Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-15 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 15, 2004, at 4:21 AM, d. collins wrote: Thanks, Mark, for this and your other reply on the hyphens. It's interesting to have your opinion as a singer. It's also interesting to hear that this is the standard style in opera. I probably should clarify: It's not so much a matter of opera vs

Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-15 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 15, 2004, at 2:52 AM, d. collins wrote: Gerou-Lusk: "Another help in reading melisma is the proper alignement of the lyric. The word or syllable, instead of being centered under the note, should be aligned flush left with the left edge of the notehead." Ross: "I personally see no musica

Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-15 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 15, 2004, at 12:06 AM, d. collins wrote: Does this mean that in certain cases you do away with the hyphen? I've often been tempted to do this, but many singers have told me this makes the music much harder to read. Has this prompted any complaints from the singers? I've never heard compl

Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-14 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 14, 2004, at 8:36 AM, Richard Huggins wrote: Well, not to press the point --but I'm sure I am-- I'd like to hear what it is you and Clay are using Adjust Syllables so often to fix. Working as often as I do with choral scores but almost never needing to use Adjust Syllables, I'm wondering

Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-14 Thread Richard Huggins
Well, not to press the point --but I'm sure I am-- I'd like to hear what it is you and Clay are using Adjust Syllables so often to fix. Working as often as I do with choral scores but almost never needing to use Adjust Syllables, I'm wondering what kinds of situations I apparently am not encounteri

Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-12 Thread Mark D Lew
On Feb 12, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Clay Zambo wrote: From: Richard Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry for the delay...I've been wanting to check my own Finale on my computer but it's being moved. My recollection about adjusting syllables is that while two handles appear, the bottom handle is the only o

Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-12 Thread Clay Zambo
--to select the syllable and move it? > From: Richard Huggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:25:21 -0800 (PST) > To: Clay Zambo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Finale] Adjust Syllables > > Sorry for the delay...I've

[Finale] Adjust Syllables

2004-02-10 Thread Clay Zambo
Why does it take two clicks to select a syllable for adjustment? Click on a note, and a handle appears on that note, and on the syllable attached to it. But that syllable's handle isn't selected; it requires another click before the syllable can be moved. I understand that when two syllables are