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

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> From: Michael Dutka <mikedu...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Finale] Bowing Plug-In?
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> 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>
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> 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
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> 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
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> 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. Bailey
> > dhbaile...@comcast.net
> > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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