Re: [Finale] Vertical bracket

2002-11-17 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 11:15 PM 11/17/02, Crystal Premo wrote: >If you find it, let me know. I, too, have searched in vain. I'll probably create my own then. Shouldn't be too hard. I vaguely recall doing this many years ago. The instructions were explicitly spelled out in the old "Encyclopedia" manual. I just fig

Re: [Finale] Vertical bracket

2002-11-17 Thread Crystal Premo
Perhaps I should look in a different template?<< If you find it, let me know. I, too, have searched in vain. Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mc

Re: [Finale] notation in Rock/Pop vs concert music (was:4/4 2/2)

2002-11-17 Thread John Howell
Liudas wrote (enjoying your comments very much!) > >And in general it has >been argued that all music only exists to be played/listened to. The notes >on the page are only a carrier, a time machine of sorts. Or perhaps more simply, a blueprint from which the real music must be constructed or recon

Re: [Finale] Vertical bracket

2002-11-17 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 9:03 AM 11/18/02, Esmond Pitt wrote: >Can I do these in Finale (2000c)? or is there some other notation I should use? I would enter these as a measure-attached expression -- either text or shape, depending on what you want the bracket to look like. I was thinking that in the Coda templates the

Re: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Nov 2002 at 9:39, Colin Broom wrote: > I have been told that a clean install of XP is generally more successful > than an upgrade over a previous OS. This is definitely true, and especially so for cross-kernel upgrades. You went from a Win9x-kernel version of Windows (WinME) to a WinNT- ke

Re: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread David W. Fenton
On 17 Nov 2002 at 4:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I too bought a new computer which came with Windows XP. > > Although Finale itself work fine, I cannot use my midi piano keyboard to > input music. This has been the only problem I have encountered specific to > Finale. You had a soundcard in

[Finale] Vertical bracket

2002-11-17 Thread Esmond Pitt
The MS I'm setting has vertical brackets indicating where soprano & alto, or tenor & bass, stop sharing the same line of words, and where they start sharing again. Can I do these in Finale (2000c)? or is there some other notation I should use? TIA EJP _

RE: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread Rick Neal
I have used XP for well over a year now, running Finale 2002, 2003, Cakewalk Sonar, softsynths, soundfonts, fx and have never had any trouble at all. I have quite a few friends who are running XP and various digital audio programs and Finale (one uses Sibelius) and none of them have had any problem

Re: [Finale] notation in Rock/Pop vs concert music (was:4/4 2/2)

2002-11-17 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 10:11 PM +0100 11/17/02, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote: I said: >So it would seem that, in the order of perfection of informational transfer, >we would have to say that the least perfect is notation, then memory, and >then recording. And Christopher replied: Assuming, it would seem, t

Re: [Finale] notation in Rock/Pop vs concert music (was:4/4 2/2)

2002-11-17 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
I said: > >So it would seem that, in the order of perfection of informational transfer, > >we would have to say that the least perfect is notation, then memory, and > >then recording. And Christopher replied: > Assuming, it would seem, that perfection is the goal, rather than an > interesting an

Re: [Finale] notation in Rock/Pop vs concert music (was:4/4 2/2)

2002-11-17 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 11:57 AM +0100 11/17/02, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote: I would like to offer a radically different view of music notation: Ever since we have had something to write on, we have always had two parallel forms of propogating our music tradition: (1) There is the "aristocratic" way of getting a gi

Re: [Finale] Re: 4/4 to 2/2 (rather long)

2002-11-17 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 6:48 PM -0500 11/16/02, John Howell wrote: jef wrote in "concert" music, the notation is an important means to the interpretation and presentation of the music at all stages, composer-performer, conductor-performer, musician-public, musician-recording producer... Absolutely true. And comple

Re: [Finale] TAN Tonality

2002-11-17 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 5:26 PM -0500 11/16/02, John Howell wrote: >I also have wondered for a long time about the word "atonal." I can't figure out any meaningful definition for it that includes how the listener would hear it, which I would have to try to take into consideration. Christopher The textbook definit

RE: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread Troy Isaak
Last August my university purchased about 40 new computers for our computer lab with Windows XP and we installed Finale 2003 on all of them. So far I have had no problems with Finale. It seems to be working fine. Troy Isaak -Original Message- From: One of the McKays To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Re: Tan: Tonality (Was4/4 to 2/2)

2002-11-17 Thread Andrew Stiller
Serious question, not rhetorical: Was the word really modeled on "atheist" specifically, and not all the various other "a-" words (asexual, amoral, asymmetrical, etc.)? If it wasn't, then I think your implication overreaches. mdl There can be no question that the word was from the first intended

Re: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread Steve Carl
I bought a laptop with XP earlier this year. I installed Finale 2002, and later upgraded to 2003 and have had no problems at all. I spend about 1 to 2 hours daily in Finale. Steve Carl - Original Message - From: "One of the McKays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday,

Re: [Finale] Which note?

2002-11-17 Thread Barbara Touburg
Thanks, Cecil, that helped a lot. I had guessed that the note on "more" was an d, but that was obviously wrong... And yes, the D/E resolves to E7(b9) (the original was in A maj too). Thanks again! Cecil Rigby wrote: > Hi Barbara-- > > attached are two pictures from an arrangement I made see i

Re: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread Colin Broom
- Original Message - From: "One of the McKays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am intending to get a new computer next year. I have read horror stories > of problems with Windows XP and Music programs. Does it work OK with Finale? > David McKay > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/

Re: [Finale] notation in Rock/Pop vs concert music (was:4/4 2/2)

2002-11-17 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 11:57 AM 11/17/02, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote: >So it would seem that, in the order of perfection of informational transfer, >we would have to say that the least perfect is notation, then memory, and >then recording. I would say that, in comparing notation to memory, which one is the least pe

Re: [Finale] notation in Rock/Pop vs concert music (was:4/4 2/2)

2002-11-17 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
- Original Message - From: John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > jef: I am enjoying the discussion and learning from it, and by no means > arguing for the sake of argument. You and I obviously have very different > musical backgrounds. > > > > >how important is notation to pop and rock mus

Re: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I too bought a new computer which came with Windows XP. Although Finale itself work fine, I cannot use my midi piano keyboard to input music.  This has been the only problem I have encountered specific to Finale. However, my printer drivers do not work and I have to use a workaround driver which

RE: [Finale] Finale and Windows XP

2002-11-17 Thread Lee Actor
> I am intending to get a new computer next year. I have read horror stories > of problems with Windows XP and Music programs. Does it work OK > with Finale? > David McKay I went to WinXP last month specifically in hopes of improving the stability of my MIDI driver (WDM for MOTU MTP/AV USB), and c