Pickup measures
Follow these steps to convert the first measure into a pickup measure.
If you wish to add a pickup measure before the first measure,
first insert a measure stack at the beginning of your piece (select the first measure and from the Edit menu, choose Insert Measure Stack). Finale will also automatically
skip over your pickup measure when displaying measure numbers. There
is another method which some users prefer to create both pickup measures
at the beginning of a piece and pickup measures within a piece. See To create a pickup measure within a piece (below).
- Choose Document > Pickup Measure.
The Pickup Measure dialog box appears containing rhythmic values.
- Click the rhythmic value corresponding to the
sum of the pickup note or notes. If the duration of the pickup
notes is equivalent to a dotted note, click the dotted note.
- Click OK (or press ENTER),
and enter the pickup notes, replacing the rest(s). Finale will still play back the entire
measure (as there are invisible rests behind the scenes). If you’ve
entered the notes before creating the pickup measure, you may need to
reapply music spacing.
- Enter the pickup notes first, at the beginning of the measure.
- Choose the Time Signature Tool
.
- Double-click the pickup measure. The Time Signature dialog box appears.
- Set the Number of Beats to match the sum of beats in the pickup measure.
- Under Measure Region, specify the measure number of the pickup only. For example, Measure 24 Through 24.
- Click More Options. The Time Signature dialog box expands.
- Check Use a Different Time Signature for Display.
- Set the Number of Beats to match the sum of beats in the full measures of music after the pickup measure.
- Set the Beat Duration to match the beat duration in the full measure of music after the pickup measure.Click OK.
- Choose the Measure tool
.
- Double-click the pickup measure to open the Measure Attributes dialog box.
- Uncheck Include in Measure Numbering and click OK.
