Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Don Hart
I've never scanned any music to work with in Finale, so I guess I was envisioning more rhythm and pitch errors than the type that you mention. I realize that if elements are showing up in the wrong tool ("ties misinterpreted as slurs and tempo markings misinterpreted as song verse") different prob

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Craig Parmerlee
At 09:43 PM 2/9/2004, Don Hart wrote: I would think that proofing by playback, at least in most cases, would make 95% accuracy work pretty well, as opposed to reentering everything. Even if both methods were a wash timewise, scanning would break the routine, and that can sometimes be its own ble

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Don Hart
I would think that proofing by playback, at least in most cases, would make 95% accuracy work pretty well, as opposed to reentering everything. Even if both methods were a wash timewise, scanning would break the routine, and that can sometimes be its own blessing. Don Hart on 2/9/04 4:46 PM,

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 09 Feb 2004, at 06:59 PM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: There are some good reasons I can think of for his notation, for example, if another instrument somewhere IS covering that last eighth note triplet, Nope. I guess you know better than I do, but I would still go with the triplet normally

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 6:07 PM -0500 2/09/04, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 09 Feb 2004, at 05:01 PM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: It looks to me that the difference between your first solution and this quarter rest - eighth rest - a triplet consisting of: an eighth note followed by a sixteenth note, half rest is onl

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 09 Feb 2004, at 05:01 PM, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: It looks to me that the difference between your first solution and this quarter rest - eighth rest - a triplet consisting of: an eighth note followed by a sixteenth note, half rest is only the length of the last note. If you needed the la

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 8:06 AM -0500 2/09/04, Darcy James Argue wrote: Okay, In 4/4, one normally "shows" beat 3 of a measure when it contains eighth note values or smaller. However, I've run into a situation where my source has the following rhythm: quarter rest - eighth rest - a triplet consisting of: two eighth

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 11:11 AM -0500 2/09/04, Darcy James Argue wrote: There's still all of Sibelius's blatant claims along the lines of "Finale can't do this," or "Sibelius is the *only* music notation program that does that." There are a couple of unique features that caught my eye when I saw the Sibelius 2 d

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 9, 2004, at 9:44 AM, Phil Daley wrote: Note bene: I am not familiar with note scanning software. I am _extremely_ familiar with character scanning software. "95% accuracy" in scanning conversion to text produces a useless document. It is more work to clean up that mess than to retype i

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 09 Feb 2004, at 03:55 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Feb 9, 2004, at 5:06 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: In 4/4, one normally "shows" beat 3 of a measure when it contains eighth note values or smaller. However, I've run into a situation where my source has the following rhythm: [...] In other word

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 9, 2004, at 4:28 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: There's actually FOUR kinds of lies, to paraphrase Mark Twain (I think he originated it): 1) Lies, 2) Damn Lies, 3) Statistics and 4) Marketing. The line appears in Twain's autobiography, but he himself attributes it to Benjamin Disraeli. More

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 9, 2004, at 5:06 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: In 4/4, one normally "shows" beat 3 of a measure when it contains eighth note values or smaller. However, I've run into a situation where my source has the following rhythm: [...] In other words, an eighth-note triplet starting on the "and"

Re: [Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 9, 2004, at 6:12 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: What is the standard way to notate a sixteenth quintuplet when only the final note is played? What do you put under the bracket: A quarter rest followed by the sixteenth note? Two eighth rests followed by the sixteenth note? Four sixteenth

Re: [Finale] Converting Score files

2004-02-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.02.2004 12:45 Uhr, Matthew Naughtin wrote > This has probably been discussed before, but I'll ask anyway: > a composer I work with has some old files of a piece that was engraved using > Score. Is there any way for me to translate these over into Finale? Finale can import Score files. I hav

[Finale] Converting Score files

2004-02-09 Thread Matthew Naughtin
This has probably been discussed before, but I'll ask anyway: a composer I work with has some old files of a piece that was engraved using Score. Is there any way for me to translate these over into Finale? Matt Naughtin ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
Have you tried to tell automated Sprint "what the problem is" _Sometimes_, that even works. Also, of course, tuners have become pretty discriminating. The difference between all of these applications and a notation program, though, is rhythm. Placing all of this in exact relation to meter is a w

Re: [Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
I have seen a quarter rest, followed by a sixteenth, with a bracket over both, on occasion. As long as the bracket is obvious, it is clear enough. Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra - Original Message - From: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday,

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread M. Perticone
hello, i'd prefer de original notation, that is a triplet starting at the second half oh the second beat. i used that kind of rhythms a lot, and in my experience the mentioned solution was the best one. i feel this applies to moderate to fast tempi. if it's to slow, say m.m.40, probably your secon

Re: [Finale] Chord Entry

2004-02-09 Thread Tim Thompson
Sure--Chord Tool, Chord Menu, choose 1-staff or 2-staff analysis. If your score is one part per staff, then you will have to implode first. I don't know how accurate it would be--I'm sure it depends on the degree of correlation between the harmonies in the piece and the contents of your chord

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
I believe he said 97%, but I don't recall the percentage with 100 % accuracy, or something like that. All I know is my violist friend, who has been using Finale for years, is now scanning rather than any of his other note entry choices, when it comes to entering a clean printed work. Enough said.

[Finale] Chord Entry

2004-02-09 Thread George Ports
Isn't there a way to have fin2004 tell you the names of chords by annalyzing a four part vocal score?  I thought I read it somewhere and now I can't find it.      I'm using winXP.  Thanks for any help. George Ports ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PR

[Finale]

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[Finale] Strings natural harmonics playback

2004-02-09 Thread Rafael Junchaya
I remember the old days when not even 8va signs could playback correctly! Then I remember Tobias Giesen issuing string harmonics with playback in TGTools. It's been great until HP in Fin2k4, but that's another thing that's been discussed elsewhere.   Now I'm facing this difficulty: Some compo

[Finale]

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Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/9/2004 12:17 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: >"Lies" is a strong word, and here, unjustified. > >But I would have agreed with you on the scanning until last week. A friend >of mine (a viola player and user of WinFin2003) astounded me, just a few >days ago, by telling me that he has been having gre

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
> > I do notice nobody has jumped in to defend Micnotator at all. :) > > > > David H. Bailey You're right there. I know I am more certain of the keyboard than my voice, so why shouldn't I assume Finale would be? (In other words, I've never tried it.) RH ___

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 09 Feb 2004, at 10:58 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: I do notice nobody has jumped in to defend Micnotator at all. :) It makes me wonder... if SmartMusic does a fairly decent job of assessing student performance, why can't MicNotator render performances with anything even approaching accuracy?

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius - subset: Finale lies?

2004-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
"Lies" is a strong word, and here, unjustified. But I would have agreed with you on the scanning until last week. A friend of mine (a viola player and user of WinFin2003) astounded me, just a few days ago, by telling me that he has been having great success scanning. After some trial and error, h

[Finale] MacOS X Booklet printing solution

2004-02-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I just stumbled across this, and I thought I should share this info: There is a very simple but effective booklet printing solution for MacOs X available at www.metaobject.com it's not free, I think it costs around 50 $. Probably worth the price. I only had a brief look at it but it seems to do

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.02.2004 16:58 Uhr, David H. Bailey wrote > It may be better, but not much better -- I just tried to scan a > 24-staff, finale-printed score and smartscore won't accept it. Reading > the documentation for Finale, it states right from the start, don't scan > anything with more than 16-staves

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David wrote: I do notice nobody has jumped in to defend Micnotator at all. :) I would have, except that I make it a matter of personal policy never to defend something I don't know how to pronounce. ns ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Feb 2004 at 18:17, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote: > > I do notice nobody has jumped in to defend Micnotator at all. :) > > > > David H. Bailey > > Ha! It's enough to try to develop error-free voice activated macros! > Even that is basically impossible. Or have the technologies changed > since

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
> I do notice nobody has jumped in to defend Micnotator at all. :) > > David H. Bailey Ha! It's enough to try to develop error-free voice activated macros! Even that is basically impossible. Or have the technologies changed since about two years ago, when I tried this? Anybody using those? Liuda

Re: [Finale] Rest in 6/2

2004-02-09 Thread David W. Fenton
On 9 Feb 2004 at 10:16, Andrew Stiller wrote: > >David W. Fenton écrit: > >>Then why is 3/2 completely unacceptable? > > > >Well, it would involve cutting all the measures in two, and I don't > >really see the point in it. The presence of a section in 6/4 isn't > >the only reason against changing

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 09 Feb 2004, at 10:58 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: It may be better, but not much better -- I just tried to scan a 24-staff, finale-printed score and smartscore won't accept it. Reading the documentation for Finale, it states right from the start, don't scan anything with more than 16-staves

Re: [Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Michael Edwards
[Darcy James Argue:] >> What is the standard way to notate a sixteenth quintuplet when only the >> final note is played? What do you put under the bracket: Is there a standard way? It seems sufficiently uncommon that I can't think of any standard method. [David H. Bailey:] >I would put 4

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread David H. Bailey
It may be better, but not much better -- I just tried to scan a 24-staff, finale-printed score and smartscore won't accept it. Reading the documentation for Finale, it states right from the start, don't scan anything with more than 16-staves in it. So anybody who bought the program hoping to

Re: [Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 10:35 AM 2/9/04 -0500, David H. Bailey wrote: >I would put 4 16th-rests so the rhythm of the quintuplet is readily >apparent. There's my opinion as well. That's only for rests, though -- note groupings are an entirely different matter, and sometimes tough to decode, whether composer, engraver

Re: [Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread David H. Bailey
I would put 4 16th-rests so the rhythm of the quintuplet is readily apparent. David H. Bailey Darcy James Argue wrote: What is the standard way to notate a sixteenth quintuplet when only the final note is played? What do you put under the bracket: A quarter rest followed by the sixteenth not

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.02.2004 13:28 Uhr, David H. Bailey wrote > Scanning, for instance -- Yes, it is possible to scan a perfectly > printed version of Mary Had a Little Lamb (as melody only) into Finale, > using its built-in scanning capability. However for any serious > scanning of, say, a complex piano score

RE: [Finale] Re: November Font

2004-02-09 Thread Fisher, Allen
He's also the author of FinaleScript and the Text Search and Replace plug-ins... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Williams, Jim Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 3:05 PM To: Rob Deemer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Finale] Re: November Fo

Re: [Finale] Rest in 6/2

2004-02-09 Thread Andrew Stiller
David W. Fenton écrit: Then why is 3/2 completely unacceptable? Well, it would involve cutting all the measures in two, and I don't really see the point in it. The presence of a section in 6/4 isn't the only reason against changing the 6/2 to 6/4. We've discussed this here already, and I (and ot

Re: [Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 09 Feb 2004, at 10:08 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Darcy James Argue wrote: What is the standard way to notate a sixteenth quintuplet when only the final note is played? What do you put under the bracket: A quarter rest followed by the sixteenth note? Two eighth rests followed by the sixtee

Re: [Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Darcy James Argue wrote: What is the standard way to notate a sixteenth quintuplet when only the final note is played? What do you put under the bracket: A quarter rest followed by the sixteenth note? Two eighth rests followed by the sixteenth note? Four sixteenth rests followed by the sixtee

[Finale] Re: NOVEMBER and OSX

2004-02-09 Thread story
I sent a request in German to Klemm Musik and got a quick and positive reply on the NOVEMBER font: --- (a rouch translation:) Good day, Mr Story. The font "November" will soon, probably in February, also be available for OS X. The updater is already in house; we shall offer

[Finale] Another tuplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
What is the standard way to notate a sixteenth quintuplet when only the final note is played? What do you put under the bracket: A quarter rest followed by the sixteenth note? Two eighth rests followed by the sixteenth note? Four sixteenth rests followed by the sixteenth note? - Darcy -

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 08:06 AM 2/9/04 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote: >However, I've run into a situation where my source has the following >rhythm: >quarter rest - eighth rest - a triplet consisting of: two eighth notes >followed an eighth rest - eighth rest - quarter rest >What say you all? This doesn't strike m

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
You could always try a fine dotted barline with a small (3) in parenthesis above it just to show that it is written as intended. Liudas - Original Message - From: "David H. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, Febru

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread David H. Bailey
Either will be hard to read (and try to count) at first glance. So I would probably just put the triplet there without any tie to show the half-measure as probably being only slightly less confusing. David H. Bailey Darcy James Argue wrote: Okay, In 4/4, one normally "shows" beat 3 of a me

Re: [Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
I think you can simply write the second eighth of the eighth note triplet as a sixteenth tied to another sixteenth, and the second sixteenth will fall on beat 3. Looks weird, but less weird than what you were suggesting. Liudas - Original Message - From: "Darcy James Argue" <[EMAIL PROTE

[Finale] Triplet question

2004-02-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Okay, In 4/4, one normally "shows" beat 3 of a measure when it contains eighth note values or smaller. However, I've run into a situation where my source has the following rhythm: quarter rest - eighth rest - a triplet consisting of: two eighth notes followed an eighth rest - eighth rest - qu

Re: [Finale] comparing finale/sibelius

2004-02-09 Thread David H. Bailey
Finale has out and out lied, if you think that advertising a feature that doesn't work very well constitutes a lie (I do.) Scanning, for instance -- Yes, it is possible to scan a perfectly printed version of Mary Had a Little Lamb (as melody only) into Finale, using its built-in scanning capabi

Re: [Finale] Rest in 6/2

2004-02-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 09.02.2004 1:23 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote >> Well, I don't know the piece in question, but you couldn't normally >> notate a 6/8 piece in 3/8 either. The two are fundamentally different. > > Yes, but the question is one of whether or not the music can be > conveyed in the modern meter in a fa