RE: [Finale] Please have a look

2003-10-17 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
an 8.5X11 inch page; most (American) publishers would prefer 9X12 or 10X13 Third system on page 3: very poor alignment of accidentals I could go on, but I've probably been way too negative already :) None of the publishers I work for would accept this, sorry. Ronald M. Krentzman R&am

RE: [Finale] Sibelius 3 - no scroll mode

2003-09-26 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
an ersatz scroll view. Interestingly, the original version of Sibelius (which ran on the Acorn computer system) had this feature. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation At 01:00 PM 9/26/2003 +1000, Matthew Hindson Fastmail Acct wrote: >There is still no scroll view. You realise how good

RE: [Finale] Fonts

2003-09-03 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
, which to my eye is far superior. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mario Aschauer Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 6:19 PM To: 'Finale List' Subject: [Finale] Fonts Dear fellow listers,

RE: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players

2003-06-13 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
Andrew Stiller wrote: Oh dear. Do you really think 18th-c. players (not 17th, NB) of the 2nd Brandenburg Concerto would be "amazed at the virtuosity" of today's trumpeters? Rather the reverse, I should think. "They need *valves*? What wimps!" I was talking about all instruments, not just the trum

RE: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players

2003-06-12 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
uin my embouchure" and that he would refuse to teach me any further. When a few months later I decided to take up the *bassoon,* I didn't even bother him w. it but simply discontinued my lessons with him. Well, now at least we know where you're coming fro

RE: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players

2003-06-12 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
And yet we're supposedly champing at the bit to play basset horn? (Which is just an alto clarinet in F with an extended range). BTW, every major orchestra has an Eb/assistant principal position. Haven't seen too many alto clarinet openings lately... ;) Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Mus

RE: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players

2003-06-12 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
Please don't generalize. Some of us prefer Eb to Bass! Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Thompson Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:28 PM To: finale list Subject: Re: [Finale] Doubling

RE: [Finale] Doubling for Pops Orchestra Wind Players

2003-06-12 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
reeds for a 15 minute piece where I may be heard only for 10 seconds. And if I am the principal oboe, I am not going to go out and spend $8,000 on an English Horn just so I can play the Philosopher. That's what assistant principals are for. What you are saying may be true for a community orches

RE: [Finale] Page layout problem

2003-06-02 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
lliamson's staff spacing plug-in is very helpful for accomplishing this. Remember that your score has to be optimized (whether you remove staves or not) for you to be able to move a system's staff individually. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation -Original Message

RE: [Finale] 8vb

2003-05-29 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
In the smart shape options you can specify any symbol you like for “octave down”. There are several third party fonts, such as those by Ansgar Krause, that may have what you are looking for.   Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation       -Original Message- From: [E

RE: [Finale] Key signature problem

2002-12-31 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
You could tell Finale not to simplify the key (in the staff attributes>transposition dialog).   However, why write for A clarinet in such a difficult key  when you could write it in Bb major for Bb Clarinet? As a clarinetist, I can tell you that many players would do that anyway as long as t

RE: [Finale] [slightly off-topic] What prices/rates do you apply ?

2002-12-06 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
want to put in your contract some language about hiring a third-party proofreader (highly recommended). Good luck, Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vincent Cordel > Sent: Fri

RE: [Finale] Finale and other music notation software sharing computer

2002-12-01 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
I have both on my PC and have had no problems. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dr. Gordon J. Callon > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 9:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
Yes, Selmer makes one. I believe you can purchase one for a mere $7000 or so. Isn't that Suite a great piece (I assume you mean the Op.29)? I've never played the Bass part but I have done the other two. One of his more accessible pieces IMHO. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Mus

RE: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
re thinking of some other piece or some other composer? I didn't see anything in Andriessen's catalog that matched your description. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

RE: [Finale] Cancelling manual input

2002-09-30 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
Yes there is. Simply select the area with the Mass edit tool and reapply the spacing algorithm you have chosen to use. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation >> >> > > At 8:07 PM 09/29/02, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > there is no command in > Finale for

RE: [Finale] Sibelius advice

2002-09-24 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
sher language that I used. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation > > > > Not page-by-page. All you have to do is specify "hide empty staves" > for the entiure file, and wherever they aren't being used they won't > show. > >

RE: [Finale] Sibelius advice

2002-09-24 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
What he will have to do is create two groups of staves: one where the Violins are divisis and one where they aren't, and then optimize away the group he doesn't need on a page by page basis. Pretty shabby for the "best-selling music notation program in the world", eh? Ron

RE: [Finale] Lyrics Freakout

2002-09-20 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
The only problems I've had are with word extensions, and even those > are pretty easy to solve. Am I missing something? > > Linda Worsley No. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

RE: [Finale] TAN: String fingerings in Pops work?

2002-06-13 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
As far as putting in fingerings, this guy doesn't know what he is talking about. I am also the librarian of a large regional orchestra that performs more than a dozen different pops programs each season. In my 16 years, I have *never* seen pops charts with printed fingerings. Ronald M. Kren

RE: [Finale] It's here!

2002-06-07 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
Yes, I have. I received my package today. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation > > I emailed [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get a tracking number for the > shipment. They said that they usually send out an email with the tracking > number when the order is actually shipped. Has an

RE: [Finale] Couple more questions.

2002-05-14 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
If you have Finale 2002, there are pre-defined lines in the Custom Line tool that should do what you want. Ronald M. Krentzman R&M Music Preparation > > Giuliano Forghieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Open the Articulation Selection window, then clic