>You know, I've really tried to understand this particular >complaint, and I'm afraid I really can't. When we did >everything by hand we all, always, entered duration and pitch >simultaneously, right? >(Placement on the staff = pitch; note shape/color = duration.)
Well, no. First you move your pen to the pitch, then you draw the duration. These are two distinct steps that can be done in only one order. >So why should one way be "better" than the other (whatever "better" >means)? It isn't as if we're hardwired by nature to think one >way or the other, is it? No, we are not hard-wired, just highly practiced to do pitch then duration, whether in copying or playing. >Maybe it's just something that can't be explained, a >disinclination to learn new methods, but heck, everything I DO >on a computer forces me to learn new methods!!! Sure. I could learn Simple and the reverse order of entry, but I have no need to and the attempts that I have made at it have been brief but frustrating. Richard Yates _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
