I sure like the idea of MakeMusic including Bill's stuff. Better in the long run for the family, I would think.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Dannewitz Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 3:29 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts Very true. I got asked last night about the rehearsal font on a chart I brought in. I was like "um....well....it's complicated, I'll let you know about the status." Which is what by the way? Nick and Vince are....whom? It would be absolutely great to see MakeMusic buy up Bill's stuff and include it in future versions of Finale....but perhaps that is a pipe dream..... Chuck Israels wrote: > Indeed, this has been a bugaboo for years, and only constant carping > and complaining will get MM's attention. > > The available defense for advanced jazz chord symbol users is to spend > time (a lot of time, unfortunately) creating the chord suffixes you > like, saving them as a library and then loading them into new > documents with empty chord libraries. > > I don't know the status of the Bill Duncan material, but those of us > who were lucky enough to have bought his chord font are ahead of the > game in this department. I hope that Nick and Vince are still > pursuing Bill's sister for distribution access to the material. Until > then, much as we'd like to make it generally available, there are > legal and ethical obstacles to doing so. > > Of course, you still have to go through Finale's chord suffix editor > to change anything you don't like in Bill's suffixes but, for me, the > need to do that is rare. > > Chuck > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/748 - Release Date: 4/5/2007 3:33 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.26/748 - Release Date: 4/5/2007 3:33 PM _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
