In response to Christopher: Thank you for your response. Actually, I couldn't figure out how to use the spelling tables either. Under Minor Keys, the default altered notes are #6 & #7, but that does not result in a raised 7th. The other two choices are b7 & b8. I've tried every combination of those options, but still get a Gb instead of an F# in the key of G harmonic minor. What am I doing wrong here?
I do bounce between Favor Sharps/Favor Flats, but that gets cumbersome, and sometimes I need both, as with an augmented III chord. Thanks, too, for the helpful info on importing MIDI. Patricia Spedden ________________________________________ From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith [christopher.sm...@videotron.ca] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2014 11:12 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Harmonic Minor Hi PAtricia, Under the Finale 2012 menu, in Enharmonic Spelling, if I choose "Use Spelling Tables" that gives me automatically an F# in Gminor when I am using Speedy Entry with a MIDI controller. I don't understand why that wouldn't be part of "Use Default Spelling" but maybe you could open a tech support case to complain about it. It makes no sense to me, either. I generally, however, use Favor Sharps or Favor Flats, and have set keyboard shortcuts to switch quickly between them. For G harm minor, I would use Favour Sharps to make the 7th degree show up as F#. As for the second question, I would always use Tracks Become Staves. This means that if the maker of the MIDI file put the same alto sax sound on the same channel on two different staves (Alto Sax 1 and Alto Sax 2, for example), it would show up on two different staves, but they hardly ever do that. Channels Become Staves would combine them. If I need to combine something, I know how Implode Music in Finale works. The Set Track-to-Staff list means that you already know what the MIDI file has, and you want it to import a certain way. This is a terrible option, because the only way to know this is if you created the MIDI file yourself, in which case you should make it the way you want it already. Christopher On Wed Jul 2, at WednesdayJul 2 10:35 PM, Patricia Spedden wrote: > Finale 2012c, Win 7-64 > > Hello, > > I have 2 questions: > > 1. Does anyone know how to set a minor key signature that will automatically > raise the 7th scale step (rather than lowering tonic 1/2 step) when using > harmonic minor? For example, in G harmonic minor, every F# appears as a Gb. > After years of manually raising the 7th scale tone, I'm wondering if there is > a way for Finale to raise it automatically. I've looked at the nonstandard > menu (although harmonic minor is hardly nonstandard), and cannot figure it > out. In a long document with thick chords, it takes quite a while to correct > all the 7ths. > > 2. When importing a free MIDI file, how do you know which of the first 3 > options to select in the dialog box--if you don't know how the author set up > the tracks/channels? (The 3 options are Tracks Become Staves, Channels > Become Staves, and Set Track-to-Staff List.) Or, do those choices allow you > to reset tracks/channels in the MIDI file to your own needs? > > With appreciation, > > Patricia Spedden > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
