Re: [Finale] Tempo changes
I would tend to agree, except I need the final result output to CD so it can be played through the church's sound system. Finale is the only program I have which will do that - even if I do have to go through a .wav first! Phil. At 04:26 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: In my somewhat less than humble opinion, you're driving yourself nuts trying to do this in Finale, when a MIDI sequencing program, such as DP or Logic, is much more suitable. Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read. Groucho Marx ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Tempo changes
On 4/7/2013 2:05 PM, Phil Buglass wrote: Yeah, I have heard the ones on the garritan website. They are amazing. Anyway, I cleared out the data from the second half of the file, like you said in your previous message. Putting in a rall in the last couple of measures actually worked! Doing it in the problem measure, however, didn't make any difference. The program just ignores it. I also put it in at another measure, which the program follows - but completely ignores the 'a tempo' in the next measure... What else do you have in that problem measure? Do you have any expressions which may have been defined for playback? There's a hierarchy that Finale uses to parse conflicting instructions so if you have something defined for playback that Finale places more importance on and you also have something that you think should be the correct instruction, one thing may be over-ruling the other thing. Try eliminating everything in the problem measure except the notes themselves, and then place one instruction that is what you want to have happen with the tempo and then see what happens. Then gradually add back whatever else you had in that measure, playing back with each new thing added until you find the offending instruction which prevents your original intent from happening. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Splitting Chords by Note
Hello: My question is about moving specific notes of a chord, given on a single MIDI track, to another staff and handling regions. It is chord splitting. However, a split point won't work here, what I need to do is divide up the notes in a way that doesn't reflect top to bottom etc. I have looked into cross staff notation and the MIDI tools, but can't find a solution. Simply put, I need control over each note in a given chord of a given MIDI track, to move the chosen notes to a separate staff. The Note Mover tool might help, but it doesn't appear to be able to handle regions of repeated chords. Thanks, Dean -- updated site: www.deanrosenthal.org ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Hi, Linda. Using finale fonts in word documents may often be problematic due to issues of baselines and spacing. You'd be better served to download the Bach font, which contains myriad symbols and is specifically designed for use in word and similar programs. Of course, it comes with a character map so you can see which keys produce which symbols. Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Apr 8, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com wrote: I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
http://www.finalemusic.com/UserManuals/Finale2011Mac/Content/Finale/Maestro_Font.htm Klaus Sendt fra min iPad Den 08/04/2013 kl. 18.47 skrev Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com: I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Tempo changes
Hi Phil, I've used hidden tempo marks for years (with and w/out HP) and have been quite successful getting tempos how I like/envision them. For positioning, put those expressions in the Tempo Alterations category. The default positioning in that category is Horizontal Click Positioning which will attach the expression to a beat or note, and the playback is affected starting where it's attached. Remember, you can option-drag to change the point of attachment. Because I hide these expressions, I rarely create a separate staff for them. Most of the time, attaching to notes available in the score is sufficient. The only problem I haven't totally overcome is in certain situations where I want to define an accel. or rit. differently from what HP gives me, but I need the indication in the score/parts. I'm not sure how to turn off HP for one rit. and not another. Does anyone know how? Would a hidden character or hard space do the trick? Don Hart On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Phil Buglass bloke...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, This is a great idea. The problem is that these tempo marks attach themselves to the beginning of the measure. The manual says you can attach expressions to notes, but it doesn't work with these. I tried dragging them around, but the attachment snaps to the next measure, not the next note. The end result is that they all take effect at the same time, so it ends up being a tempo change rather than a rallentando. Thanks for the help. My brain is fried, and I think it's time I got on with some other stuff for now. There has to be a way of getting this to work... Maybe it will come to me in my sleep or something, Thanks again, Phil. At 02:17 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: On 7 Apr 2013, at 1:00 PM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: If you really don't care what it looks like, you can try this: put a real tempo mark (quarter = whatever) wherever you want to change tempo. For gradual tempo changes, put a tempo mark one on every beat (quarter, eighth, sixteenth). These DO work, at least nearly always. You can create a silent scratch track with a string of notes to which to attach the tempo marks. “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda, Here is another source from the finale website and reference manual with alternative and text versions of music fonts: http://www.finalemusic.com/usermanuals/finale2012mac/content/Finale/Alternative_music_fonts.htm Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Tempo changes
Some suggestions: 1) Just as the esteemed composer David Froom suggested earlier, don't use the Finale-defined rits, etc. Make your own tempo marks - they can show, they can be hidden, they can be a rit. with a tempo attached. 2) To make your own tempo mark, select expressions (mf), select Tempo Marks and either create a new one or duplicate one there and redefine it. For a mid-measure tempo change you will have to edit the positioning - deselect the Use Tempo Marks Positioning and change the Horizontal Alignment Point to Horizontal Click Positioning. Then you can attach 3) When busy people take time to try to help you, even if you are still having trouble: show a _little bit_ of appreciation in your reply! That will be your best assurance of getting more help. It is not our fault that Finale can be frustrating! We did not design the program (which, even when I curse it, I consider a gift from God that has improved my life tremendously.) You are getting a lot more help than some of us got when we started out (back when the program was WAY more confusing, I could add!). FIRST, say 'thanks for your help, then tell us what worked better, what didn't. It will make the next set of suggestions easier to type for those who are trying to help you. I see that some later replies from you DO contain some appreciation, so I may be out of line with that last paragraph. Without looking up your earlier replies, I recalled some mis-directed frustration. If the shoe doesn't fit, please toss it back. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Phil Buglass bloke...@comcast.net wrote: No, they are not repeating notes. Besides, it is a 2-measure phrase which repeats several times among different voices, and all the others play ok. Just the alto line, which is turned up pretty high, and marked forte right at that entry. I have tried this new stripped-down copy both with and without HP, but it doesn't seem to make much difference either way. Phil. At 01:57 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: Are the notes that are not playing repeated notes of the same pitch? I often have to shorten notes so the repeated ones will play. I will routinely use the midi tool to highlight the entire score, then under midi tool menu select edit note durations, then percent alter to a number like 96 or 94 percent of original length (or higher or lower, depending on the legato vs staccato nature of the score and how much reverb you are using). That takes care of the repeated notes problem. Human playback seems to make notes longer than 100% and the overlap creates the problem. For volumes, you can strip the midi velocities using the procedure I described earlier, and just use volumes. The idiosyncratic nature of playback seems to multiply with Finale X Human Playback X GPO, but with patience can really pay off. Speaking of playback volume, when GPO first appeared, it only responded to commands that used Modulation, not Key Velocity. This meant we had to define a set of dynamics that used the Mod wheel. Later, GPO was supposed to respond to the same Key Velocity dynamics that Finale had by default. But, sometimes I notice that those don't work and I have to define some for Modulation. I haven't needed to make a good demo in a while, so I don't know where this stands, now, so try some of both. (To define a dynamic for Modulation, duplicate a dynamic and edit the playback to controller / modulation and try some different numbers there.) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Phil Buglass bloke...@comcast.net wrote: As I said in another post, most of the tempo changes - both wanted and unwanted - failed to survive the night. I think the cat must be getting on here after I am asleep... Today's problem is getting the program to consistently play the notes that are there. I have a couple of sections where nothing gets played in one part for a few measures. I have some places where it gets played but *so* quietly that I am not sure it isn't my imagination providing a 'fill in'. I have the volumes turned up pretty high using studio view, and the parts are marked f or ff, but they still play very quietly. I haven't given up yet, but there are a few head-shaped dents in the wall... Phil. At 12:02 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: OK, Phil, looking over your older posts, I am guessing you are using Finale-Windows 2012. I have that, but because of a couple of issues I reverted to 2011. I am going to be trying 2012 again in a few days, though. I think this stuff has not changed, so try this: 1) Save your file 2) With the
Re: [Finale] Tempo changes
That's an important difference that Don points out: the Tempo Marks category defaults to Beginning of Measure, (or Start of Time Signature, I forget which) while the Tempo Alterations category defaults to Horizontal Click Positioning Of course, either can be redefined as a category or individually, or - perhaps best for Phil's use - a new category could be made - with hidden tempo marks that default to horizontal position, for example. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Don Hart donhartmu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Phil, I've used hidden tempo marks for years (with and w/out HP) and have been quite successful getting tempos how I like/envision them. For positioning, put those expressions in the Tempo Alterations category. The default positioning in that category is Horizontal Click Positioning which will attach the expression to a beat or note, and the playback is affected starting where it's attached. Remember, you can option-drag to change the point of attachment. Because I hide these expressions, I rarely create a separate staff for them. Most of the time, attaching to notes available in the score is sufficient. The only problem I haven't totally overcome is in certain situations where I want to define an accel. or rit. differently from what HP gives me, but I need the indication in the score/parts. I'm not sure how to turn off HP for one rit. and not another. Does anyone know how? Would a hidden character or hard space do the trick? Don Hart On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Phil Buglass bloke...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, This is a great idea. The problem is that these tempo marks attach themselves to the beginning of the measure. The manual says you can attach expressions to notes, but it doesn't work with these. I tried dragging them around, but the attachment snaps to the next measure, not the next note. The end result is that they all take effect at the same time, so it ends up being a tempo change rather than a rallentando. Thanks for the help. My brain is fried, and I think it's time I got on with some other stuff for now. There has to be a way of getting this to work... Maybe it will come to me in my sleep or something, Thanks again, Phil. At 02:17 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: On 7 Apr 2013, at 1:00 PM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: If you really don't care what it looks like, you can try this: put a real tempo mark (quarter = whatever) wherever you want to change tempo. For gradual tempo changes, put a tempo mark one on every beat (quarter, eighth, sixteenth). These DO work, at least nearly always. You can create a silent scratch track with a string of notes to which to attach the tempo marks. “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Hi Linda, Not being sure exactly what you need to accomplish, you may have decent luck with the Engraver Text fonts (H, NCS and T). The baseline issue mentioned above isn't as much of a problem, at least, because those fonts are sized to match normal font texts (i.e., a quarter note in 12 point EngraverTextT looks about the right size next to text in 12 point Palatino). When you start putting other musical elements with notes it may not always make the best musical sense, as most everything appears to sit on the same baseline. Hope that helps. Don On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Michael Mathew mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com wrote: Linda, Here is another source from the finale website and reference manual with alternative and text versions of music fonts: http://www.finalemusic.com/usermanuals/finale2012mac/content/Finale/Alternative_music_fonts.htm Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
There is also a set of fonts called Bach with various sets of notes and beams, and another that I use for text called MusiQwik. The latter isn't as pretty but has predefined staves and time signatures for pretty fast text entry. From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionally need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Actually, the size of the elements in the EngraverText fonts is as I described. But although characters line up horizontally with other fonts, extra space is added below any line where an EngraverText fonts is used. - Don On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz bath...@maltedmedia.com wrote: There is also a set of fonts called Bach with various sets of notes and beams, and another that I use for text called MusiQwik. The latter isn't as pretty but has predefined staves and time signatures for pretty fast text entry. From: Linda Worsley li...@ganymuse.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:47 AM Subject: [Finale] typing in music symbols I occasionally need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
On 4/8/2013 12:47 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Linda, You've gotten some great replies already -- I can't remember if you're on a Mac or a Windows computer, but Windows ships with a terrific utility called Character Map and there are some other similar programs available for free or for small fee. I don't know if such a program exists for the Mac but I hope one does. With such a program you ask it to show you a font and it shows you all the characters in that font and allows you to copy a character and then past it into whatever other program you're working in. I find it so much easier than trying to deal with printed character maps and remembering the alt-numpad combinations for characters above the 128th slot in the font. Good luck! -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Splitting Chords by Note
Consider exploding the staff onto as many separate staves as notes in the track, then re-order the staves and combine them as needed. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Dean Rosenthal deanrosent...@gmail.comwrote: Hello: My question is about moving specific notes of a chord, given on a single MIDI track, to another staff and handling regions. It is chord splitting. However, a split point won't work here, what I need to do is divide up the notes in a way that doesn't reflect top to bottom etc. I have looked into cross staff notation and the MIDI tools, but can't find a solution. Simply put, I need control over each note in a given chord of a given MIDI track, to move the chosen notes to a separate staff. The Note Mover tool might help, but it doesn't appear to be able to handle regions of repeated chords. Thanks, Dean -- updated site: www.deanrosenthal.org ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). If I use the one in the chart I get fff so I don't quite know what to do about that. I've been using maestro, but maybe I'll see if engraver has its head on straight. Thanks again! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Type f twice On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). If I use the one in the chart I get fff so I don't quite know what to do about that. I've been using maestro, but maybe I'll see if engraver has its head on straight. Thanks again! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale John Blane Blane Music Preparation 1649 Huntington Ln. Highland Park, IL 60035 847 579-9900 847 579-9903 fax www.BlaneMusic.com j...@blanemusic.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda, One app I use that's very handy for finding and inserting various characters system-wide is PopChar. It does cost $ but I find it indispensable. It lives in the menubar to the left of the Apple menu when installed. And, according to PopChar, ff fortissimo is opt-f and fff is shift-option-f in Maestro. But you probably already knew that, yes? J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Apr 8, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). If I use the one in the chart I get fff so I don't quite know what to do about that. I've been using maestro, but maybe I'll see if engraver has its head on straight. Thanks again! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios West Linn OR www.thomastudios.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Tempo changes
I am sorry if I have offended anyone by this. I am certainly grateful for all the help and suggestions, and I try to express it. If my frustration got the better of me, then I apologise abjectly. It certainly was not intended as any kind of slight. I do tend to get frustrated when I am doing what the manual says, but it isn't working... Sometimes I am sure it is user error, maybe I misread something or whatever. For some of this stuff, though, you have to admit it is a pain. All I needed to do was have a 'rall' measure followed by 'a tempo'. That should be simple and straight-forward, but... I have taken up a lot of you guys' time, and a heap of mine, and it still isn't quite right. I have spent probably 12 hours this weekend, just working on this one little problem. The book says do this, and the program will do that, but obviously in this case, it just doesn't. The very fact that so many old-timers (sorry!) have developed work-arounds for it is pretty telling, don't you think? Anyway, I have some meetings I have to attend this evening, but tomorrow morning I will take another look at defining the tempo-changes. And yes, thank you all for your time and effort! Even the stuff which hasn't worked for me, I am trying to store it for future purposes. Phil. At 01:50 PM 4/8/2013, you wrote: 3) When busy people take time to try to help you, even if you are still having trouble: show a _little bit_ of appreciation in your reply! That will be your best assurance of getting more help. It is not our fault that Finale can be frustrating! We did not design the program (which, even when I curse it, I consider a gift from God that has improved my life tremendously.) You are getting a lot more help than some of us got when we started out (back when the program was WAY more confusing, I could add!). FIRST, say 'thanks for your help, then tell us what worked better, what didn't. It will make the next set of suggestions easier to type for those who are trying to help you. I see that some later replies from you DO contain some appreciation, so I may be out of line with that last paragraph. Without looking up your earlier replies, I recalled some mis-directed frustration. If the shoe doesn't fit, please toss it back. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com Outside of a dog, a book is a mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read. Groucho Marx ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/. This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. You might check the distribution disk of your word processor program, too. For years, Corel has distributed a music symbol font with Word Perfect, but you have to find it in the included fonts and install it. I expect that most of the other word processors also include a music symbol font. Also, most of the free font sites online have downloadable music symbol fonts for MAC, for example, http://www.fontspace.com/dvm-publications/metdemo ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/. This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. You might check the distribution disk of your word processor program, too. For years, Corel has distributed a music symbol font with Word Perfect, but you have to find it in the included fonts and install it. I expect that most of the other word processors also include a music symbol font. Also, most of the free font sites online have downloadable music symbol fonts for MAC, for example, http://www.fontspace.com/dvm-publications/metdemo. No need to worry about baselines with any of these. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Expression tempo changes attached to notes
You can put in any expression you like (even a space bar as blank expression), and assign it a playback tempo value. If you do this in the misc. category, you aren't bound by measure-only restrictions of the tempo category. DF On Apr 8, 2013, at 1:00 PM, finale-requ...@shsu.edu wrote: This is a great idea. The problem is that these tempo marks attach themselves to the beginning of the measure. The manual says you can attach expressions to notes, but it doesn't work with these. I tried dragging them around, but the attachment snaps to the next measure, not the next note. The end result is that they all take effect at the same time, so it ends up being a tempo change rather than a rallentando. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols
I've used Steve Powell's Metronome fonts for years (from DVM Publications), including MetTimes and MetHelvetica, which mix music characters with those text fonts. JR On 4/8/13 6:26 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, http://www.mu.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachfont/. This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. You might check the distribution disk of your word processor program, too. For years, Corel has distributed a music symbol font with Word Perfect, but you have to find it in the included fonts and install it. I expect that most of the other word processors also include a music symbol font. Also, most of the free font sites online have downloadable music symbol fonts for MAC, for example, http://www.fontspace.com/dvm-publications/metdemo. No need to worry about baselines with any of these. ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
