I just tried this: Key set to G minor (“Minor Key” is chosen in the Key Signature dialog). Enharmonic Spelling is set to “Use Spelling Tables”. Minor Key Spelling table is set to default: #2, b3, b4, b6, b7.
If I enter an F# using my MIDI keyboard, an F# appears in the score. Do you not get this result with the settings above? Best wishes, Michael On 3 Jul 2014, at 06:11, Patricia Spedden <psped...@huntington.edu> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
