Hi Christopher, MM ought to hire you to be their perfect explainer.
Margot and I send our fond regards, Chuck > On Apr 26, 2017, at 12:27 PM, Christopher Smith > <christopher.sm...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > There are a number of issues here. > > First of all, if you tell Finale to use Default spelling, it sometimes > doesn’t make the right decision. You can either change the spelling manually, > or use a different default. I generally use this when I enter chords, because > Finale will usually choose F Ab C rather than F G# C if you hold down an F > minor chord. Chords it doesn’t recognize (like many jazz chords) are up for > grabs. They may be spelled correctly, or not, according to the direction the > wind is blowing and the moon phase. > > Favour Sharps, or Favour Flats are two of the defaults I use regularly. There > is no keyboard command to toggle these, so I have assigned them myself on my > Mac using the System Preference. This is pretty much bulletproof, but you > have to remember to set it, and if you enter a passage with the “wrong” > setting, you have to go back and change them manually using one of two > methods. This method is far from perfect, because if you have chosen one of > these defaults and enter an F#dim7 chord, either the F# or the Eb will be > spelled incorrectly. > > There is also “Use Spelling Tables” and you can set them according to the key > you are in, major or minor. These seem to be broken since many versions now, > or else I simply don’t understand them, because they have never worked > properly for me. > > The two manual methods for flipping enharmonics (or three, really, but the > third one is stupidly broken) are as follows: > > 1. Set Favour Sharps or Favour Flats and with the Speedy cursor on the chord > or note, hold down the pitch on the MIDI keyboard and hit Enter. Finale will > use whatever setting is in the Enharmonic Spelling at the moment to spell the > chord or note that way. This is the same as when you originally enter the > pitch. Spelling changed this way will stick properly. > > 2. For a while on single-note parts, I took to entering notes with > accidentals as diatonic notes, then hitting + or - immediately after the fact > to change it to a higher or lower alteration. This is also bulletproof. > > 3. Finale’s OFFICIAL way to switch enharmonics in Speedy is to set the cursor > on the note and hit 9. If you set the cursor on a chord and it is not exactly > on a notehead, it will cycle through every possible spelling, starting with > the lowest note in the chord, every time you press 9. If you ARE exactly on a > notehead, it will only respell this pitch. But this has been broken for many, > many versions now, as it doesn’t stick properly. It very well may flip back > on you without you doing anything, even when you are working on some other > staff. It is especially bad if you have ever hit 9 more than once on the same > stem. They claim to have fixed it, but it is still maddeningly broken. There > is no telling how this will turn out, so never touch it, is my advice. Use > one of the other methods. > > Christopher > > >> On Apr 26, 2017, at 1:32 PM, Elizabeth R. Austin <gink...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I had a copyist help with an orchestral (opera) score-now I'm adding all >> text, etc. and proofreading...as I go through all parts, there is >> inevitably a chordal misspelling, using a # instead of a *b*, etc...is >> there anything I can 'tell' Finale to do to avoid this? >> >> *Elizabeth R. Austin, ACA, BMI* >> *www.elizabethaustinmusic.com* <http://www.elizabethaustinmusic.com/> >> *http://composers.com/elizabeth-r-austin* >> <http://composers.com/elizabeth-r-austin> >> *http://www.amc.net/ElizabethRAustin* <http://www.amc.net/ElizabethRAustin> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 Chuck Israels cisra...@comcast.net (360) 201-3434 8831 SE 12th Ave. Portland OR 97202 <chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ 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
