Re: [Finale] chant entry

2003-11-17 Thread David H. Bailey
Thanks -- a bit pricey for a font I wouldn't use very often, but for people working in authentic chant notation it would be wonderful. David John.Howell wrote: http://www.saintmeinrad.edu/abbey/liturgic.htm About halfway down the page. John John, Would you please post a URL for us to che

Re: [Finale] chant entry

2003-11-16 Thread John.Howell
Title: Re: [Finale] chant entry http://www.saintmeinrad.edu/abbey/liturgic.htm  About halfway down the page. John John, Would you please post a URL for us to check out this font?  Even if it doesn't work in Finale, I am definitely interested in checking it out. Thank you!

Re: [Finale] chant entry

2003-11-16 Thread David H. Bailey
You've gotten good advice from others, here is my take on it: 1) use varying length measures, each measure equalling one phrase of your chant. 2) for time signatures, use the whole note for the bottom. 3) for note entry, use whole notes in place of the black notes and double-whole notes for th

Re: [Finale] chant entry

2003-11-16 Thread David H. Bailey
John, Would you please post a URL for us to check out this font? Even if it doesn't work in Finale, I am definitely interested in checking it out. Thank you! David John.Howell wrote: I'm trying to enter some chants using a 5-line staff, no meter or barlines, and just solid noteheads and ope

Re: [Finale] chant entry

2003-11-15 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
With respect to the St. Meinrad chant fonts, Dr..Howell wrote: Whether they would work in Finale, I don't know. They are designed to be used as a font within a word processor, taking over and reprograming your ASCII keyboard. Yes, they work well with Finale, I have generated mixed scores using

Re: [Finale] chant entry

2003-11-15 Thread John.Howell
I'm trying to enter some chants using a 5-line staff, no meter or barlines, and just solid noteheads and open noteheads. Any suggestions for an efficient way to do this with Finale? I've entered a short piece with hidden barlines and time signatures, but still had to enter it in 4/4 and set ste

Re: [Finale] chant entry

2003-11-15 Thread Benjamin Smedberg
> I'm trying to enter some chants using a 5-line staff, no meter or barlines, > and just solid noteheads and open noteheads. Larry, I do this all the time. You really need TGTools to make this effective: * Set the time signature to something outrageous like 40/4 and enter the notes. Enter solid n

[Finale] chant entry

2003-11-15 Thread Larry Kent
I'm trying to enter some chants using a 5-line staff, no meter or barlines, and just solid noteheads and open noteheads. Any suggestions for an efficient way to do this with Finale? I've entered a short piece with hidden barlines and time signatures, but still had to enter it in 4/4 and set ste