> the 1985 way In fairness, the 1985 way was ProCo. If you mean the 1989 way, it was this <https://www.dropbox.com/s/f2d6ftebwxzsyu0/Screen%20Shot%202018-04-20%20at%2011.54.54%20AM.png?dl=0> .
While I'm the first to recognize Finale's limitations, I think you a being overly harsh. On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 8:50 AM, <cr...@parmerlee.com> wrote: > I have spent just 90 minutes hands on, and it is already obvious to me > that I will save loads of time on layout edits and other little > niceties like cautionary accidentals. Things like cautionary > accidentals, beaming, notating ties correction, multi-measure rests > and many other things happen automatically according to rules you > choose. > > In addition, the new chord support is much more elaborate and > consistent than anything in Finale. Finale separates the information > entry from the information presentation. This becomes evident on > chords. There is only one "major 7" chord, but once your chords are > entered, you are free to choose any of the popular conventions for > displaying chord names (e.g. CMaj7, Cma7, CM7, Ctriangle7 etc.) You > select the display system and that's how everything displays -- > automatically. > > I have not done a full big band chart from start to finish. I plan to > do this next week. That will put Dorico (and me) to the test, as I > usually begin with MIDI imports for the Rhy instruments. From what I > have seen, Dorico has done a good job of handling MIDI and XML import. > > One thing that seems goofy with Dorico is the idea that is it hard to > turn on chord symbols in a limited way. For example, I typically show > all the chords for piano and guitar. I will often do simplified chords > (and fewer chords) for bass. And I will show chords for horns only > during solos of course. I think this is all possible in Dorico, but I > don't think the Dorico folks understand how jazz notation works. This > is the one case I have seen where it is probably easier to do it the > 1985 way. > > > Quoting Martin Nickless <mnnickl...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi > > May I just ask what may seem very simplistic but what difference > > does dorico have on somebody i.e. myself that is primarily writing > > big band scores and small jazz groups quartets quintets etc > > to my mind finale works perfectly well for those type of projects > > Martin > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On 20 Apr 2018, at 13:17, Robert Patterson > >> <rob...@robertgpatterson.com> wrote: > >> > >> I guess I don't understand how a master page set works. What advantage > does > >> it bring for working on a few instruments at a time? > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:45 AM, David H. Bailey < > dhbaile...@comcast.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Ooops -- I guess the musician in me was more powerful than the French > >>> student. > >>> > >>> What clef does the "voilà" use? The French violin clef of course. > >>> > >>> David H. Bailey > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> On 4/19/2018 9:46 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On Apr 19, 2018, at 5:18 PM, David H. Bailey <dhbaile...@comcast.net > > > >>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On 4/19/2018 7:58 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: > >>>>>> n choose whichever instruments out of the total > >>>>> original ensemble one wants to use in any particular "flow." You > simply > >>>>> select the instruments from the original large ensemble and viola you > >>>>> have just what you need in the new flow. > >>>> > >>>> Unless, David, you happen to need a “voila”. > >>>> > >>>> :) Chuck > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> David H. 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