Pickup measures

Let’s turn the first measure of “Auld Lang Syne” into a proper pickup measure. There are several ways to do this, but we’ll show you the easiest. This method changes the first measure in the document into a pickup measure.

1. From the Document menu, choose Pickup Measure. The Pickup Measure dialog box opens, where you can tell Finale how long your pickup lasts. Click the note that corresponds to the sum of the pickup notes. In our example, we have a quarter note.
2. Click the quarter note, then click OK. Finale hides the half note rest and the quarter note rest and only displays our pickup notes. Finale even fixes the measure numbers to automatically skip the pickup measure. You may have noticed that the notes are still spaced as though the half note rest were still there. Never fear, we’ll fix the spacing in the next section.

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