Shape Palette 148 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 Use the Smart Shape palette to choose the shape you d like to enter To enter a slur 1 Click the Smart Shape Tool then choose the Slur Tool from the Smart Shape palette Double click a note to extend a slur to the next note Double click and drag holding down the mouse button on the second click to extend a slur between two non consecutive notes I ll cover more about entering other shapes soon By default any Smart Shape you enter will appear red in the score to distinguish them from text blocks expressions and other items In addition to the Smart Shape palette you will also see the SmartShape menu appear at the top of your screen see Figure 6 2 Figure 6 2 SmartShape Window Help Customize the appearance placement and other attributes of Smart Shapes by choosing an item from the SmartShape menu Slur Contour Smart Shape Placement Smart Shape Options Smart Slur Options Guitar Bend Options Each Smart Shape has its own properties relating to how it can be edited and what it can be attached to notes noteheads or measures In addition there are a number of placemen
17. he opening on each one can be adjusted independently Angled Hairpins All hairpins are automatically constrained when created so that they are perfectly horizontal To create angled hairpins 1 Right CTRL click a hairpin handle and uncheck Make Horizontal 2 Click the hairpin s primary handle and then drag the rightmost or leftmost diamond editing handle up or down Generating Hairpins Between Expressions Automatically TGTools If you have already entered dynamic expressions into your score you can use TGTools to easily extend crescendos or decrescendos between them automatically Here s how NOTE This feature is available with the full version of TGTools available at tgtools de Click the Selection Tool 2 Select aregion of your score containing dynamic expressions you want to extend hairpins between 3 Choose TGTools gt Music gt Create Hairpins The Create Hairpins dialog box appears Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 159 4 Click Go A hairpin extends between dynamic markings in the selected region If you do not like the results press CTRL Z to undo Then try again and specify values for Offset and Opening Width in the Create Hairpins dialog box You can also choose to add hairpins between specific dynamic expressions in the dialog box Other Smart Shapes There are a number of other Smart Shapes you can use for a variety of other purposes These include trills ottavas 8va 8vb g
18. le Openning width Use handles to edit the length and opening width of hairpins qo oe see Endpoint positioning Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 157 Decrescendos can be entered and edited the same way as crescendos use the gt keystroke for a decre scendo Press BACKSPACE CLEAR to revert a hairpin back to the way it looked when originally entered With either hairpin tool selected you can create both shapes For example Click the Crescendo tool double click and drag to the left Instead of a crescendo you get a decrescendo To specify the line thickness and opening width for all hairpins you create 1 Choose SmartShape gt Smart Shape Options 2 Inthe Crescendo Decrescendo section specify a value for Line Thickness and Opening Width and click OK 3 All hairpins that have not been edited manually will change to the values you specified Also new hairpins will use these values TIP If you want to indicate a crescendo simply as text e g cresc f create a text expression as described in Chapter 3 To create the text Cresc followed by an adjustable dashed horizontal line create a Custom Smart Shape You can find information on how to create custom shapes later in this chapter Aligning Hairpins Aligning hairpins horizontally or vertically is easy 1 Drag to select the handle s of the hairpins you want to align or SHIFT click to select the desired hairpins 2
19. lissandos bend hats and curves brackets lines and custom shapes These will all have the note or beat attached properties as described earlier in this chapter as well as many of the same editing capabilities Trills and Trill Extensions gt Trills can be entered with the Smart Shape Tool as well as the Articulation Tool although with the Smart Shape Tool you will be able to create an adjustable extension 1 Click the Trill Tool inthe Smart Shape palette Then double click and drag to the right to create a trill indication with an extension 2 Use the primary handle to move the whole figure around Use the left and right handles to adjust the endpoints individually The Trill Extension Tool inthe Smart Shape palette can be used to indicate guitar tremolos as well as trill extensions They can be edited just like regular trill Smart Shapes To add an accidental at the beginning of a trill figure to indicate the pitch variation use an articulation already included in Finale s articulation library or a Custom Smart Shape You ll find more information on creating Custom Smart Shapes later in this section Ottavas 8va 8vb and 15va 15vb To tell the performer to transpose a section of music up or down an octave an 8va or 8vb symbol is often used see Figure 6 10 Both of these can be created with the Smart Shape 8va Tool Simply double click above a staff to enter an 8va or below the staff to enter an 8vb Take note
20. o matically Click OK Right CTRL click the measure following the second ending and choose Create Ending Since this is the third and final ending of our repeat we ll remove the backward repeat bar Uncheck Create Backward Repeat Bar and click OK The third ending appears in the score Finale adds a 3 in the ending bracket automatically Add as many endings as you like using the same method Finale configures playback for you automatically Choose Repeat gt Check Repeats to review the playback route Assigning Multiple Passes When an ending is intended to be repeated multiple times the passes are numbered beneath the bracket as shown in Figure 6 22 Figure 6 22 Specify multiple passes of the same ending in the Edit Las To create an ending with multiple passes 1 Click the Repeat Tool il 2 Right CTRL click the desired first ending measure or selected measure region and choose Create Ending The Create Ending dialog box appears Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 171 3 Type the passes in the Ending Number s text box at the top separated by commas e g 1 2 3 4 Click OK The passes appear beneath the ending bracket If you wanted to place alternate text such as Fine you could use the Alternate Text in Ending instead D S al Coda Fine It is common for repeat markings to indicate a return back to a sign D S and Segno and then jump to a Coda Use the following steps to quickly en
21. o be applied for individual repeats in the Edit Ending dialog box Assigning Text Repeats and Repeat Endings to Specific Staves You can choose to assign repeat markings to specific staves using Staff Lists which are virtually identical to Score Lists in function Before adding any repeats 1 2 3 Choose Document gt Document Options and then choose Repeats Under Show On choose Staff List Either choose an existing staff list or click Edit to define your own 170 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 Click OK Now all repeats you will enter will use this staff list automatically Assigning Multiple Endings Assigning second third fourth or more endings could not be easier For this example we ll create a repeat with three endings like the one shown in Figure 6 21 Figure 6 21 Use context menus to easily create multiple endings aes ae ee ee ee ee Se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 2 LS LS ee SS G L a A E a E a A 1 Start a new default document File gt New gt Default Document then click the Repeat Tool ll 2 Right CTRL click the desired first ending measure or selected measure region and choose Create Ending The Create Ending dialog box appears Click OK to add the first ending 3 Right CTRL click the measure following the first ending and choose Create Ending Click OK The second ending appears anda 2 is placed in the ending bracket aut
22. of your mouse cursor because the arrow points to the staff to which the shape will be attached You can extend the dash line over system breaks and Finale will place the 8va or 8vb symbol in parentheses automatically at the beginning of each subsequent system 8va and 8vb figures will always be beat attached and apply to playback Figure 6 10 Click above the staff to enter an 8va click below the staff to enter an 8vb 160 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 Use the 15va Tool the same way as the 8va Tool This figure is used to indicate a two octave transposition from the written pitches If you are not satisfied with the text attached to default ottava or 15va vb figures you can choose your own To change the attached text 1 Choose Smart Shape gt SmartShape Options This opens the Smart Shape Options dialog box as seen in Figure 6 11 Figure 7 11 Choose the font character style and other Smart Shape attributes in the Smart Shape Options dialog box r Smart Shape Options Symbols Octave Up 8va v Select Maestro 24 plain Set Font Show octave symbols as text Smart Lines Glissando m 1 Select I Crescendo Decrescendo Line Thickness 0 01215 Opening Width 0 125 pening Wi Dash Length 0 0625 Line Thickness 0 01215 i i Dash Space 0 0625 Make horizontal Hook Length 0 04167 Units Inches o a f OK Cancel hasnasans
23. pointed to the correct staff Notice the end of the crescendo snaps to the point directly below each beat as you drag This is new to Finale 2014 Now whenever you add a beat at tached Smart Shape the start and end points automatically align to their attached beat This is especially helpful if you would like them neatly and consistently aligned vertically between multiple staves in a system e Release the mouse button to create the crescendo You will notice three diamond editing handles on the crescendo in addition to the main handle if not click the main handle to display the diamond handles e Click and drag the right most diamond handle to adjust the placement of the end of the hairpin e Click the left most handle to adjust the placement of the beginning of the hairpin Notice the snapping behavior is absent after the initial entry the endpoints can be adjusted to any position between the beats If you want the endpoints to auto align to a beat you ll need to delete the hairpin and add it again e Move your cursor over the diamond handle on the right side of the hairpin on the line to adjust the width of the opening see Figure 6 8 NOTE As of Finale 2014 hairpins and all beat attached Smart Shapes can be O adjusted in the score independently from the linked part and vise versa They can be unlinked Yay For more on linked parts see Working with Linked Parts on page 193 Figure 6 8 Primary hand
24. r Type click the drop down menu and choose Key Velocity For Effect enter the value of change For this example enter o zero for silence For Play Only on Pass enter the number of the pass for which you want this expres sion to affect playback In this example enter 2 The second time these measures are played the notes will be silent Click OK then Assign to return to the score You will notice that on the second time through the repeated area the notes do not sound on this staff The playback definitions of expressions affect channels To make sure that this expression affects only the staff you intend make sure all of your staves are set to their own channel in the Score Manager You ll also notice this staff will 174 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 continue to be silent after that point which is why you need to add another expression that contains a key velocity greater than o 11 Double click a measure after the repeated area or in your second ending When the Expression Selection appears choose the Technique category and click Create Choose Text gt Style gt Hidden and type the desired text Then click the Playback tab 12 For Type choose Key Velocity and enter a value greater than 0 and less than 127 such as 64 Note that the dynamic markings in your document are already assigned a key velocity So you may use a dynamic instead Click OK then Assign to return to the score Click the Play but
25. re are 11 measures containing the same rhythmic arrangement Click the Smart Shape Tool and add some slurs to the original measure Click the Selection Tool again and highlight the measure containing the slurs Choose Edit gt SmartFind and Paint gt Set SmartFind Source or press CTRL CMD F Now choose Edit gt SmartFind and Paint gt Apply SmartFind and Paint or press CTRL CMD SHIFT F You will see the SmartFind and Paint dialog box shown in Figure 6 17 2 gS Figure 6 17 Choose elements to copy to similar rhythmic passages in the Smart Find and Paint dialog box Smarthind and Paint Markings to Paint W Slurs Y Articulations Smart Shapes Paint All Y Expressions Cance gt Delete target markings wf before paint Help 8 Click the Find button and the measure containing the similar passage becomes highlighted 9 Click Paint and the Smart Shapes appear on the notes just as they did in the original measure This is also a great technique for copying Articulations and Expressions to identical rhythmic passages throughout your score Defining Repeats Repeats are a common way to tell the performer to go back and play a section of music once twice or several more times Often a new ending is specified for each run through the same section of music In notation repeat barlines and text are used to indicate these repeated sections Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter
26. rs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 To see the playback route choose Repeat gt Check Repeats The Check Repeats dialog box appears as shown in Figure 6 19 Figure 6 19 check Repeats To see the playback route of your score after adding repeats eatack ake use the Check Repeats dialog box oe 28 31 Done Help Deleting Repeats To delete repeat indications from any region of your score 1 Click the Repeat Tool il 2 Highlight the handles on the repeat text or brackets you want to remove 3 Right CTRL click the highlighted repeats and choose DELETE Repeat definitions in the highlighted area of your score are removed along with any playback informa tion Assigning Repeat Brackets and Text to Staves It is common to display the repeat brackets and text on the top staff and not on subsequent staves in a piano grand staff for example Before you assign your repeats assign these repeat items to appear on one staff and not others or any number of staves in the Document Options dialog box For example to display the ending brackets you just created on the top staff only do the following 1 Choose Document gt Document Options gt Repeats Or Repeat gt Repeat Options Document Options Repeats appears as shown in Figure 6 20 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 169 Figure 6 20 r Document Options Repeat
27. rt Line Style selection dialog box 2 Choose the regular wavy line without text and click Select Now any glissando you enter will not include the attached text The endpoints of glissandos and tab slides can be adjusted relative to the noteheads to which they are attached on a document wide scale To specify placement of these items throughout your document 1 Select the SmartShape menu and choose Smart Shape Placement see Figure 6 6 2 From the drop down menu choose either Tab Slide or Glissando For tab slides specify the type of tab slide from the list box on the left depending on whether the notes are on staff lines or spaces ascending or descending 3 Click the left and right endpoints to adjust the slant and length of glissandi and tab Slides Click the middle of the glissando or tab slide and drag to adjust the vertical placement 4 You can also enter specific values for the start and end point in the H Horizontal and V Vertical text boxes Click Reset to revert back to the original default settings 5 Click OK to return to the score Changes made to tab slides and glissandi in the Smart Shape Placement dialog box apply to new Smart Shapes and existing Smart Shapes in the score that have not been edited Finale will not make changes to tab slides or glissandi you have already adjusted manually You can find more information on Tab Slide Smart Shapes in Chapter 8 Bend Hats and Guitar Bends Bend hats and curves
28. s Assign ending brackets to Accidentals Wing Style Back to Back Styles staves in the Edit Ending anai a D ar dialog box ae Chords Clefs Flags Gade and Guides Line Options Key Signatures Heavy Line Thickness 0 04167 Layers pri and Curves Thin Line Thickness 0 00624 After Key 0 16667 r Rests Space Between Lines 0 04167 After Time 0 16667 Music Spacing isk Brackets Space Between Dot and Line Vertical Dot Adjustment Forward Repeat 0 04167 Upper Dot 0 Staves Backward Repeat 0 04167 Lower Dot 0 Ties Time Signatures Show On J Add period after number Tuplets All staves 7 Top staff only Repeat Dot Character Select Staff List BE Maximum Repeat Passes 20 Reset Repeat Endings Help Load Library Save Library Units Inches OK Cancel 2 Under Show On select Top Staff Only Note that here you can also choose Staff List and select a staff list to assign the ending brackets to certain staves or click edit to modify or create a staff list These settings can also be applied for individual repeats in the Edit Ending dialog box 3 Click OK to return to the score The ending bracket will appear on the top staff only for any future repeats you add to the score TIP You can also choose to hide all repeat endings and text for a specific EG staff Click the Staff Tool and double click a staff Under Items to Display uncheck Endings and Text Repeats and click OK These settings can als
29. slurs Any time you edit a slur manually it will change into a normal slur meaning its shape will no longer automatically adjust with the changes you make to your document Essentially the slur will be frozen into position and will no longer automatically adjust its shape to avoid collisions To convert it back to an engraver slur highlight its handle and press BACKSPACE CLEAR To set all slurs in a converted document or selected region to engraver slurs Click the Selection Tool Select a region of your score or CTRL CMD A to Select All Choose Utilities gt Check Notation gt Remove Manual Slur Adjustments Click the Smart Shape Tool Choose SmartShape gt Smart Slur Options of B NS 156 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 6 Check Use Engraver Slurs 7 Click OK Slurs in the selected region are now set to adjust to avoid collision with notes accidentals and beams Hairpins Crescendos and Decrescendos Hairpins in music notation are used to indicate a gradual dynamic contrast They are also referred to as crescendos and decrescendos an increase or decrease in dynamics respectively In Finale hairpins appear as beat attached Smart Shapes and can be entered with either the Crescendo or Decrescendo Tool in the Smart Shape palette e With the Crescendo Tool selected or while holding down the lt key double click below a staff and drag to the right Make sure the arrow on the cursor is
30. ssnsssassnesannsannaS Help 2 Inthe Symbols drop down menu choose the marking you want to edit Then click the Set Font button to choose the font of your new character Once you have chosen the font size and style click OK Click the Select button to open the Symbol Selection dialog box Choose the character you would like to use and click Select ee SS Click OK to return to the score Create the Smart Shape you edited to review your changes Glissandi and Tab Slides Glissandi are used to indicate a rapid slide through ascending or descending pitches They appear as wavy lines between adjacent notes see Figure 6 12 Creating these in Finale is easy Click the Glissando Tool inthe Smart Shape palette and double click a note Finale will automatically extend a glissando to the next note Tab slides 4f are generally used in tablature notation to indicate a pitch change by sliding up or down the fretboard of a fretted instrument see Figure 6 12 Enter these the same as you would a glissando Figure 6 12 Double click to extend a glissando or tab slide to the next note Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 161 When a glissando reaches a certain length you will see the text Gliss or Glissando attached to the Smart Shape depending on its length To enter a glissando without this text 1 CTRL OPTION click the Glissando Tool inthe Smart Shape palette to open the Sma
31. t and graphical changes you can make from the SmartShape menu at a document wide level Throughout this chapter I will refer to this menu to apply some of these changes Hold down one of the following metatool keys see Table 6 1 and double click and drag to enter its corresponding Smart Shape Table 6 1 Smart Shape Metatools Tool Metatool Tool Metatool Slur S Double Ended Bracket Tool O Decrescendo gt Bracket Tool K Crescendo lt Line Trill T Dashed Line D Trill Extension E Glissando Tool G 8va 8vb 8 Guitar Bend B Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 149 NOTE Human Playback automatically interprets several Smart Shapes during O playback including hairpins trills glissandos and ottavas e g 8va To hear these effects select a Human Playback style in the Playback Settings dialog box on Windows or Playback Controls on Mac General Smart Shape Editing Before beginning to explore the various Smart Shape types you should understand some editing techniques common to many Smart Shapes Whenever the Smart Shape Tool is selected you will see a handle appear on every Smart Shape in the score I will refer to this handle as the primary handle Click and drag this handle to move the Smart Shape around Use the arrow keys to nudge it for fine positioning adjustments Click and drag over several primary Smart Shape handles to move several of them at once Press the DELETE key to delete all selected Smart Shapes
32. ter 6 155 NOTE This feature is available with the full version of TGTools available at tgtools de 1 Click the Selection Tool 2 Select a region of your score containing slurs that collide with articulations or CTRL CMD A to Select All 3 Choose TGTools gt Modify gt Modify Slurs 4 Click the Resolve Collisions tab 5 Here you can specify the offset for slurs that collide with articulations The default values usually work fine 6 Click Go Slurs in the selected region adjust to avoid collision with articulations Depending on the musical passage you may want to adjust slurs colliding with certain articulations only Select the Articulation Types tab in the TGTools Slurs dialog box to choose specific articulations to avoid TIP A You can define an articulation to be placed inside a slur by default in the Articulation Designer dialog box This is already the case for Finale s included staccato and tenuto articulations Engraver Slurs Finale s Engraver Slurs automatically avoid collision with notes accidentals and beams and are used by default whenever you enter a slur These will even update as you edit notes in the score This is one of those things that will really save you time There are a number of parameters available that help control the behavior of engraver slurs From the SmartShape menu choose Smart Slur Options On the left side of this box make adjustments to the way Finale configures engraver
33. ter the D S Segno and Coda After following these steps you will be able to create a score containing all of the repeat symbols in the following musical example see Figure 6 23 Figure 6 23 First and second ending repeat example with D S al Coda Y Gary Pederson Nocturne I recommend using the following steps after the measure layout of the score has been finalized The Create Coda System plug in does some things behind the scenes that can be a pain to undo manually 1 Highlight the desired coda measure s In the above example this would be measures 7 and 8 Then note the measure numbers of the segno the To Coda and D S D C markings where you would like them to appear 2 Choose Plug ins gt Measures gt Create Coda System The Create Coda System dialog box appears as shown in Figure 6 24 172 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 Figure 6 24 Use the Create Coda System plug in to quickly create a coda system to coda and segno Create Coda System 0 500 7 Coda Symbol he MW Coda Text J Create To Coda in Measure Z D C al Coda a 0 5 al Coda J Create Segno x in Measure 2 OK Cancel Enter the values you recorded in this dialog box Figure 6 24 is configured to result in the Figure 6 23 example measures 7 and 8 highlighted Click OK The markings appear in the score and the coda system is separated from the previous measure If something doesn
34. th small diamonds at each corner You can use these diamond editing handles to manually edit the shape of the slur Click and drag them or click a handle and use the arrow keys to make fine adjustments Use these reshaping handles to edit the arc and endpoints 152 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 If you want to remove all manual changes you have made to a slur press the BACKSPACE CLEAR key with the handle selected Or context click the slur s handle and choose Remove Manual Slur Adjust ments Flipping Slurs Over or Under a Staff After you have entered a slur you might want to move it to the other side of the staff To do this 1 Select the slur s primary handle 2 PressF Editing the Slur Contour Globally If you are not satisfied with Finale s default slur contour settings you can adjust them for an entire document To do this 1 From the SmartShape menu choose Slur Contour This will open the Slur Contour dialog box as seen in Figure 6 5 Figure 6 5 Edit the default contour of slurs in the Slur Contour dialog box s Slur Contour O Control Points For Short Span x 0 125 Inches Height Inset 29 98 Units Inches x OK Cancel Reset Help 2 Click the drop down menu and choose from the four available slur lengths Since no one contour will work for every slur length Finale divides the conto
35. ton in the playback controls to hear your results You ll find a more complete discus sion of the playback capabilities of the Expression Tool in Chapter 14
36. ur settings into four different lengths 3 Choose the length that most closely compares to the slurs you want to change Use the handle in the editable preview window to adjust the default slur contour Notice the preview window at the bottom will update to display any changes you make 5 Hold down the SHIFT key to constrain dragging to vertical or horizontal movement only If you prefer enter values in the Height and Inset text boxes for more precise control over slur contour Click Reset to revert to the default settings for the chosen length Click OK to apply any changes and return to the score Contour settings will affect existing slurs in the score Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 153 Editing the Slur Width You can edit the thickness of slurs in the Smart Shape Options dialog box 1 With the Smart Shape Tool selected choose SmartShape gt Smart Slur Options 2 Ontheright side of the Smart Slur Options dialog box use the Thickness Left Thick ness Right and Tip Width parameters to adjust the thickness of slurs and slur tips Editing Default Slur Placement Finale offers a great deal more flexibility for editing slurs globally You can change the default placement for any slur based on the surrounding notation 1 From the SmartShape menu choose Smart Shape Placement You will see the Smart Shape Placement dialog box as shown in Figure 6 6 Figure 6 6 r Smart Shape Placement
37. ustom Smart Lines such as this one do not contain a line at all but displays a figure at the beginning and end of an invisi ble line Also notice the graphical pedal markings available here e Lines with arrowheads These are just like regular lines except with an arrowhead attached e Ritardando Often ritardandos are indicated with rit followed by a dashed horizon tal line e Trills Choose from a number of trill markings set to indicate possible pitch variations with accidentals 164 Slurs Hairpins Other Shapes and Repeats Chapter 6 e Figures for Guitar Notation Choose from a variety of figures for guitar notation including harmonics A H N H mute indications P M and picking symbols ham mer ons and pull offts There will be more information on guitar notation in Chapter 8 Like regular lines custom lines are beat attached As the name of the tool suggests you can edit any of the available lines or create your own from scratch Creating Custom Smart Shapes Create a custom Smart Shape for any type of line you need Perhaps the most common Smart Shape is cresc text followed by a dashed line Below are steps Before you begin from the Edit menu Mac Finale 2014 gt Preferences choose Measurement Units and then Inches 1 Hold down the CTRL OPTION key and click the Custom Line Tool The Smart Line Style Selection dialog box appears 2 Click Create You should now see the Smart Line
38. ve been defined to loop infinitely To identify and fix this problem Click the Repeat Tool il Choose Repeats gt Check Repeats The Check Repeats dialog box appears Any infinite loops will be listed several times Note the final measure of any infinite loops then click Done Double click the backward repeat text or barline in the measure s In the Backward Repeat Bar assignment or Text Repeat Assignment dialog box you can edit the Target repeat or Measure number as well as the Repeat Action and number of Total Passes TIP Note that there is a limit to the number of times repeats are allowed to loop to prevent infinite loops Choose Repeat gt Repeat Options The value entered for Multiple Repeat Passes specifies the greatest number of times a section is allowed to repeat Play Nth Time Only You can tell Finale to play back at a specific volume tempo or even patch number sound for the first second or third pass only To do this 1 Soo Se n 10 Click the Expression Tool and double click at the beginning of a repeated section The Expression Selection dialog box opens Choose the Technique category Click Create to open the Expression Designer In the text box enter a description of the playback definition you are entering Play 1st time only for example If you don t want this expression to print highlight the text and choose Text gt Style gt Hidden Click the Playback tab Fo
39. xt menu 3 Click Align Horizontally Vertically to align all selected Smart Shapes Then press the UP or DOWN ARROW keys or click one of the highlighted handles to position all of the aligned Smart Shapes at once Context Menu Extending Smart Shapes Over System Breaks Many Smart Shapes can be extended over a system break When this is done Finale basically generates a new Smart Shape at the beginning of the second system and any subsequent system as necessary If you would like to flatten the Smart Shape as it is moved over a system break from the context menu choose Make Horizontal Over System Break This option can also apply to existing Smart Shapes To allow Smart Shapes to retain their angle across system breaks choose Maintain Angle Over System Break from the context menu Slurs Slurs can be used to indicate a legato uninterrupted performance style or to indicate a musical phrase To enter a slur 4 Click the Slur Tool inthe Smart Shape palette 2 Double click the first note of the slur and drag to the destination note 3 When you release the mouse button the slur will adjust automatically to avoid collision of notes and accidentals As you drag the cursor over subsequent notes refer to the highlighted note to specify the endpoint of the slur see Figure 6 4 Figure 6 4 Specify the Slur Endpoint by referring to the highlighted note After you have entered the slur you will notice a surrounding pentagon wi
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