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Utilities/Music Spacing

These commands, which affect full-measure selections, are unique to Finale. They let you use linear spacing for the notes, or you can space the notes and measures of your score the same way a professional engraver does - by consulting a table of width values for each note, and spacing the notes and measures accordingly. The result is non-proportional spacing, where a whole note isn't allotted four times as much width as a quarter note - it's actually allotted much less space.

 

This example is spaced with Beat

Spacing. Each beat is spaced non-linearly first, then spaced within the beat linearly.

This example is spaced with Note Spacing. Each note is spaced non-linearly.

This example is spaced with Time Signature Spacing. Each note is spaced linearly.

 

Keep in mind that you can use any of these three music-spacing methods on any measures in your score, mixing and matching as necessary. You can also experiment with a certain selected region, trying first one kind of music spacing and then another; only the most recently-applied spacing will remain.

 

Apply Beat Spacing

Apply Note Spacing

Apply Time Signature Spacing

 

See Also:

Document Options-Music Spacing

 

Apply Beat Spacing

Apply Note Spacing

Apply Time Signature Spacing

 

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