notes have turned grey on score

[kingfreeze]

Well, I have hit another bump in the road. While working on a piece using world instruments and GPO4 in finale 2011 at some point some of the notes turned grey and I am unable to articulate those grey notes. The grey notes are both world and GPO4. Oddly, it is confined to only part of the score, and other staves are unaffected. I am able to delete a bar of grey notes, and paste the same bar back again, but the notes are still grey. ideas ?

[Michael.B]

Well, I have hit another bump in the road. While working on a piece using world instruments and GPO4 in finale 2011 at some point some of the notes turned grey and I am unable to articulate those grey notes. The grey notes are both world and GPO4. Oddly, it is confined to only part of the score, and other staves are unaffected. I am able to delete a bar of grey notes, and paste the same bar back again, but the notes are still grey. ideas ?

Hello Steve,

Those grey notes are so-called 'hidden notes' and are non-printing. To return them to full view you have a couple of options.

To return a selection of grey (hidden) notes to normal view, go to: 'Plug-ins/Note, Beam and Rest Editing/Notes and Rests Show.

To return individual grey notes to normal view you can use the 'Speedy entry' tool. Just click on the note and select the letter 'o' to show the note. (The letter 'h' will hide the note and rest.)

I would also mention that notes and rests hidden using the plugin do actually play-back but notes and rests hidden using the 'Speedy Entry' tool don't play back.

Hope this helps.

Michael

[kingfreeze]

Michael: To go to "plug ins", do you mean "midi>device setup>manage vst plug ins"? I used all keyword from your post above, and the web guide provided no information I see. I have many bars that turned grey, and would like to return the "selection" of notes to normal view. By the way, this version IS print music, why would I not want notes to be visable, and yes, the score does play.

[Michael.B]

Michael: To go to "plug ins", do you mean "midi>device setup>manage vst plug ins"? I used all keyword from your post above, and the web guide provided no information I see. I have many bars that turned grey, and would like to return the "selection" of notes to normal view. By the way, this version IS print music, why would I not want notes to be visable, and yes, the score does play.

Hello again Steve,

Ah .. No, this is different to the VST Plugins. At your top menu, do you have a 'Plug-ins' option there?

If not, first try your 'Speedy Entry' tool to see if you can change those notes back to 'normal' just to check that these grey notes really are 'hidden notes' in Print Music.

[kingfreeze]

no sir, I do not see anything anywhere that says "plug ins", using the speedy entry, it did change the half rest to solid, and some of the notes in the voicing on beat 3 ,second stave down. as I remember , I did nothing to change the score, did what I've been doing.

[gogreen]

I'm not sure if this works in print music, but in my Finale 2011, if you're in speedy entry, place the cursor on the note or rest and press h. You can toggle between hidden and printable notes and rests with the "h" key.

Art

[Derrek]

That looks like notes in different layers (like layer 4) to me.

[gogreen]

That looks like notes in different layers (like layer 4) to me.

I think Derrek is right.

Art

[Michael.B]

Well, I have hit another bump in the road. While working on a piece using world instruments and GPO4 in finale 2011 at some point some of the notes turned grey and I am unable to articulate those grey notes. The grey notes are both world and GPO4. Oddly, it is confined to only part of the score, and other staves are unaffected. I am able to delete a bar of grey notes, and paste the same bar back again, but the notes are still grey. ideas ?

Hello Steve,

Derek has made a very good suggestion.

If you inadvertently switched to another layer for a section and that layer uses grey notes then there you have it.

In Finale layers can be changed by using 'Edit' from the Menu bar. It's a case of selecting the area to change then going to: 'Edit/Move/Copy Layers.

[gogreen]

Kingfreeze: To use the move/copy utility in Finale 2011, select a measure or measures first. Then, at the top left, click "Edit." In the dropdown menu, select "Move/Copy Layers." In that window, first choose move or copy, and then an option below that choice. Then in your choice's dropdown menu, choose the layer to which you want to move your selection. You can move any layer to any other layer.

I'm not sure if this works in PrintMusic as it does in Finale, but from the looks of your attachment, it appears it would work the same.

Art