[Finale] Keyboard communication

2002-11-22 Thread Robert Tapsfield
I run a G3 iBook with a Novation mm10 keyboard inputting via a Midisport 2 x 2 USB box and have OMS 2.3.7 installed The programme does not read the keyboard at all, and merely inserts rests as if it weren't there. I have tried all possible computations of settings of the OMS preferences without

Re: [Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isolating the staves works really well using Michael's method but how do you draw the lines between the columns? Define lines as smart shapes, (custom smart shapes, if necessary) and use those. ns

Re: [Finale] Fermata over whole rest

2002-11-22 Thread Mark D. Lew
>As I mentioned above, the safest (and easiest) way to enter fermatas >(or other characters in the articulation set) on rests is to enter >them as text expressions. Easiest for some people, anyway. I do sometimes enter fermatas as text expressions -- particularly if it's on several staves in the

Re: [Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Isolating the staves works really well using Michael's method but how do you draw the lines between the columns? Thanks, All the best, Lawrence

[Finale] Re: global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-22 Thread shirling & neueweise
From: Andrew Stiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I tried that. The plugin tells me it "cannot positively identify at least one group," then does nothing. this lack of identity happens here sometimes too, but i haven't figured out exactly why, when, where, etc. it seems the only solutions are to dele

Re: [Finale] Meters - I'm stumped

2002-11-22 Thread David H. Bailey
It would certainly make sense to do as you suggest if this is all that is happening at that point. I get the sense however that there may be more to the music than that simple transition, or perhaps in the following measures he gets back to breaking the beat in half rather than in thirds and M

RE: [Finale] global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-22 Thread Tobias Giesen
Andrew Stiller wrote: >I tried that. The plugin tells me it "cannot positively identify at >least one group," then does nothing. Hmm. Yes, that can be a problem. I will have to find a way to make the plug-in rebuild groups from scratch. Best wishes, Tobias __

Re: [Finale] Newbie (stupid) question

2002-11-22 Thread Odile Gruet
le 22/11/02 11:59, Vincent Cordel à [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Hello, > > I'm new to Finale and I didn't find that in the manual. > > Could you please tell me how to do that ? > > I have a 3 notes chord. The note on the top and on the bottom is a whole > note, the one in the middle is a quar

Re: [Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread Vincent Cordel
Thanks Tim and Michael for your tip. I did choose Michael's tip and it's awesome. It's easier than exporting and importing the staff and it works very well. Thanks again ! Vincent ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/

Re: [Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread Tim Thompson
Michael, Thanks for pointing this out--I didn't think of trying this at all! Tim On 11/22/02 12:18 PM, "Michael Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a third method which might be useful, since your editor wants > Finale files. I find it easier than hiding measures. > > - In the Page Layou

Re: [Finale] global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-22 Thread Klaaschello
About embracing: I gave my copy of "Orchestration" by Walter Piston another look. There also I see only braces for 2 staves for *one* instrument (keyboards like piano, celesta, and harp, and more instruments for which you could use two staves, if you would want to, e.g. guitar), which I think has

Re: [Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread Michael Cook
Here's a third method which might be useful, since your editor wants Finale files. I find it easier than hiding measures. - In the Page Layout tool, go to the Page Layout menu and turn off "Avoid Margin Collisions". - Use "Fit Music" (also in the Page Layout menu) to lock the layout with one me

[Finale] Newbie (stupid) question

2002-11-22 Thread Vincent Cordel
Hello, I'm new to Finale and I didn't find that in the manual. Could you please tell me how to do that ? I have a 3 notes chord. The note on the top and on the bottom is a whole note, the one in the middle is a quarter note in parentheses without the stem. I had no problem making the two whol

Re: [Finale] global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-22 Thread Andrew Stiller
Try doing it in stages, and/or removing the optimized groups first. Andrew Stiller wrote: I tried that. The plugin tells me it "cannot positively identify at least one group," then does nothing. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com But that is precisely what I am trying to avoid.

Re: [Finale] Meters - I'm stumped

2002-11-22 Thread Andrew Stiller
David Bailey: It has been my experience that tempo indications such as "quarter=54" are one of the most error-prone aspects of published music. And mine that such errors are very frequent in composers' MSS. The temptation to write [q] = X even when some other value carries the beat is appa

Re: [Finale] global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-22 Thread Andrew Stiller
Perhaps you're looking for this: Staff tool / staff menu / add group or edit group attr./ group optimization options Does not exist in FinMac 2K2, which I use. ... By the way: I would use the piano brace only for keyboard staves. Quick work in the setup wizzard shows you how finale would arrang

Re: [Finale] global modification of optimized pp.

2002-11-22 Thread Andrew Stiller
I tried that. The plugin tells me it "cannot positively identify at least one group," then does nothing. TGTools has a function to recalculate the groups for each optimized system from the scroll view groups. I think this will do exactly what you want. On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 07:44:13 -0800 (PST),

Re: [Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread Vincent Cordel
Thanks Tim for your fast answer. I do have a few more questions if you don't mind... Vincent, You have two choices-- 1. Do it in Finale, using staff styles to provide the blank areas (and text areas) between staff examples on each line. Use the Hide Staff staff style. Use the measure tool to

Re: [Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread Tim Thompson
Vincent, You have two choices-- 1. Do it in Finale, using staff styles to provide the blank areas (and text areas) between staff examples on each line. Use the Hide Staff staff style. Use the measure tool to show or hide key and meter sigs as required, and to get rid of the measure number region

[Finale] Tables with Finale

2002-11-22 Thread Vincent Cordel
Hi there, I' ve been asked to do some tables with Finale but I have no idea how to make them. If you could help me, I'd really appreciate it because this is really urgent ! Here's what I need to do : A table with for example 3 columns and 3 lines The first line contains the instrument name on

Re: [Finale] "Real" composers

2002-11-22 Thread gj.berg
I dunno -- I kind liked it myself.  Math/Soul -- Mind/Body -- I'm more of a Spinozean personally -- hopefully that means I'm being creative. Jerry Berg Stu McIntire wrote: Ok, it's been all day and the silence is deafening! Or does everyone but me know this is just bait and you're accordi

Re: [Finale] Meters - I'm stumped

2002-11-22 Thread Richard Yates
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> This example appears to be notated incorrectly. A duplet is a group >> of 2 notes to be played in the place of three. In this case, the >> quarter note duplets should be 8th note duplets for measure 1. The notation is shown as it is in the original and that is what ad

Re: [Finale] Fermata over whole rest

2002-11-22 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 2:18 AM 11/22/02, John Bell wrote: >You're right, but I don't think it's even restricted to rests. I've >noticed something similar with the rolled chord articulation. I think that's unrelated. On any articulation with a repeated character, if you select the "stretching" handle and type the del

Re: [Finale] Meters - I'm stumped

2002-11-22 Thread David H. Bailey
It has been my experience that tempo indications such as "quarter=54" are one of the most error-prone aspects of published music. And it also seems it is the one aspect of notation that so many musicians become so compulsive about following, as if it alone among all other notation issues in an

Re: [Finale] Meters - I'm stumped

2002-11-22 Thread David H. Bailey
The pulse, so that an equation should show dotted-quarter=quarter. Richard Yates wrote: This one has me stumped. What beat stays constant in this example: http://www.yatesguitar.com/misc/Meters.gif (the rhythm is from Edw. MacDowell) Richard Yates ___

Re: [Finale] Meters - I'm stumped

2002-11-22 Thread Klaaschello
Hi, Easy enough, but you wouldn't expect "quarter = 54". Eighth = xx, or dotted quarter = xx would be correct ... > From: "Richard Yates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:10:58 -0600 > To: "Finale list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Finale] Meters - I'm stumped > > This one has m

Re: [Finale] Removing Manual Articulation and Tuplet adjustments

2002-11-22 Thread Florence + Michael
You can set all the articulations to their default positions with Mass Edit / Change / Articulation Assignments (leave the setting "Position All Articulations"). To reset the tuplets, you can use Mass Edit / Change / Tuplets, but you'll need to enter the default values yourself. Best wishes,