Re: [Finale] State Songs (was Anthems) (still OT)

2004-09-11 Thread Raymond Horton
This page clarifies what John is saying: http://www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/cmb.htm "In 1940 the Virginia Legislature adopted "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" as the state song. Because its lyrics about slavery were offensive to many, Bland's piece was relegated to "state song emeritus" in 199

Re: [Finale] State Songs (was Anthems) (still OT)

2004-09-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On Sep 11, 2004, at 5:48 PM, John Howell wrote: You must have missed the rest of the quoted sentence. They voted to REMOVE the song as state song. Then they totally botched a search for a new one in which I was peripherally involved. The whole thing illustrated all over again how politicians

Re: [Finale] on piano reduction

2004-09-11 Thread Mark D Lew
On Sep 11, 2004, at 2:11 PM, Harold Owen wrote: Before getting into books on the subject, I would like to know how you intend to use the reductions. Will they be for the use of conductors, professional pianists, amateur pianists, for analytical study, or for some other purpose? Are you hoping to

Re: [Finale] State Songs (was Anthems) (still OT)

2004-09-11 Thread John Howell
At 4:55 PM -0400 9/8/04, Crystal Premo wrote: The Virginia Legislature voted in 1997 to designate "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia"<< Good Lord! Doesn't this song make references to "old darkies" and other such inappropriate things? Crystal Premo You must have missed the rest of the quoted senten

Re: [Finale] on piano reduction

2004-09-11 Thread Harold Owen
You wrote: Thnak you very much. Now, could you recommend books on the subject or perhaps any sources on the web dealing with it. Before getting into books on the subject, I would like to know how you intend to use the reductions. Will they be for the use of conductors, professional pianists, ama

Re: [Finale] Re: Scanner recommendations?

2004-09-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 11.09.2004 19:41 Uhr, Michael Good wrote > Johannes is on a Mac, so he > hasn't used SharpEye with its accurate handling of polyphony, and > unfortunately condemns the whole area of music scanning. I never did that, actually. In fact I have used music scanning, if in rare circumstances, for so

Re: [Finale] on piano reduction

2004-09-11 Thread Godofredo Romero
Thnak you very much. Now, could you recommend books on the subject or perhaps any sources on the web dealing with it. Godofredo Harold Owen wrote: Godofredo writes: Need all the info I can get on piano reduction e.g how many and which instrumentns to select,etc Thanks to all Godofredo _

[Finale] Re: Scanner recommendations?

2004-09-11 Thread Michael Good
In terms of scanner hardware, it's pretty much a commodity market. Any $99 scanner should be fine. As James mentioned, be sure to get a flatbed scanner for laying books and scores flat. You may also find a legal-size scanner to be helpful compared to a letter-size scanner - or an even bigger area i

Re: [Finale] on piano reduction

2004-09-11 Thread Harold Owen
Godofredo writes: Need all the info I can get on piano reduction e.g how many and which instrumentns to select,etc Thanks to all Godofredo ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale You are asking a lot. It t

[Finale] on piano reduction

2004-09-11 Thread Godofredo Romero
Need all the info I can get on piano reduction e.g how many and which instrumentns to select,etc Thanks to all Godofredo ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] output level

2004-09-11 Thread Eden - Lawrence D.
This took care of the problem. Thanks Ray. On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Raymond Horton wrote: > Eden - Lawrence D. wrote: > > >I imported a MIDI file that I had created with another notation program. > >Finale (Mac2k3) did a great job on the importation, but I was unable to > >make the imported staff

Re: [Finale] Scanner recommendations?

2004-09-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 11.09.2004 3:46 Uhr, Richard Yates wrote >> Don't put your hopes up too much for music scanning. It can be useful but >> really it only works in rare cases. Most of the time it is quicker to > enter >> all the music using speedy. > > My experience recently has been much better than this. I sca

[Finale] O.T. Riddle

2004-09-11 Thread Ken Moore
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> J.D.Thomas writes: >How come abbreviated is such a long word? Because it is non-selfdescribing. The question is: Is "non- selfdescribing" selfdescribing? -- Ken Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web site: http://www.mooremusic.org.uk/ I reject emails > 100k automatically: