When you shrink notes, Finale automatically
shrinks anything attached to them proportionally—lyrics,
articulations, and so on. Under some circumstances, you
may not want these attached items to change size along with the notes.
Note: For lyrics, a simpler alternative to the method below
is to specify a Fixed Size when you select a type size; see To
set the font for lyrics globally.
- Enter the cue notes in Layer 2, 3, or 4.
If you’ve already entered them in Layer 1, use the Edit > Move/Copy Layers to put them into another layer. If you’ve already attached
the lyrics or other elements to the cue notes, remove
them; you’ll be inserting them into a different layer.
- Enter normal-sized “dummy” notes in Layer 1.
It makes no difference what the pitches are; in a moment, they’ll be invisible.
Make sure they match the rhythm of the cue notes.
- Attach your lyrics or other
markings to the dummy notes.
- Click the Staff tool
.
- Choose Staff > Apply Staff Styles To > Score and Parts (or Current Part/Score).
- Select Blank Notation: Layer 1, and then click
OK. The Blank Notation setting hides all notes in Layer 1, but
preserves anything attached to them. In short, you now have cue notes
in one layer (unaffected by the Blank Notation setting), and associated
lyrics and markings at normal size in another layer—but they appear to
be attached to the cue notes.
