Re: [Finale] saxophone alternate fingerings

2005-12-21 Thread Karen
..alternating with ATBAT voicing of the same chord Hi Chuck, Herb Pomeroy referred to this as the "baseball configuration!" I always liked that I love this idea of changing timbre with alt. fingerings and configurations! Very cool! Can I hear it if you will be recording it

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
Aaron Sherber wrote: Really? I keep my "parts score" around, in case I need to make revisions. Copying and pasting changes from the main score to the parts score is, for me, much faster than re-creating the parts score from the main score, with all the cues, etc. Eh? I agree with David i

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Thank you gentlemen. Dean On Dec 21, 2005, at 4:11 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 06:21 PM 12/21/2005, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >BTW, I've looked all over in my Mac2k6, and have not been able to >find Smart Explosion, of which you speak. What is it, and where is it? It's part of the full TGTo

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:54 PM 12/21/2005, Robert Patterson wrote: >First, you seem to have missed the point of forking. The forked score >has a very short lifespan. It lives only from the time the score is >finished until the time the parts have been extracted. Then it goes into >the bit bucket. Really? I keep my

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Chuck Israels
This is how I do it. I make a score that extracts parts correctly and extract them. When that's done, I make a few changes (saving the new file as "score") - some text blocks, page formatting, page set up, measure numbers - things like that. It usually takes me a while. I keep that as th

Re: [Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 21:33, David W. Fenton wrote: > On 21 Dec 2005 at 17:32, John Howell wrote: > > As I understand it, on the viol it is a vibrato > > action involving two fingers, one firmly behind > > the fret, the other pressed tightly against it > > and striking the string on or just above

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
I don't know why I bother answering the comments of such a committed contrarian, but for the sake of other list members I will address some of these questions. First, you seem to have missed the point of forking. The forked score has a very short lifespan. It lives only from the time the score

Re: [Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 17:32, John Howell wrote: > At 4:33 PM -0500 12/21/05, David W. Fenton wrote: > >On 21 Dec 2005 at 12:51, John Howell wrote: > > > >> (Another ornament > >> no longer used is the "pincée, a kind of vibrato > >> trill, which had its own sign.) > > > >I've never heard of pincé b

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 23:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 10:23PM, Chuck Israels > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Is it a practical idea to link only some elements? > > In reading another thread about parts extraction, it seems that linked > parts (if ever implem

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 21:51, Robert Patterson wrote: > > -Original Message- > > > > What aspects of layout are fixed by forking the file before you > > extract parts? > > It allows you to edit the score for extraction without affecting your > clean score. These edits are likely to be > > 1.

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 18:17, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > >So, however true it may be of MM's employees, it doesn't in any way > >excuse them for bad mistakes like releasing FinMac 2006 with the > >horrid data loss bug. It goes without saying that they didn't > >*intend* to ca

Re: [Finale] DS al Coda question

2005-12-21 Thread Simon Troup
><< If you mean that you want the Coda on the same line as some other music >and it is separated by a shim of blank space, insert an extra bar, and >apply a staff style to it that has the staff setting set to "0 with full >barline". That effectively makes a bar with no lines - which is blank >space

Re: [Finale] DS al Coda question

2005-12-21 Thread NRaspa
In a message dated 12/21/05 5:09:06 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << If you mean that you want the Coda on the same line as some other music and it is separated by a shim of blank space, insert an extra bar, and apply a staff style to it that has the staff setting set to "0 with full barline". T

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David W. Fenton wrote: So, however true it may be of MM's employees, it doesn't in any way excuse them for bad mistakes like releasing FinMac 2006 with the horrid data loss bug. It goes without saying that they didn't *intend* to cause this problem, but they did it anyway, despite their best

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:21 PM 12/21/2005, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: >BTW, I've looked all over in my Mac2k6, and have not been able to >find Smart Explosion, of which you speak. What is it, and where is it? It's part of the full TGTools, available from www.tgtools.com The TGTools Lite included with Fin2006 include

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Brad Beyenhof
It's part of TGTools: http://tgtools.com This, and the Patterson Plug-ins, are (in my opinion) necessary for serious engraving work. -- Brad Beyenhof Real-time Finale discussion: http://www.finaleirc.com my blog: http://augmentedfourth.blogspot.com Silence will save me from being wrong (and fooli

Re: [Finale] Linked parts

2005-12-21 Thread gigitur
On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 10:23PM, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Is it a practical idea to link only some elements? In reading another thread about parts extraction, it seems that linked parts (if ever implemented) would *have* to link only some of the elements. >Entr

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
BTW, I've looked all over in my Mac2k6, and have not been able to find Smart Explosion, of which you speak. What is it, and where is it? Dean On Dec 21, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Lee Actor wrote: In addition to Brad's and Robert's examples, I'll add the following items which are much easier to deal

Re: [Finale] DS al Coda question

2005-12-21 Thread Simon Troup
>My question: Since many practices which were once common go away with time, > can someone suggest a method of creating the >blank space. I have enough room on the page to create a sliver of space and >still not crowd the music, however, I really don't want to add another >page for >two measu

RE: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Lee Actor
In addition to Brad's and Robert's examples, I'll add the following items which are much easier to deal with in an intermediate "parts" score: 1) font and position of measure numbers 2) position and format of page numbers 3) music spacing For me these are all different in the parts than they are

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Brad: No, I haven't done much work yet, so that sounds as if may make the most sense. I appreciate the wisdom of the list ... Thanks, Dean On Dec 21, 2005, at 10:54 AM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: Actually, Dean, if you haven't done much work on the files since extraction I would very much reco

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 21, 2005, at 4:24 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Dec 2005 at 10:54, Brad Beyenhof wrote: Actually, Dean, if you haven't done much work on the files since extraction I would very much recommend creating a separate Parts score as Johannes suggested. I was under the impression that you

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Well, I can only speak to my present case, but I found that after I extracted the parts from the score, which was in legal size format, and wished to print the parts in 8.5x11, when the parts opened up, they needed a lot of adjusting from the default presentation. Hairpins needed moving,

Re: [Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread John Howell
At 4:33 PM -0500 12/21/05, David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Dec 2005 at 12:51, John Howell wrote: (Another ornament no longer used is the "pincée, a kind of vibrato trill, which had its own sign.) I've never heard of pincé being considered a form of vibrato -- it's a form of ornament, similar

[Finale] Linked parts

2005-12-21 Thread Chuck Israels
Is it a practical idea to link only some elements? Entries, inserted or deleted portions? Chuck On Dec 21, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: -Original Message- From: Brad Beyenhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In my earlier reply I neglected to mention this, which is a big iss

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
> -Original Message- > From: Brad Beyenhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In my earlier reply I neglected to mention this, which is a big issue > for me as well. > The examples Brad and I have given for using an intermediate (and temporary) copy of the score for part extraction seem to

[Finale] MIDI question

2005-12-21 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Dear List, I have a Kawai K-11 synth that I have connected to my Mac. I am using a MIDI interface and standard MIDI cables to make the connection. The K-11 also has a serial I/F port that is designed to connect the keyboard to my Mac without having to use a MIDI interface. Instead, I can

Re: [Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 11:53 AM 12/21/05 +, Javier Ruiz wrote: >Is there an standard wide vibrato sign? Javier, Except for me, the responses have been about string vibrato. I just assumed vocal vibrato. In any case, the standard symbol in Karkoschka is the constant thickness wavy line. (Since it's been in use f

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 12/21/05, Robert Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What aspects of layout are fixed by forking the file before you > > extract parts? > > Item #4 (Miscellaneous) may include stuff like moving the titles > on page 1 (and/or global titles) to match what you want in each > part. For me, quit

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 12/21/05, David W. Fenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What aspects of layout are fixed by forking the file before you > extract parts? Not layout per se, but certain things like the size of measure numbers (or measure-expression rehearsal letters/numbers) or the inclusion of measure number reg

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Robert Patterson
> -Original Message- > > What aspects of layout are fixed by forking the file before you > extract parts? > It allows you to edit the score for extraction without affecting your clean score. These edits are likely to be 1. Preprocessing (e.g., TGTools Smart Explosion). 2. Cues. 3. Head

Re: [Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 12:51, John Howell wrote: > (Another ornament > no longer used is the "pincée, a kind of vibrato > trill, which had its own sign.) I've never heard of pincé being considered a form of vibrato -- it's a form of ornament, similar to what we'd call an inverted mordant in Bach'

Re: [Finale] DS al Coda question

2005-12-21 Thread John Roberts
If you want brackets, clefs, etc. make a separate system for the Coda. Make the last system shorter, and start the Coda system over on the right past the end of the previous system. Make sure Avoid Margin Collisions isn't checked in the Page Layout menu, and drag or set margins numerically to bring

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 10:54, Brad Beyenhof wrote: > Actually, Dean, if you haven't done much work on the files since > extraction I would very much recommend creating a separate Parts score > as Johannes suggested. I was under the impression that you had already > done some work on the files individua

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 Dec 2005 at 11:11, Chuck Israels wrote: > . . . it does tire me to read > criticisms of MM's policies that seem to assume that the people > running the company are stupid, or don't care about customer support. > They make mistakes, and I have been irritated by Macsupport > responses in

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:37 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: Actually, No. You need to go to the website and fill out the appropriate support form: Allen, If you are talking to anyone over there, let them know this. I already have. When I log on, the darned website doesn't remember ANY of my i

Re: [Finale] DS al Coda question

2005-12-21 Thread NRaspa
Hello & Holiday greetings, I am working on some jazz piano charts and I have one which has a two measure coda at the bottom of the page. Currently I have the measures just before the coda separated from the coda with a double bar line. My question: Since many practices which were once common g

Re: [Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread Owain Sutton
John Howell wrote: At 11:53 AM + 12/21/05, Javier Ruiz wrote: Hola a todos, Is there an standard wide vibrato sign? Speaking as a string player rather than a notation specialist, my answer would be "no." In fact there is no vibrato sign, period. If you want something non-standard,

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Chuck Israels
On Dec 21, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: Now, if this were a first step to actually having some kind of bug database available online, I'd be all for it. But somehow I suspect this isn't what you're referring to. Jim Bruce, MM's customer support chief, indicated to me that tha

Re: [Finale] saxophone alternate fingerings

2005-12-21 Thread Raymond Horton
Andrew Stiller wrote: Am I the only listmember who actually owns an alto sax? I certainly hope so! Or at least the only one that will admit it publicly? (G, D, & R!) RBH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/lis

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Brad Beyenhof
Actually, Dean, if you haven't done much work on the files since extraction I would very much recommend creating a separate Parts score as Johannes suggested. I was under the impression that you had already done some work on the files individually and didn't want to have to re-extract. If this is n

RE: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:37 AM 12/21/2005, Fisher, Allen wrote: >You need to go to the website and fill out the appropriate support form: > >http://tinyurl.com/bvwb8 There seems to be no need for tinyurl here; the actual URL is just http://finalemusic.com/support Though Allen, if you have any way of passing this

RE: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:37 AM 12/21/2005, Fisher, Allen wrote: >You need to go to the website and fill out the appropriate support form: > >http://tinyurl.com/bvwb8 I agree with Phil, that's a bit annoying. >spam messages that flow through the support addresses, and better track >what problems folks are having.

Re: [Finale] Reverse tie help!

2005-12-21 Thread Chuck Israels
Scott, There may be a way to do this with the tie tool, but when I run into situations that that doesn't work, for one reason or another, I just draw the shape as accurately as I can with the slur tool. Not perfect, by any means, but that's what I do. Chuck On Dec 21, 2005, at 10:18 AM

Re: [Finale] Reverse tie help!

2005-12-21 Thread Scott Jones
OOPS... I meant to say control-click, not option-click. ___ J. Scott Jones Band/Orchestra Director/Freelance Trumpet Player-Teacher/Music Engraver On Dec 21, 2005, at 1:18 PM, Scott Jones wrote: I've already done that and the tie continu

Re: [Finale] Reverse tie help!

2005-12-21 Thread Scott Jones
I've already done that and the tie continues to jump across the previous repeat bar back into the first ending. the endings were inserted sing the simple insertion method. (right click 1st ending measure and tell to insert basic 1st/2nd ending). Option-click on Macs. By the way, I am in M

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Many Thanks. Dean On Dec 21, 2005, at 9:05 AM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 12/21/05, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Dec 21, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 12/21/05, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Question: do I have to do all of these operations in

Re: [Finale] GPO question

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.12.2005 Williams, Jim wrote: NS: What soundcard/driver are you using? This could also be an issue. I have forgotten if you specified what card/driver you use. Jim Mac Built in. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___

RE: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Phil Daley
Which (not to particularly pick on MakeMusic, since lots of companies are now doing that) is EXTREMELY annoying. How simple would it be to put a SPAM filter on their email? I suppose a music company doesn't know squat about the Internet. At 12/21/2005 11:37 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: >Actuall

RE: [Finale] GPO question

2005-12-21 Thread Williams, Jim
NS: What soundcard/driver are you using? This could also be an issue. I have forgotten if you specified what card/driver you use. Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Johannes Gebauer Sent: Wed 21-Dec-05 11:59 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] GPO qu

RE: [Finale] GPO question

2005-12-21 Thread Williams, Jim
JG, I will try it when I go home this afternoon on 2006b for Windows. Right now, life forces me to work ;-( Jim From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Johannes Gebauer Sent: Wed 21-Dec-05 11:59 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] GPO question On 21.12.2005

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 12/21/05, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 21, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: >> On 12/21/05, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Question: do I have >>> to do all of these operations individually to each part (file), or is >>> there a way to do it t

Re: [Finale] Reverse tie help!

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.12.2005 Scott Jones wrote: Hello all, I need some help with creating a reverse tie at the beginning of a 2nd ending measure. I know how to enter it (option = on mac) but it ties to the previous note at the end of the 1st ending and that is incorrect for the piece of music I am worki

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.12.2005 Brad Beyenhof wrote: >Question: do I have >> to do all of these operations individually to each part (file), or is >> there a way to do it to one and carry the changes across to all the >> others? Using Mac 2006b. The easiest way to do this is to use Robert Patterson's Settings

Re: [Finale] GPO question

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.12.2005 Williams, Jim wrote: Johannes... I assume that you are using Full GPO, Guarneri 3? I just entered runs of 16ths, 32nds, and 64ths in a different notation program and all is well with playback. Can you post a .MUS file or a .MID? I can put the .MUS in 2006b and the .MID in the othe

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Thanks Brad. Where does one access the Settings Scrapbook? Dean On Dec 21, 2005, at 8:35 AM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 12/21/05, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Question: do I have to do all of these operations individually to each part (file), or is there a way to do it to one a

[Finale] Reverse tie help!

2005-12-21 Thread Scott Jones
Hello all, I need some help with creating a reverse tie at the beginning of a 2nd ending measure. I know how to enter it (option = on mac) but it ties to the previous note at the end of the 1st ending and that is incorrect for the piece of music I am working on. Does anyone out there kn

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 12/21/05, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Question: do I have > to do all of these operations individually to each part (file), or is > there a way to do it to one and carry the changes across to all the > others? Using Mac 2006b. The easiest way to do this is to use Robert Patt

RE: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Fisher, Allen
Actually, No. You need to go to the website and fill out the appropriate support form: http://tinyurl.com/bvwb8 The big reasons that this was done was to eliminate the thousands of spam messages that flow through the support addresses, and better track what problems folks are having. Allen ---

Re: [Finale] saxophone alternate fingerings

2005-12-21 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Dec 20, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Sax players & gurus: Is there a convenient alternate fingering for the written G above the staff (concert B flat for Alto Sax)? Am I the only listmember who actually owns an alto sax? You can get a nice shading of the normal timbre by add

Re: [Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Carolyn Bremer
You can adjust the part settings globally in the score file. See options > page format > parts You'll need to re-extract the parts to have the settings affect the parts. -Carolyn On 12/21/05, Dean M. Estabrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Guys: > > I'm dealing with a large (28 Stave) band

[Finale] Dealing with parts

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Hey Guys: I'm dealing with a large (28 Stave) band score. I've extracted the parts, and need to edit several things, e.g., reducing the size of the measure number boxes and their positioning, reducing the percentage, etc. The score is in a legal size format, but I need the parts to be in

Re: [Finale] Seasonal Greetings

2005-12-21 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Hiro, you are our Christmas hiro ... very creative, and a Merry Christmas to you also. Dean On Dec 20, 2005, at 7:53 PM, Crystal Premo wrote: Here, here. Really wonderful. Crystal Premo [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Fisher, Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: finale@shsu.edu To: Subje

RE: [Finale] GPO question

2005-12-21 Thread Williams, Jim
Johannes... I assume that you are using Full GPO, Guarneri 3? I just entered runs of 16ths, 32nds, and 64ths in a different notation program and all is well with playback. Can you post a .MUS file or a .MID? I can put the .MUS in 2006b and the .MID in the other notation program. Jim __

Re: [Finale] GPO crash in 2k6b Mac

2005-12-21 Thread Martin Banner
Johannes, I just had the same experience!!! I think maybe I have found a solution to this, but I will try it again several more times to see if this really works. Give it a try and tell me if this works for you: 1. I turned on my synthesizer first, and then opened up Finale and the specific

Re: [Finale] GPO crash in 2k6b Mac

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
For what it is worth, I just reloaded the same file, and now it plays back without the crash. Weird. It is possible that the other time my MIDI keyboard wasn't connected, but this is unlikely... Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de __

Re: [Finale] GPO question

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
For some reason some of my mails from last night didn't make it to the list, sorry if they now get there twice... On 20.12.2005 Darcy James Argue wrote: Are the affected notes under a slur? If not, set HP to "Incorporate Data" (velocity), then try using the MIDI tool to increase the velocity

Re: [Finale] GPO question

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Another lost message... On 20.12.2005 Darcy James Argue wrote: I forgot to mention -- another thing you can try (assuming the vanishing notes are not under a slur) is reducing the length controller (try 33% instead of the default 50%). You can do this globally in the Kontakt Player, or only

[Finale] GPO crash in 2k6b Mac

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
It seems that (perhaps only under certain cricumstances) files with GPO instruments will crash Finale (Unhandled exception caught) when reopened and played back. This has been reported by several people on the list. Does anyone have a workaround to get these files to play back again? I am gett

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:29 AM 12/21/2005, Martin Banner wrote: >Ok Johannes, so who do we report this to? The usual place: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Martin Banner
Ok Johannes, so who do we report this to? Martin On Dec 21, 2005, at 3:39 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Exactly the same problem here! I am sure it is a bug. Johannes On 21.12.2005 Martin Banner wrote: As a clarification, please allow me to record, step by step, the problem I am having with

Re: [Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 11:53 AM 12/21/05 +, Javier Ruiz wrote: >Is there an standard wide vibrato sign? Karkoschka identifies (from Kagel et al.) a wavy line similar to a trill, wider, and without the shading ... essentially a waveform shape, with intensity and speed shown by changes of height and tightness. Den

Re: [Finale] saxophone alternate fingerings

2005-12-21 Thread Christopher Smith
On Dec 20, 2005, at 9:34 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: I think the original question was for notation of false fingerings not harmonics. Yes, it was, but since the example is not fast (half notes at an up swing tempo) my solution is workable, though perhaps not exactly the effect he needs.

Re: [Finale] 2006b problem again

2005-12-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Exactly the same problem here! I am sure it is a bug. Johannes On 21.12.2005 Martin Banner wrote: As a clarification, please allow me to record, step by step, the problem I am having with my newly downloaded FinMac 2006b, with regards to creating a new file and playback with the Finale loaded

Re: [Finale] saxophone alternate fingerings

2005-12-21 Thread dhbailey
Lawrence David Eden wrote: What is a "smart line?" A line from the Smart Tools palette. There are predefined lines or you can create and use custom lines. -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k6b Mass Edit

2005-12-21 Thread dhbailey
I just ran into something interesting while editing a file in FinWin2k6b -- I selected the Mass Edit tool but couldn't select any measures or staves at all! The mouse cursor worked fine, I could select different tools, I could enter notes via the speedy entry tool, but the cursor wouldn't sele

[Finale] Standard Wide vibrato sign?

2005-12-21 Thread Javier Ruiz
Hola a todos, Is there an standard wide vibrato sign? I made myself one but the client says that is too big. Having in mind her experience with music notation (she uses two tied quarter notes instead of a half note!) I am tempted to forget her suggestion but maybe I should consult the oracle firs

Re: [Finale] saxophone alternate fingerings

2005-12-21 Thread Lawrence David Eden
What is a "smart line?" Why not just create a smart line that says "alt fingering" and extends over the passage? Any jazz player will be familiar with the technique, but alternate fingerings (like multiphonics) tend to be a personal thing -- some that work on one horn won't work on anothe

Re: [Finale] Wouldn't it be nice?

2005-12-21 Thread Tom Eykens
How about: CTRL-9 changes the pitch from the insertion point to the end of the measure AND notes of the same pitch entered afterwards in that measure (until the edit frame moves to another measure)? Would this help? It would help me! Tom Aaron Sherber wrote: At 08:56 AM 12/16/2005, Ch

Re: [Finale] saxophone alternate fingerings

2005-12-21 Thread Stan Lord
This is the only one I know of - Fingering low C - as Christopher mentions. It produces a sort of "squark" . It is probably used alternating between the regular fingering - 3 left hand fingers + octave key. This web site is quite useful. You can hear a demo. http://www.petethomas.co.uk/saxop