expect it to.
- But here's another weird thing: if I add a new staff to the KeyBug
file and turn on independent key signatures for this staff, its key
signature changes to two flats.
I trust you have sent these files to WinSupport: they are certainly corrupted.
Best wishes,
Michael Co
In the Staf Transpositions dialog, set Interval to 2 (two steps up
from E to G) and Key Alter to -10 (negative numbers are equivalent to
flats. You need 4 flats to cancel the 4 sharps of Emajor + 6 flats
for the key of Gb major).
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
I turn to your collective wisdom for
To get what you want, change the key signature of the middle passage
from Bb minor to Db major. Make sure that "Hold notes to original
pitches chromatically" is checked.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
Hey folks,
The way Finale treats key sigs seems off to me. Maybe
it's follow
This isn't rare at all: operas are full of words that go across rests
(have a look at a score of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" or "La
Traviata"). It's normal to keep the hyphens going under the rests.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 21:54 +0200 22/02/2004, Mr. Li
that uses chromatic transposition, the "unnecessary" accidentals only
show up in the speedy frame.
I don't know why this works like this, but I guess that if you need
chromatic transposition you're stuck with using the plug-in.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 3:41 -0500 21/02/200
ccidental on every altered note and you
don't need to bother with a plug-in. This also avoids any possible
problems with parentheses. I'm afraid I have no idea why the plug-in
should put parentheses on existing accidentals and I don't know of a
way to automatically remove the parent
ter off
with the shape expressions.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 15:29 -0500 17/02/2004, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 17 Feb 2004, at 08:17 AM, Colin Broom wrote:
The only way I can think to do this is to force the time signature to show,
and its cautionary using the measure tool, then creat
Mass Edit> Utilities> Explode music will do this. Select:
Split Into 1 Staves
One Note Per Staff
Explode Direction: Top Down
Extra Notes: Discard
Place Music Into: Existing Staves Starting With Staff [name of staff]
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 15:05 +0100 15/02/2004, Johannes Gebauer
vely. You can still keep 5/4 as the display time
signature.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 13:04 +0200 6/02/2004, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
Please consider the following: The large wind orchestra score has several
time signature changes. Among these are sections of measures in 5/4 time.
The c
s".
- Check "Use a different Time Signature for Display", enter Common
time for the display time signature and check the "Abbreviate" box.
I just tried this out: the non-breaking space left enough room to put
in a time signature at 75%.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 12:39
nd the "show time
signature" staff style on the extra staff.
- drag the extra staff so that it coincides with the original one,
thus bringing all the reduced-size time signatures onto the correct
position on the staff.
NB You can use the same technique to produce extra large time
sig
want to do, there are different tricks: let me
know the exact situation and I can give you a technique to achieve
what you want.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 11:39 -0500 12/01/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Finale List:
Is it possible to reduce the size of individual clefs, time sign
Mark, do you have Finale 2004? If so, you can use the new "Repitch"
tool in Simple entry to do exactly what you describe but with one
keystroke instead of four: just type the new pitches with the alpha
characters.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 19:34 -0800 11/01/2004, Mark D Lew wro
make a plug-in for this.
If you're using 2004, I imagine the quickest way to write the passage
would be to do this: enter the first measure with the correct rhythm,
copy it the required number of times using mass edit, then change the
notes using the repitch tool.
Best wishes,
Michael C
Hold it! If you use the "insert systems" command, Finale keeps the
optimization with the music, so there's no need to re-do optimization
for the existing systems. The "insert systems" command was created
for just this sort of situation.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
l find that only the staves in that
particular system get respaced.
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ental in Simple entry with a keystroke ("A" in 2002
and 2003; in 2004 you can program your own keystroke).
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 16:08 +1100 28/11/2003, helgesen wrote:
Is there a way- in simple entry, to enter a cautionary diatonic accidental?
Situation is, last quaver bar 3 = F
ine of the normal staff.
You'll also need to reduce the size of the notes with Mass Edit.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 19:16 +0100 26/11/2003, Giovanni Andreani wrote:
Hello,
is there nya way to reduce for example one measure to 70%, having the others
at 90% all in the same staff, without
nd note to the
right and the 32nd rest to the left so that they exchange positions.
And if you think (as I do) that Finale ought to be able to handle
this with a simple setting in Document Options, write to MakeMusic
about it.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 13:08 +0100 18/11/2003, Ole Buck wrote:
there was a document option that took care of this
automatically. I put this on my last list of feature requests and
I'll put it on the next one: ask for it as well and maybe MakeMusic
will consider putting it on the list of priorities.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 6:58 +0100 7/11/2003,
hould already be set. Use the "Prev" and "Next" buttons next to
"Unit" to cycle through the sharps and flats (positive units are
sharps, negative units are flats) and set the octave for each
accidental (octave 0 is the one that starts with middle C).
Best wishes,
ou've manually moved grace notes, make sure that Finale never
spaces that measure again.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 19:06 -0400 22/09/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Using Finale 2003 on a Mac, I find that grace notes are often too
far away from the notes they precede. HOWEVER...after I us
The "Move Rests" plug-in (it's one of the standard ones).
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 8:45 -0400 23/09/2003, Éric Dussault wrote:
Am I overlooking something, or isn't there any way to remove all rests
adjustments in one go for a whole document? There must be something
ed to, use the "save library" function (file menu)
to create a page format library. Then load this library into your
score file and extract the parts again.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 15:41 +1000 20/09/2003, helgesen wrote:
I have just read my previous question. In case it's not cle
the brains of of a good singing teacher.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 22:15 -0400 4/09/2003, Cecil Rigby wrote:
My vote is for flute, mezzo, piano- it just seems *right* to me.
your mileage may vary!
As to range, a good mezzo can go from g-g# below mid C up to around an A or
Bb above C'
be a space so it won't show up on the
page, but it should force Finale to download Petrucci to the printer.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
(By the way, "include fonts" doesn't work: the fonts just don't get
included. This is an ancient bug: if MakeMusic can't cure it
Maybe your program preferences are not being saved: do you have "Save
preferences when exiting Finale" checked in the Program preferences?
Michael Cook
At 10:59 -0700 23/06/2003, Brad Beyenhof wrote:
I have recently been getting the message "Cannot open Finale 2003 as
a PICT fil
om the audience, Del Mar says: "Yet the
apparent loss of tone is an illusion since, like all matters of
balance, it is instinctively rectified by the players; whereas on the
contrary a certain variation of timbre can indeed be detected and
must surely be a positive gain."
Michael Coo
the staves on the other pages (where you might only need 16 or 18)
just as small. This is just one of the old engraving tricks which
help to make good-looking, readable scores. (And don't forget: most
Dover scores are straight reprints of Peters and the like)
Michael Cook
At 9:36 -0400 11/06/2
doing:
- Add new staff.
- Enter the ossia notes in the new staff.
- Choose ossia tool and double click on one of the original staves.
- The ossia dialog appears.
- At "Source Staff" enter the number of the new staff.
- You may now hide the new staff without making the ossia measure dis
I think the easiest method for entering long strings of identical
value triplets is the "hands-free MIDI method". In the user manual it
can be found in chapter 16 at "Speedy Entry - To enter many notes of
the same value".
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 23:40 -0500 27/03/20
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!)
uation in pitch (= frequency),
and "wobble" being an excessive or uncontrolled vibrato.
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a are:
(1) Powerful overtones around 3000 Hz (the overtones of most
instruments are not strong in this range). This is known as the
"Singing Formant".
(2) Decibels: they just sing LOUD!
For comparison: you can vibrate like mad on a violin but this won't
help you against a trumpet bl
nd of the repeat. If this seems too complicated, I
think you should just use solution "a": otherwise, the performer
might consider the tie to be optional and omit it altogether.
Michael Cook
At 23:58 +0100 11/02/2003, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Here is an engraving question:
Two sectio
n't actually transpose
anything, but this just happens to be the place where someone decided
to put the "Set to Clef" function.
Michael Cook
At 11:33 -0500 11/02/2003, James wrote:
I'm sure by now some of you have tried the staff style, select first
clef problem I've menti
template you're using. You could try re-installing the Maestro
Default file.
If the problem persists, even when you start with a new document
without libraries, it seems like a bug specific to the version of
Finale that you're using.
Michael Cook
At 10:26 -0500 11/02/2003, James wrot
r clef chosen in
"Set to Clef" in the Transposition part. Or maybe the staff style
itself has another clef chosen in "Set to Clef".
In general, if Finale doesn't accept a clef change, "Set to Clef" in
the "Staff Transpositions" dialog is the first p
Instead of using the existing 8va, create a custom smart line. This
will permit you to place the "8" wherever you want in relation to the
dashes (see "Smart Line Style dialog box" in the user manual).
Michael Cook
At 22:06 -0500 8/02/2003, Burt Fenner wrote:
I have a cl
electing the
region, then applying Mass Edit > Utilities > Convert Mirrors.
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symbol as
necessary to centre the digit (this will depend on the font you are
using - you might like to use Engraver Time).
Michael Cook
At 23:58 -0500 2/02/2003, Jonathan Klizas wrote:
I am sure this has been addressed numerous times but is it possible to have
a single digit representing the time sig
ssions, smart shapes, text)
will now be in the wrong place, so if you have a lot of
measure-attached elements you might still be better off with the
first technique.
Michael Cook
At 0:30 +0100 1/02/2003, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
A client has changed his mind and now wants a section in 6/4 which
the other systems.
Michael Cook
At 9:52 +0100 29/01/2003, Pierre Bailleul wrote:
Hi all,
Do you know a way to drag the position of a staff name in an
optimized staff system without producing a change in the entire
score?
Thanks
Pierre.
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reen redraw to see
these effects).
You should find some more information in the user manual: I'm not
sure if there were any changes between 2000 and 2003 here, but look
for "Masks" or "White-out" in the index.
Michael Cook
At 20:06 + 19/01/2003, Patsy Moore wrote:
I wro
measure-attached "Smart Shape" slurs. Choose the Smart Shape Slur
tool and look in the Smart Shape menu: there will be a choice between
"Attach to Measures" and "Attach to Notes". An opaque shape
expression will cov
but he slur was certainly a
note-attached one. If you replace it with a measure-attached slur,
the expression will cover it..
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the text item is only one line of text there's no need
to make a shape expression: make a text expression, choose "Enclose
Expression" and make the enclosure opaque with a line thickness of
zero.
Michael Cook
At 21:09 -0500 15/01/2003, Music Solutions wrote:
FinMac'03
I
>ECDG
GDEC
EDCG
GDEC
I'm pretty sure the third line should read "CEDG"
not "EDCG".
Stan Lord
MusicByte
London
For another version, see
http://www.bigben.freeservers.com/chimes.html
or listen to
http://www.clockpeddler.com/westminster.mp3
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In Finale Mac 2002, in the "Other Options" part of "Program Options",
there is a setting called "Use Navigation Services". If this setting
is on (which is the default option), there should be a checkbox for
"Append File Extensions" at the bottom of th
inale file uses) - a space will do fine. I use this
technique for Finale examples in Word documents: if I forget the
"invisible" Maestro character, my printer replaces the Maestro font
with Courier.
Michael Cook
At 15:14 +0100 7/01/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for your help
point, or play a short loop over and
over again.
Michael Cook
At 22:11 -0500 7/01/2003, Ken Wilson wrote:
Anyone know of Mac software that will take a snip of music, say an MP3 file,
and play it back very slowly - - as in trying to transcribe a fast jazz
solo?
Thanks.
Ken Wilson
[EMAIL
Checking "Include Fonts" when exporting an EPS graphic from Finale
may have some action unknown to me. What it doesn't do is include the
fonts (I don't know why).
So you just need to make sure that your publisher has the necessary
fonts downloaded to the printer.
Michael
respectively) their right
and left margins.
- Drag the system where the coda begins up to the same level as the
other system.
That's all. No need to add the brackets, key signature, etc.: they're
already there.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
- Move the margins of the
At 16:43 +0100 4/01/2
able to get your spacing back if you apply music spacing to the
section again, making sure that "Manual Positioning" is set to
"Ignore".
Michael Cook
At 16:08 -0600 1/01/2003, Robert Patterson wrote:
I wanted to change a section from "4/4" to "C", so I
te, John Cage writes:
"... the work may be performed by any instrumentalist(s) and the
movements may last any lengths of time."
So the original piece contains all possible arrangements for all
combinations of instruments.
Michael Cook
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for 4'33" are the same things
that are also going on while you listen to a movement Mozart." In
other words, the piece was an encouragement for more audience
involvement/self-awareness.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 2:34 +0100 27/12/2002, jef chippewa wrote:
a friend rece
taff styles, you can
use Mass Edit > Clear Items, choose "Measure Items" and check "Staff
Styles".
Michael Cook
At 8:39 -0800 14/12/2002, Bob Florence wrote:
Hello Listers:
While working on a drum part on a score, I highlighted by accident the
whole drum lime and put in one b
ll be beamed together.
Michael Cook
At 7:26 -0500 5/12/2002, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 06:15 AM, David H. Bailey wrote:
There is no way to do it automatically.
Not true! Michael Withers already posted the correct method, but in
the face of disinformation th
the display of clefs, key signatures and time signatures with
measure attributes.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 16:16 +0100 22/11/2002, Vincent Cordel wrote:
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,
uarter; quarter, rest, quarter -
you can input it with only four mouse clicks.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 13:17 -0400 25/10/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're right, the Speedy Entry method is
much better. I was trying originally to use the Simple Entry method,
but that has a LOT of snag
taves in order to make
a discontinuous selection.
- Turn on Special Part Extraction in the Edit menu.
- Go to Page view.
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ssion of staff line characters as an arrowhead could be
useful if you needed a sloping staff.
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At 16:20 -0500 29/09/2002, Richard Yates wrote:
>Re: [Finale] BACH as a single note> I prefer to rotate text by using the
>Shape Designer and entering the text as a custom arrowhead, since this makes
>it easier to put the text at exactly 90 degrees, or upside down. Michael
>Coo
text by using the Shape Designer and
entering the text as a custom arrowhead, since this makes it easier
to put the text at exactly 90 degrees, or upside down. Here's my
version:
No need to put the paper through the printer twice!
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
uld be
>so, wouldn't
>it?
Yes.
Notepad is OK for writing a simple song, if you're prepared to accept
the layout of the music (if NotePad decides that the last measure of
your song should have a page all to itself, there's nothing you can
do about it). But it doesn't re
ecked in "Avoid
Collision" in Music Spacing Options?...
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o that the notes
coincide instead of avoiding each other, uncheck collision of seconds
AND set manual positioning to "clear", then apply music spacing.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 18:39 -0400 25/09/2002, David W. Fenton wrote:
>I have been in the habit since Finale 3.52 or so of
d an ossia directly to an
optimized score), no need to fiddle things so as to get a clef or key
signature to show up, all options in one place (the ossia measure
designer)...
It may not be "intuitive", but I'm used to it and it serves me well!
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 2
f is transposing. You' have rightly supposed
that, in order to correct the transposition of the ossia measure, you
need to change the key signature in the Ossia Measure Designer. If it
comes out in the wrong octave, just transpose the passage in the
source measure.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
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d just go in front of the music in the next
measure, even if this means that this measure now has too many beats
itself (third option).
>4. Really add the note.
Choose the first option ("Leave the measure alone")
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ix those multiple redraws on Mac?
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ld down the Delete key,
drag-enclose the region, release the mouse button.
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uesting
that this bug be fixed!
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Michael Cook
At 18:43 -0400 9/07/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>OK, I have tried to work this out on my own. . .
>
>This is for a large orchestra piece.
>
>I have a passage in 12/4 - and I want 3 staves to go into 4/4 at the same
>tim
lly?
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
>Okay you beamers, the beta version of Beam Over Barline is at my
>website. It currently has no settings, so what you see is what you get.
>
>The most effective way to use it is to wait until the page layout is
>finished and all other edits have
ine thicknesses
A few thicker lines:
Barlines: 4.5 EVPUs
ledger lines: 4.5 EVPUs
grace note slash: 4.5 EVPUs
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
>Hello List,
>
>My name is Allen Fisher and I am a Coda employee and occasional lurker on
>this list. During the time I've been on the list, I&#x
list. Any chance of getting that header back?
Michael Cook
>As you have all noticed this morning, we have new software running
>out list. The parameters are really broad, and I must ask your
>patience and input as I (even more than all of you) learn how to
>tweak this to serve us all
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