Wow! Been painstakingly plotting out my bowings ever since I learned how to do that in college, and hearing I've been wasting my time all these years.
That'll certainly save me time and trouble in the future. Another feature I really would like, but I'll ask in another post. Thanks for the feedback, Mike On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 1:00 PM, <finale-requ...@shsu.edu> wrote: > Send Finale mailing list submissions to > finale@shsu.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > finale-requ...@shsu.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > finale-ow...@shsu.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Finale digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Bowing Plug-In? (Michael Dutka) > 2. Re: Bowing Plug-In? (David H. Bailey) > 3. Re: Bowing Plug-In? (Neal Gittleman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:14:19 -0400 > From: Michael Dutka <mikedu...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Finale] Bowing Plug-In? > To: finale@shsu.edu > Message-ID: > <CACeQs3BwjJidGkZ6+k=NLCXFqGfq+=Rk6X6L_OVmVA2_ > fsg...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi, folks. Reviewing a fairly large opera score, about 160 minutes of > music, and one thing that would be phenomenally helpful is some kind of > plug-in or app that would let Finale users see every up and down bow, even > when they're not written in. > > The string players I've spoken to don't like it when I write in every > bowing mark, and ask me only to write them in when they're not obvious. But > it's easy for me (as a non-string player) to lose track, and possibly write > in a bad bowing combination, and we all know what working out problems > during rehearsals with live musicians costs. > > Is there any such thing around? Anything one of you brilliant plug-in/app > writers would want to create? I, for one, would pay a lot of money for > something like that, and can't think I'm the only one. > > Just curious. Thanks, > > Mike > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:56:51 -0400 > From: "David H. Bailey" <dhbaile...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [Finale] Bowing Plug-In? > To: finale@shsu.edu, Michael Dutka <mikedu...@gmail.com> > Message-ID: <c72fecc3-458a-80ff-186b-df2d0d2d5...@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 8/15/2017 3:14 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: > > Hi, folks. Reviewing a fairly large opera score, about 160 minutes of > > music, and one thing that would be phenomenally helpful is some kind of > > plug-in or app that would let Finale users see every up and down bow, > even > > when they're not written in. > > > > The string players I've spoken to don't like it when I write in every > > bowing mark, and ask me only to write them in when they're not obvious. > But > > it's easy for me (as a non-string player) to lose track, and possibly > write > > in a bad bowing combination, and we all know what working out problems > > during rehearsals with live musicians costs. > > > > Is there any such thing around? Anything one of you brilliant plug-in/app > > writers would want to create? I, for one, would pay a lot of money for > > something like that, and can't think I'm the only one. > > > > Just curious. Thanks, > > > > > Give a violin part to 10 violinists to bow and you'll get 10 different > sets of bowing. > > There's no single way of bowing that everybody would agree on so no > plug-in would ever work. > > The best a plug-in could do would be to indicate alternating up and down > bows on each articulated note in sequence and indicate a single bowing > at the start of a slur. But I'm not sure why you would want such a > plug-in, since no matter what you indicate the concertmaster will change > it. > > Best to leave the bowings unmarked unless there is something you > definitely want on an up-bow or a down-bow. And mark those sparingly. > Leave such things to the people who will be playing the parts. > > > -- > ***** > David H. Bailey > dhbaile...@comcast.net > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:37:56 -0500 > From: Neal Gittleman <nealg...@mac.com> > Subject: Re: [Finale] Bowing Plug-In? > To: finale@shsu.edu > Message-ID: <e8c41a16-6deb-4027-ac39-dcdcf2618...@mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I hate to contradict David, whose posts are generally dead-on, but... > > Give a violin part to 10 violinists and you'll get at least 11 different > bowings! > > Neal Gittleman > > Sent from my iPhone > (so please excuse any tap-pos!) > > > On Aug 15, 2017, at 2:56 PM, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > > >> On 8/15/2017 3:14 PM, Michael Dutka wrote: > >> Hi, folks. Reviewing a fairly large opera score, about 160 minutes of > >> music, and one thing that would be phenomenally helpful is some kind of > >> plug-in or app that would let Finale users see every up and down bow, > even > >> when they're not written in. > >> > >> The string players I've spoken to don't like it when I write in every > >> bowing mark, and ask me only to write them in when they're not obvious. > But > >> it's easy for me (as a non-string player) to lose track, and possibly > write > >> in a bad bowing combination, and we all know what working out problems > >> during rehearsals with live musicians costs. > >> > >> Is there any such thing around? Anything one of you brilliant > plug-in/app > >> writers would want to create? I, for one, would pay a lot of money for > >> something like that, and can't think I'm the only one. > >> > >> Just curious. Thanks, > >> > > > > > > Give a violin part to 10 violinists to bow and you'll get 10 different > > sets of bowing. > > > > There's no single way of bowing that everybody would agree on so no > > plug-in would ever work. > > > > The best a plug-in could do would be to indicate alternating up and down > > bows on each articulated note in sequence and indicate a single bowing > > at the start of a slur. But I'm not sure why you would want such a > > plug-in, since no matter what you indicate the concertmaster will change > it. > > > > Best to leave the bowings unmarked unless there is something you > > definitely want on an up-bow or a down-bow. And mark those sparingly. > > Leave such things to the people who will be playing the parts. > > > > > > -- > > ***** > > David H. 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