FW: RE: [Finale] Notation question

2003-03-14 Thread Cecil Rigby
> I would place the three notes in the system above, preceeding them with a dashed barline (and hiding the one that moves to the next system). Consider attaching a note to the conductor at the bottom of the page. > > Cecil Rigby > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Taris L Flash

[Finale] Notation question

2003-03-14 Thread Taris L Flashpaw
Hi all: This is a question I've been puzzling over for quite some time and it relates to a piece I'm composing for women's choir. The piece is totally ametric (in the nature of John Taverner's "Village Wedding"). There is no time signature, but the music is barred. Each system is one complete

RE: [Finale] FW: Unfreeze rest positioning

2003-03-14 Thread Mike Cholewa
That's it! Thank you very much! (Saves me a lot of time) :-) I looked through my plug-ins but forgot to look in the sub folders. Mike PS. You're right Aaron! We miss Jari! > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Michael Cook > Sent: Frida

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 9:29 AM 03/14/03, Darcy James Argue wrote: >On a related note, when did this concern with accurate place name >pronunciation become an issue? I mean, to my knowledge, no one is >seriously trying to reform the English pronunciation of "Paris," or get >the French to stop referring to that city o

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 11:09 AM 03/14/03, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: >I'd expect Spanish to rise to more prominence over the coming years here in >the US, but on the other hand, it seems English occupies the position >Esperanto once aspired to. Indeed. The great significance of English is not how it ranks in terms

Re: [Finale] FW: Unfreeze rest positioning

2003-03-14 Thread Michael Cook
One of the standard Finale plug-ins is "Move Rests" which has an option to clear manual positioning: is that what you're looking for? Michael Cook At 12:21 +0100 14/03/2003, Mike Cholewa wrote: And here is the message once more with the correct date (yes, I'm using Forza!) Does anybody know if i

Re: [Finale] Unfreeze rest positioning

2003-03-14 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:14 PM 3/14/2003, David H. Bailey wrote: >But I wanted to let you know your system's clock is off by a year -- it >says you sent this on March 14, 2002! He must be working with Forza. Jari -- we miss you. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PR

Re: [Finale] Unfreeze rest positioning

2003-03-14 Thread David H. Bailey
I don't know the answer, other than I don't know how to do it globally. But I wanted to let you know your system's clock is off by a year -- it says you sent this on March 14, 2002! Mike Cholewa wrote: Does anybody know if it is possible to unfreeze positioning of rests globally? I know it is po

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Phil Daley
At 03/14/2003 11:48 AM, John Howell wrote: >Those are the tone syllables developed and used by Fred Waring. I learned >them from my mother, who learned them from Fred. He saw no reason to allow >the words in choral singing to be less than crystal clear, so his goal was >to have his singers prono

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread John Howell
>At 8:07 PM 03/13/03, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > >>This is a lot of fun to talk about, especially when considering how hard it >>is to transcribe material for singing. I have some choral scores that used >>some bizarre vocalization scheme in parallel with the actual English words >>... I forget

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 10:56 AM 3/14/03 -0500, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: >Hmm, which country is that? (big grin) I had thought you were in the >United States, but I have heard that you have proportionately about >as much Spanish as we Canadians have French, and there are enormous >areas where one can only get by

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 10:19 AM -0500 3/14/03, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: I think local-placename pronunciation accuracy is a very American thing, driven by a wish to be respectful (and for some, by political correctness) and the fact that we have a one-language continent-spanning country. Hmm, which country is tha

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 09:46 AM 3/14/03 -0500, Andrew Stiller wrote: >There are still glottal stops in English--at least the N. American >variety. I pronounce the word glottal as [gla'l], button as [b^'n], >etc. The Ed Sullivan effect! :) "And now... The Bea'les!" Yes, DARE (Dictionary of American Regional English

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 09:29 AM 3/14/03 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote: >On a related note, when did this concern with accurate place name >pronunciation become an issue? I mean, to my knowledge, no one is >seriously trying to reform the English pronunciation of "Paris," or get >the French to stop referring to tha

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Andrew Stiller
Transcribed stops of one kind or another are not unknown. Aside from Arabic, the earlier transliteration system for Chinese included them, and we used them in English for a while to separate pronounced doubled vowels (as in coƶperate, though the glottal stop was softened in such words to 'w' and 'y

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 09:29 AM, I wrote: no one is seriously trying to reform the English pronunciation of "Paris," or get the French to stop referring to that city on the Themes as "Londres." Er, "Thames," duh. (Speaking of spelling reform... ) - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston

Re: [Finale] OT: Arabic (was TAN: Czech)

2003-03-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 01:49 AM, Mark D. Lew wrote: At 8:07 PM 03/13/03, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: The use of the turned comma (vs. an ordinary apostrophe) is a tip-of-the-type to the character's academic representation, I suppose. If the only purpose here is to divide syllables, then a

[Finale] Unfreeze rest positioning

2003-03-14 Thread Mike Cholewa
Does anybody know if it is possible to unfreeze positioning of rests globally? I know it is possible in Speedy Entry. But it would be nice to do that globally with a plug in or in Mass Mover. Mike ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.

[Finale] FW: Unfreeze rest positioning

2003-03-14 Thread Mike Cholewa
And here is the message once more with the correct date (yes, I'm using Forza!) Does anybody know if it is possible to unfreeze positioning of rests globally? I know it is possible in Speedy Entry. But it would be nice to do that globally with a plug in or in Mass Mover. Mike _