Finale Quick Tip : Fix Frozen Ties in Managed Voices

Sometimes in Finale, particularly in older scores which have been updated , ties on notes in secondary layers can get “frozen”. The ties in both Layers look normal in the score:

..but in Managed Parts (which use Finale’s Voicing feature), these same ties appear upside down:

Normally, you might be able to go into Utilities>Change>Ties…>Tie Direction, and set the Tie Direction to Automatic, but in these cases, the tie positioning is “stuck” in the flipped position for the part (e.g. when the other Layer is not there to help specify direction).

Edit>Clear Selected Items… then checking Special Alterations>Tie Alterations won’t typically fix this problem, either.

A quick fix is to use Finale’s little-known Frame Editor.

In score view, choose Document>Show Active Layer Only, then go to the Layer that the problem ties are occurring in (usually layer 2).  You should see the same “frozen” positioning that appears in the part.

Select the Speedy Note Entry Tool, then immediately press the Escape Key so that the Speedy Frame is not attached to any bar.

Now, with the Speedy Note Entry Tool still active, and while holding down the Option Key (Mac) or Alt Key (Windows) click in the measure that has the flipped tie. Finale’s Edit Frame dialog will come up:

There is a lot of arcane technical information in this dialog, but only the Flip Tie Attribute is important for this tip.

The Flip Tie checkbox should NOT be checked for that tied note.

Click the Next button to move through the bar one note event at a time (e.g. 1x for each note / beat before the tied note) until you see the Flip Tie Checkbox checked.

(The “Tie Start” Attribute will also be checked for this same note).

Uncheck the Flip Tie attribute and then click OK, and the tie should now be positioned correctly in both the score and the part which has Edit Voicing active.

~robert

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