Untangling ties in Finale

Untangling ties in Finale

Lesson 1 (basic): Adding and Flipping Ties

Ties have been covered elsewhere throughout the Conquering Finale series, but this video will be a quick introduction to the Untangling Ties category as well as a refresher and a summary of how to add and flip ties in both Simple and Speedy Entry.

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:27 Simple Entry
• 6:22 Speedy Entry
• 8:38 HyperScribe
• 9:21 Conclusion

A Special Tools Investigation (intermediate): Tie Tool

The Tie Tool has a couple of major functions: it allows you to simply flip your ties (0:54), and it allows you to adjust the positioning of your ties (3:04). You can adjust a tie’s ends, its arc, and its overall position with this tool. In addition to that, there are certain properties that can be switched on and off like avoiding staff lines, breaking for time or key signatures, or whether the tie goes outside or inside the notes (8:26). I’ve also included a couple of bonus tips here related to ties. The first has to do with resetting what I consider a poor choice of default behavior for ties in chords (15:17), and the second is what to do with ties in 1st and 2nd endings (16:37). And finally, I’ll cover the Utilities:Change:Ties… window (18:35), and give you a brief introduction into Patterson’s Tie Mover plug-in (19:39).

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:29 Basics
• 0:54 Flipping Ties
• 3:04 Simple Tie Adjustments
• 4:41 Advanced Tie Adjustments
• 7:43 Contextual Menu
• 8:26 Tie Alterations Window
• 15:17 Bonus Tip
• 16:37 Ties in 1st and 2nd Endings
• 18:35 Utilities:Change:Ties…
• 19:39 Patterson Tie Mover…
• 21:14 Summary

Lesson 2A (advanced): Ties Document Options (Part 1)

In the first of two videos covering the settings in the Ties section of the Document Options, we’ll attempt to untangle all the options related to the placement of ties and the offsets of the tie ends as well as the offsets for ties at the ends and beginnings of systems.

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:08 Placement Offsets
• 10:29 Placement Options
• 16:21 Tie System Breaks
• 20:16 Conclusion

Lesson 2A (advanced): Ties Document Options (Part 2)

Part two of the Document Options for Ties focuses on the Break for Signature options as well as the simple, yet somehow complex options available for tie directions on Chords and notes with Mixed Stems.

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:15 Break For Signatures
• 5:09 Tie Direction (Chords)
• 17:04 Tie Direction (Mixed Stems)
• 19:35 Conclusion

Lesson 3 (advanced): Tie Contour

The arcs of ties as well as the thicknesses of ties can all be adjusted in the Tie Contour… dialogue box which is accessed via the Tie pane of the Document Options. This video explores all the settings related to arcs and thicknesses and demonstrates how these settings ultimately affect the look of your ties.

• 0:00 Introduction
• 0:39 Span
• 4:33 Height and Inset
• 9:32 Practical Demo
• 12:37 Tie Thickness
• 13:58 Asymmetrical Ties
• 15:53 Avoid Staff Lines
• 18:01 Individual Control
• 19:00 Conclusion

Spotlight on Plug-ins: Patterson’s Tie Mover

Robert Patterson’s Tie Mover… plug-in is another brilliant, if not exhaustive tool in his series of plug-ins. It’s designed to make mass changes to all sorts of parameters related to ties related to start and end offsets, slur contour heights and insets, and tie direction among other things. There’s also a powerful filter to allow you to change ties with very specific properties, on lines, on spaces, only in certain layers, etc… In addition there’s a nice little function that can add courtesy accidentals to notes at the beginning of a system that were tied from the previous system.

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:41 Ties To Affect
• 12:30 Actions To Take
• 20:21 All Other Ties
• 21:04 Process Tie Ends
• 26:10 All Parts/Open Documents
• 28:20 Save Settings…
• 30:34 Conclusion

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