| Yes, Darcy, I asked for this along time ago too, but I was under the impression that Finale never wanted to fix it. The "workaround" which I was told to use (which I guess they don't consider a workaround) is to highlight the area in the transposed part, under Mass Mover Tool, Mass Edit menu, Change/Chord Assignments/Transpose. That's what I've had to remember to do ever since. All the best, KIM R On Aug 3, 2005, at 8:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:00:05 -0400 From: Darcy James Argue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Finale] Chord symbol transposition bug still not fixed in Finale 2006 Cc: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hello, I'm writing to say how incredibly disappointed I am that a major bug involving chord symbols attached to staves set to Chromatic Transposition has still not been corrected in Finale 2006. There are many serious problems with Finale's implementation of chord symbols, but this is by far the most harmful one. It has been a problem since chromatic (i.e., non-key sig) transposition was introduced for staves (back in Finale 97, I think?). I have asked every year that this be fixed -- and it ought to be a simple fix. Sibelius has handled this situation correctly since (at least) Sib 2.0. So -- here are the steps to reproduce the bug: 1) Using the Setup Wizard (or manually), create a Finale file including any transposing instrument -- like, for example, a Trumpet in Bb. [It doesn't matter which transposing instrument you choose, but for now, let's use a Trumpet in Bb.] 2) Set the score to Display in Concert Pitch. 3) Enter some notes. 4) Enter some chord symbols. 5) Turn off Display in Concert Pitch. Notice that both the notes and the chord symbols transpose up a step. This is correct. 6) Now, using the Staff Tool, double-click the staff. This launches the Staff Attributes dialog box. Click the "Select" box next to "Transposition." Change the transposition method from Key Signature to Chromatic. 7) Notice what happened. The _notes_ are still transposed correctly (up a step from concert pitch), but the _chord symbols_ are no longer transposed. They display --incorrectly -- in concert pitch, and must be manually transposed to match the music. This is a serious bug that has needlessly ruined many reading sessions and performances -- including a premiere of one of my works earlier this year out in LA. I was unable to attend personally and made the mistake of not insisting on preparing the parts myself. The LA copyist they used was obviously unaware of this bug, and when extracting parts from my Score in C, left the chord symbols in the tenor sax part untransposed, with disastrous results. Please, please, please, please, please, I'm begging you guys, fix this. *Please.* Every year another upgrade comes out with this bug uncorrected, it breaks my heart. Best regards, - Darcy ----- Brooklyn, NY |
_______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
