Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-20 Thread Ole Buck
From: "Raymond Horton" It's really very simple. In 4/4 time, use dotted quarters on beats one and three, but not on beat two. Yes and  Finale (version 2k3) will only change the dotted quarter where there really are dis

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-19 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 19.02.2004 18:13 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > As I said the before, the problem here is precisely the same as we > have with beaming. For beaming we have the method available to us of > grouping beams of 8ths in 4's in 4/4. For Finale to really handle 4/4 > properly, it would need the same conv

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-19 Thread Raymond Horton
'markante einschnitte' ("distinctive divisions") could mean 'beats', but it could also mean 'strong beats' (one and three). Ray - Original Message - From: Ole Buck To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [Fi

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-19 Thread Ole Buck
From: Johannes Gebauer Sorry, but this is not a very accurate translation, there is actually absolutely nothing about beats there. This is how not to translate if you want to make a point.Sure, 'markante einschnitte' is not 'beats' but rather 'distinctive divisions' (of a measure) and I would n

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Feb 2004 at 10:57, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > David said > there were exceptions for 4/4, 4/2 and to a lesser extend for 3/4. I did not mention 4/2. I said 2/4. All the meters where the half not is easily understood as a note value allow, by convention, the dotted quarter plus eighth, by

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-19 Thread Raymond Horton
It's really very simple. In 4/4 time, use dotted quarters on beats one and three, but not on beat two. When I asked my comp teacher, way back in undergrad, why dotted quarters were OK in 4/4, he said "Because they're easy!" (He was quite a stickler, too. Because of him, I still cringe whenever

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-19 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 19.02.2004 9:27 Uhr, Ole Buck wrote > Hinsictlich der Schreibweise ist zu bemerken, dass die Zusammenziehung von > Werten über markante Einschnitte hinweg unbedingt zu vermeiden ist, wenn > dadurch Zweifel in der Taktauffassung entstehen könnten. (Just about how to > notate rhythme: to shorten

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-19 Thread Ole Buck
From: Johannes Gebauer On 18.02.2004 17:11 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Finale is actually correct about this, because you've told it that > the beat is the quarter note, and modern notational standards require > that note values larger than the beat (with certain exceptions) be > notated

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-18 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 18.02.2004 19:34 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Unless the musical gesture contradicts it, note values that span more > than one beat should be broken down into component note values tied > together, except when the meter involved conventionally does not do > this (e.g., 4/4, 2/4 and to a lesser

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Feb 2004 at 17:49, Johannes Gebauer wrote: > On 18.02.2004 17:11 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > > > Finale is actually correct about this, because you've told it that > > the beat is the quarter note, and modern notational standards > > require that note values larger than the beat (with cert

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-18 Thread David H. Bailey
David Fenton gave you one suggestion which might solve your problem. If it doesn't, then go into the Quantization settings dialogue and check the Soften Syncopations box. David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many thanks to all those who responded so quickly to my question about changing t

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-18 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 18.02.2004 17:11 Uhr, David W. Fenton wrote > Finale is actually correct about this, because you've told it that > the beat is the quarter note, and modern notational standards require > that note values larger than the beat (with certain exceptions) be > notated with smaller note values tied t

Re: [Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Feb 2004 at 10:46, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am working on a document in 6/4. When I try to use the Mass Edit > copy function to copy a dotted quarter followed by an eighth note, I > get a quarter note tied to an eighth note followed by another eighth. > It is a total nuisance, given th

[Finale] Thanks and another question

2004-02-18 Thread dumusic
Many thanks to all those who responded so quickly to my question about changing the playback tempo. Now here's another one: I am working on a document in 6/4. When I try to use the Mass Edit copy function to copy a dotted quarter followed by an eighth note, I get a quarter note tied to an eighth