Re: [Finale] drum paer
At 11:00 PM -0700 4/1/07, Bob Florence wrote: To you who are jazz composers/arrangers: how long would take you to create a good drum part in Finale? I'm thinking od the length to be somewhere 400 bars. For me this is the most difficult chore. For me it would be the simplest chore of all. I would never attempt to 2nd guess or micromanage a good drummer, just to give a general outline. [Disclaimer: most of my work has been in commercial music, as distinct from jazz, but the same thing applies.] John -- John & Susie Howell Virginia Tech Department of Music Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Chord symbol fonts
How can I set the suffix fonts in chord symbols to show a flat to look like b instead of b? Is there an easy way to do the same when describing a note such as: this note is a b5? I'm using Times new roman for the text (in general). Is there a way to change all that I've done so farglobally? I'm using winfin 2006. Thanks for any help, George Ports ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts
On 5-Apr-07, at 9:56 AM, George Ports wrote: How can I set the suffix fonts in chord symbols to show a flat to look like b instead of b? Is there an easy way to do the same when describing a note such as: this note is a b5? I'm using Times new roman for the text (in general). Is there a way to change all that I've done so farglobally? Suffixes (suffices?) are created individually (though all instances of say, m7(b5) will probably be the same suffix) so you have to edit the suffixes in the Chord Suffix editor. Chord Tool Chord Menu>Manual Input, double click on a chord symbol's handle. Click Show Advanced, then down under Definition click Suffix - Edit. Each character is edited individually, so step through by hitting Next until you get to the b. Change it to 5, hit Number and Prefix with Flat. Hit Next again and change the 5 to the right parenthesis. Hit Next again and delete the former right parenthesis. Strangely, you can't delete the b and then edit the 5 to include the flat, as once you delete a character strange things happen to the next characters. Alter the positioning as you wish by dragging the tiny little handle in the tiny little box, curse loudly, write an abusive email to MakeMusic about how complex this whole procedure is, and OK your way back to the score. All the m7(b5) chords in the score will now contain the edit. Repeat for the next suffix, including the cursing and emails. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts
Why isn't there a direct link to the Chord Suffix editor? Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts
On 5-Apr-07, at 11:39 AM, Mike Greensill wrote: Why isn't there a direct link to the Chord Suffix editor? Just what I've been asking since about Finale 97. Especially when you get the message "Could not find the suffix. Do you want to create it?" and then you DON'T get the Chord Suffix selection dialogue box with the Delete, Edit, Create, etc. buttons where you could copy and edit an existing one. Also if you are typing into score and you hit F: 0 to choose a suffix, but don't find it, the Edit, Delete, Copy, Create, etc. buttons are NOT present in that dialogue box, even though it has the same name as the dialogue box that DOES have those buttons! The Chord Suffix Editor is a fussy, hard-to-use mess, and the only reason it hasn't been touched is that only advanced jazz musicians need anything other than the basic suffixes that are provided, and we are a minority. I sent in a long (LONG!) list of complaints about this tool to the friendly folks at MakeMusic a couple of years ago, but haven't heard anything, nor seen anything different since then. Please complain about this (as well as the horrifying bug where chord symbols don't transpose when Chromatic (no key signature) transposition is selected) in great detail, because this is the only way they will pay attention. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Chord symbol fonts
Indeed, this has been a bugaboo for years, and only constant carping and complaining will get MM's attention. The available defense for advanced jazz chord symbol users is to spend time (a lot of time, unfortunately) creating the chord suffixes you like, saving them as a library and then loading them into new documents with empty chord libraries. I don't know the status of the Bill Duncan material, but those of us who were lucky enough to have bought his chord font are ahead of the game in this department. I hope that Nick and Vince are still pursuing Bill's sister for distribution access to the material. Until then, much as we'd like to make it generally available, there are legal and ethical obstacles to doing so. Of course, you still have to go through Finale's chord suffix editor to change anything you don't like in Bill's suffixes but, for me, the need to do that is rare. Chuck On Apr 5, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: On 5-Apr-07, at 11:39 AM, Mike Greensill wrote: Why isn't there a direct link to the Chord Suffix editor? Just what I've been asking since about Finale 97. Especially when you get the message "Could not find the suffix. Do you want to create it?" and then you DON'T get the Chord Suffix selection dialogue box with the Delete, Edit, Create, etc. buttons where you could copy and edit an existing one. Also if you are typing into score and you hit F:0 to choose a suffix, but don't find it, the Edit, Delete, Copy, Create, etc. buttons are NOT present in that dialogue box, even though it has the same name as the dialogue box that DOES have those buttons! The Chord Suffix Editor is a fussy, hard-to-use mess, and the only reason it hasn't been touched is that only advanced jazz musicians need anything other than the basic suffixes that are provided, and we are a minority. I sent in a long (LONG!) list of complaints about this tool to the friendly folks at MakeMusic a couple of years ago, but haven't heard anything, nor seen anything different since then. Please complain about this (as well as the horrifying bug where chord symbols don't transpose when Chromatic (no key signature) transposition is selected) in great detail, because this is the only way they will pay attention. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
