Finale QuickTips: Cross-Staff Beaming

6/26/2011 2:34:26 PM #

What a great tip! (down arrow works well too)

Rick Arnest

6/26/2011 5:24:38 PM #

Hi Rick,

I'm glad you liked it -- I think Justin pleasantly surprised a few people with this one!

Best wishes,

Scott at MakeMusic

Scott Yoho

6/26/2011 9:07:49 PM #

Thank you so much! I have been wondering how to do this.

Daniel

6/26/2011 9:10:14 PM #

Arg! This apparently doesn't work with finale printmusic 2011. Sad day.

Daniel

6/27/2011 4:16:25 AM #

Thanks for posting this update - very useful!

Margaret Cooke

6/27/2011 3:18:58 PM #

Hi Daniel,

You are correct, this is a Finale feature not found in PrintMusic. Sorry!

Best wishes,

Scott at MakeMusic

Scott Yoho

6/27/2011 3:19:14 PM #

Hi Margaret,

Thanks for the kind words!

Scott at MakeMusic

Scott Yoho

7/1/2011 7:33:23 PM #

Is this a Finale 2011 feature? When I do this in 2010, it just highlights the same section in the staff above. I checked to see if my SPACES hotkey was messing with this (opt+arrowkey), but it's not.

cgilmore

7/8/2011 7:39:37 PM #

This shortcut illustrates, again, how many subtle, easily accessible shortcuts there are in this incredible digital musical notation application! I'm continually amazed at the versatility of this.

We need at least two lifetimes to uncover the gems included in this application!

Michael Mathew

7/9/2011 10:42:07 PM #

Hi cgilmore,

I can make this work with Finale 2010 if I omit the shift key and just use opt+arrowkey (mac) or alt+arrowkey (win). Does that do the trick for you?

Scott at MakeMusic

Scott Yoho

7/9/2011 10:43:40 PM #

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the comment. I love the moog photo on your website. Makes me think of Wendy Carlos!

Best wishes,

Scott at MakeMusic

Scott Yoho

7/13/2011 3:55:01 AM #

@Scott

Yes, that did work. I had to change my Spaces shortcut, but that's ok.

And btw, this is a great tip!

cgilmore

7/16/2011 6:30:48 AM #

<<And btw, this is a great tip!>>

Hi cgilmore,

Thnanks -- I agree -- nice job, Justin!

Scott at MakeMusic

Scott Yoho

7/21/2011 9:42:41 AM #

So, there's ultimately no way to cross-staff beam in PrintMusic 2011?

Michael

7/27/2011 1:52:47 PM #

Hi Michael,

Correct. Finale supports cross-staff beaming, PrintMusic does not.

Scott at MakeMusic

Scott Yoho