MIDI Import Question - Shifting notes
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MIDI Import Question - Shifting notes
My daughter sent me a MIDI file she wants entered into Finale and cleaned up. My problem is the tune starts on a quarter note pickup, but when I open it, the pickup note is on beat one. How can I shift everything so the first note becomes a pickup?
Thanks,
Jerry Walker
Thanks,
Jerry Walker
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MIDI Import Question - Shifting notes
Import the file into finale so that the notation appears.
Add a measure onto the end.
Select and cut all the notes and paste so that the first one is a pickup in the first measure (ie, select the 4th beat rest and paste)
I don't have Finale, but this is how I'd do it in Sibelius.
Add a measure onto the end.
Select and cut all the notes and paste so that the first one is a pickup in the first measure (ie, select the 4th beat rest and paste)
I don't have Finale, but this is how I'd do it in Sibelius.
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MIDI Import Question - Shifting notes
That would indeed work in Finale.
Then you would go into the "Document | Pickup Measure" menu item to reduce the first measure down to the final quarter note.
Then you would go into the "Document | Pickup Measure" menu item to reduce the first measure down to the final quarter note.
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MIDI Import Question - Shifting notes
Quote from: harrison.t.reed on Aug 03, 2017, 02:47PMImport the file into finale so that the notation appears.
Add a measure onto the end.
Select and cut all the notes and paste so that the first one is a pickup in the first measure (ie, select the 4th beat rest and paste)
I don't have Finale, but this is how I'd do it in Sibelius.
Makes sense. I'll try it. Score is over a hundred measures long. Guess if I reduce the size so it all fits on the screen, that would work.
Thanks!
Jerry Walker
Add a measure onto the end.
Select and cut all the notes and paste so that the first one is a pickup in the first measure (ie, select the 4th beat rest and paste)
I don't have Finale, but this is how I'd do it in Sibelius.
Makes sense. I'll try it. Score is over a hundred measures long. Guess if I reduce the size so it all fits on the screen, that would work.
Thanks!
Jerry Walker
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MIDI Import Question - Shifting notes
No need to zoom out or see the whole score at once. I think you just need to click the first note, hen scroll to tge final note, then hold [shift] and click the last note to select everything.
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MIDI Import Question - Shifting notes
Quote from: harrison.t.reed on Yesterday at 04:25 AMNo need to zoom out or see the whole score at once. I think you just need to click the first note, hen scroll to tge final note, then hold [shift] and click the last note to select everything.
It worked!
Thanks!
Jerry Walker
It worked!
Thanks!
Jerry Walker
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For future reference, drag-and-drop can be used to reposition notes in Finale.
In this instance, insert a pickup measure, select the notes/measures/stacks to be moved, click-and-hold on the first note of the selection, drag it to the left, and release when the mouse pointer is in the pickup measure. The music rebars automatically.
In this instance, insert a pickup measure, select the notes/measures/stacks to be moved, click-and-hold on the first note of the selection, drag it to the left, and release when the mouse pointer is in the pickup measure. The music rebars automatically.
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Thanks, everyone. I knew this was the place to find the answer!
Jerry Walker
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Thanks, everyone. I knew this was the place to find the answer!
Jerry Walker
Jerry Walker