[Finale]

2002-10-12 Thread Don Hart
Seems I recall the existence somewhere of a list of command equivalents between FinMac and FinWin. I've been giving someone with FinWin help as needed lately and I keep tripping over the differences, as I'm on the Mac. Does such a resource actually exist or is my imagination and wishful thinking

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 2002/10/12 10:04 PM or thereabouts, Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned: > I've explained this to the list, it feels like, over and over and > over. Whay doesn't it stick? Make a sampler, people! Put it on your > wall: > > X X X GERMAN BASS CLARINETS USE THE BASS CLEF X X X Oh, well,

Re: [Finale] Avoidance of bass clefs.

2002-10-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 2002/10/12 10:09 PM or thereabouts, Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned: > In this case, then, the bass clef is not non-standard, since any > professional bass clarinettist must have a mastery of that clef, > since numerous German works from the standard repertoire are so > notated. We

Re: [Finale] Avoidance of bass clefs.

2002-10-12 Thread Andrew Stiller
> How do you decide if a composer is misinformed? If a composer prefers to notate bass instruments in bass clef (surely not an illogical thing to do), I suppose that could be seen as misinformed by someone who believes those instruments should be notated in treble clef. Someone of a differ

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Andrew Stiller
> [John Blane:] (although I am unclear as to why you would show a bass clef for this instrument). "The Technique of Orchestration" by Kent Wheeler Kennan, if I remember correctly (it's not handy to check now) states that either the treble clef or bass clef can be used for notating music

[Finale] OT: Interesting Article Regarding Copyright

2002-10-12 Thread Jim Hale
Thought I would pass this along... http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/10/07/copyrightchallenge.ap/index.h tml Jim Hale --- 'The OS Tells The PC What To Do With Itself" - Me, 1990 --- Visit Our MIDI & Digital Audio Website at http://hale.dyndns.org or Our Forums At http://haleforum.dyndns.org _

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Javier Ruiz
A bass clef for bass clarinet is also used in those scores in concert pitch. I am asked to do that all the time. After I have to prepare the part in transposed G-clef, and of course I have to correct all the overlapping problems. Also I have seen that in the pieces for soprano, guitar, and clarine

Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-12 Thread David H. Bailey
Michael Edwards wrote: [snip] Well, I have to grant that players of transposing instruments are not used to reading parts at concert pitch - but now that we can use computers to notate music, there would seem to be something to be said for producing scores written at concert pitch, but, wh

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 06:34 PM 10/12/02 -0400, Darcy James Argue wrote: >the bass clef is no longer a viable option for bass clarinet >parts. However, for a chamber group two years ago, I was asked to make sure the b.c. part was in bass clef at sounding pitch, not treble clef. But it was a b.c.-only player, not a cl

Re: [Finale] Avoidance of bass clefs.

2002-10-12 Thread Ken Durling
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 09:28:17 +1000, you wrote: > If you were trying to read a score for an ensemble of saxophones, in >various registers, but all written in treble clef, I would have thought it would >be a nightmare to actually try to decipher what notes are being played. A "nightmare?' Com

Re: [Finale] Avoidance of bass clefs.

2002-10-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 2002/10/12 07:28 PM or thereabouts, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned: > If you were trying to read a score for an ensemble of saxophones, in various > registers, but all written in treble clef, I would have thought it would be a > nightmare to actually try to decipher what notes are

Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-12 Thread Ken Durling
The main argument against this for me, as someone who has done a fair amount of conducting, is that after you have studied all the instruments and their characteristic sound in different parts of their range, I would much rather see what the player sees, and have therby a very clear sense of what t

[Finale] Avoidance of bass clefs.

2002-10-12 Thread Michael Edwards
[John Blane:] >Don't you mean "sounds" a major 2nd lower? Yes, I did mean that. Perhaps I was a bit loose in saying "played" a major 2nd lower - but sounding is what I meant. (In other words, I didn't mean that the player plays the note as if it were written a major 2nd lower than what he

[Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-12 Thread Michael Edwards
[David H. Bailey:] >Traditionally bass clarinetists read music in treble clef, sounding a >major 9th lower, so that soprano clarinetists can simply pick up a bass >clarinet and start playing. It gets back to the whole transposing >instrument thing, where the music has to be transposed so the play

Re: TAN: Anomalies in 'Le Sacre...' Score (was Re: [Finale] Clefrefuses to display)

2002-10-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 2002/10/12 06:47 PM or thereabouts, Colin Broom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned: > > - Original Message - > From: "Mark D. Lew > >> It's possible that there is some good reason to be using the bass clef > that >> you're unaware of. > > Ok, I'll come clean. For reasons that are too unint

TAN: Anomalies in 'Le Sacre...' Score (was Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display)

2002-10-12 Thread Colin Broom
- Original Message - From: "Mark D. Lew > It's possible that there is some good reason to be using the bass clef that > you're unaware of. Ok, I'll come clean. For reasons that are too uninteresting to explain, I've been putting the Introduction of Part 1 of of Stravinsky's 'The Rite of

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread David H. Bailey
Traditionally bass clarinetists read music in treble clef, sounding a major 9th lower, so that soprano clarinetists can simply pick up a bass clarinet and start playing. It gets back to the whole transposing instrument thing, where the music has to be transposed so the player can simply switch

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 10/12/02 5:13:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << if it is in bass clef, it is played a major 2nd lower. Considering the pitch range of the instrument, I would have thought the bass clef to be the better choice, and the one I would prefer.>> Don't you mean "sounds" a major

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 2002/10/12 06:05 PM or thereabouts, Michael Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> intoned: > [John Blane:] > >> (although I am unclear as >> to why you would show a bass clef for this instrument). > > "The Technique of Orchestration" by Kent Wheeler Kennan, if I remember > correctly (it's not handy to

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Michael Edwards
[John Blane:] >(although I am unclear as >to why you would show a bass clef for this instrument). "The Technique of Orchestration" by Kent Wheeler Kennan, if I remember correctly (it's not handy to check now) states that either the treble clef or bass clef can be used for notating music for

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 10:20 PM 10/12/02, Colin Broom wrote: >Aha! That did it. Thanks. As to your thoughts regarding using bass clef >for bass clarinet, I thought the same thing, but I'm just following the >score - it's not my music. Just a thought to share with people here, no ax to grind: Isn't it a shame tha

Re: [Finale] URGENT RESPONSE

2002-10-12 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 8:36 PM 10/12/02, Michael Edwards wrote: > I wasn't saying there was a justification, and I can't envisage a >situation >where it would seem called for on this list, or on most lists. I simply added >the proviso to cover unforeseen situations where it *might* be >appropriate. (It >might b

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Colin Broom
- Original Message - > This transposition includes a "Set to clef" setting (in the tranposition > section of the staff attributes) which has locked this staff to treble clef. > Uncheck this option and your bass clef will appear (although I am unclear as > to why you would show a bass clef

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Raimund Lintzen
Colin, have a look into db staff attributes/staff transposition. Surely there is 'Set to clef' + treble clef enabled. If you want to have clef changes - disable 'Set to clef'. Best wishes Raimund Lintzen Colin Broom schrieb: > Ok, this is a new one on me. I'm putting in a bass clarinet part

Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread JohnBlane
In a message dated 10/12/02 3:53:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Ok, this is a new one on me. I'm putting in a bass clarinet part at the moment (in transposed pitch), and I can't seem to insert a bass clef in one particular bar. It just seems to refuse to display, no matter what settings

[Finale] Clef refuses to display

2002-10-12 Thread Colin Broom
Ok, this is a new one on me. I'm putting in a bass clarinet part at the moment (in transposed pitch), and I can't seem to insert a bass clef in one particular bar. It just seems to refuse to display, no matter what settings I choose, even if I have"Always show Clef", or place the clef before or a

Re: [Finale] URGENT RESPONSE

2002-10-12 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 12.10.2002 16:49 Uhr, Bill and/or Chris wrote > I second that. In fact, I've suggested it before, but have always been > shot down. There are some people on this list who think it's important > for non-members to be able to post. But we could set it up so that if a > non-member wanted to ma

Re: [Finale] URGENT RESPONSE

2002-10-12 Thread Bill and/or Chris
On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 at 00:33:06 +1000, "Michael Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [Joel Sears:] > > >I've heard about this scam on the radio. > > I've received dozens of variants of this - amazing, the number of people in > Nigeria, including highly-placed business people and ex-poli

Re: [Finale] URGENT RESPONSE

2002-10-12 Thread Michael Edwards
[Mark D. Lew:] >Why would there ever be justification for attaching a binary to this list? >If you have a binary to share, upload it to a website and post a link. I >think a filter to strip all binaries would be fine. I wasn't saying there was a justification, and I can't envisage a situati

Re: [Finale] URGENT RESPONSE

2002-10-12 Thread Michael Edwards
[David H. Bailey:] >Along with the not-allowing non-subscribers to post comes the >responsibility of moderating all new subscribers. These spam-bots are >becoming more sophisticated all the time, subscribing to lists, sending >a single post and then unsubscribing. So merely preventing >non-subsc