Re: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Rod McDonald
Hi Keith. Live in Katoomba. Contact me any time. (02) 4784 1971 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sorry List!) - Original Message - From: "keith helgesen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:05 PM Subject: RE: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones Whereabouts in

RE: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread keith helgesen
Whereabouts in OZ are you, Rod? Cheers K Keith Helgesen. Director of Music, Canberra City Band. Ph: (02) 62910787. Mob 0417-042171 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rod McDonald Sent: Wednesday, 28 June 2006 12:20 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Sub

Re: [Finale] Tuplet notation

2006-06-27 Thread David W. Fenton
On 27 Jun 2006 at 22:29, Christopher Smith wrote: > On Jun 27, 2006, at 9:58 PM, Lon Price wrote: > > > I'm working on a piece by Paganini for a client, and his handling of > > tuplets got me wondering about the standards for notating them. > > This piece is a theme and variations, and when he w

RE: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Williams, Jim
Rod, I opted for the smaller bell of the 2905 because I prefer a punchier tone--TO ME, the bigger-bell horns seem less "pungent" or I don't respond to them as well. BTW, the 2905 does away with all the "armor plate" on bottom and side the horn, Those plates add significantly to the price of a W

Re: [Finale] Tuplet notation

2006-06-27 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 27, 2006, at 9:58 PM, Lon Price wrote: I'm working on a piece by Paganini for a client, and his handling of tuplets got me wondering about the standards for notating them. This piece is a theme and variations, and when he writes sextuplets the first two show the numbers, and then he l

Re: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Rod McDonald
Interesting thread. I play a 2950 for 3 years now. The decibel level resides solely with the practitioner! I chose the 2950 because of the 'Large Bore' and also decided on the Bach Stradivarius with a 'Large Bore'. Sound is delightful. Full, round and with the option of 'decibels' to the max, i

Re: [Finale] 2007 Announced!!

2006-06-27 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 27, 2006, at 8:16 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Yo, guys and girls ... inre MacFin07, will it run ok on my ten month old G5, as opposed to the new intel processor, and has anyone (e.g., Darcy) Beta Tested this thing? On the website they claim it runs natively on Intel AND Power PC b

RE: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Williams, Jim
Dean, Last year I did make the switch from a Besson Sovereign to a Willson 2905--one of only a handful of 2905s they made. Am I lucky!!! And I do take care not to contribute to excess decibels!! ;-) Do you play a 2900 or a 2950? Jim (12 years until I hit 66) Williams -Original Message- F

Re: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Yeah, my Wilsun Euphonium takes more air to fill than I am able to develop at age 66 ... it is overpowering me. Dean On Jun 27, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Williams, Jim wrote: As I may have mentioned in an earlier post, I was amazed when I played the euphonium that had belonged to the Sousa Ba

Re: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Jim et al, This issue doesn't come up at my school, where most of the students lack a concept of basic breathing and support. My reference has been professional circumstances. Three brief anecdotes: Many years ago, I kept my friend Dave Taylor company while he auditioned for the bass

Re: [Finale] 2007 Announced!!

2006-06-27 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Yo, guys and girls ... inre MacFin07, will it run ok on my ten month old G5, as opposed to the new intel processor, and has anyone (e.g., Darcy) Beta Tested this thing? Dean On Jun 27, 2006, at 12:01 PM, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: Well, Gang- It's now out; the most widely-ad

RE: [Finale] Notation; was RE: Tremolos

2006-06-27 Thread David W. Fenton
On 27 Jun 2006 at 12:18, John Howell wrote: > At 8:40 AM -0400 6/27/06, David W. Fenton wrote: > >On 26 Jun 2006 at 22:57, Owain Sutton wrote: > > > >> > -Original Message- > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > >> > Sent: 26 June

RE: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Williams, Jim
Chuck and list... I am also of the opinion that things are getting louder, especially in orchestras...I had a discussion with Harvey Phillips a while back about it, and he feels the same way. Compared to 50 or so years ago, the low brass are gigantic in bore size. What was a bass trombone back

RE: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-27 Thread Owain Sutton
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith > Sent: 27 June 2006 23:14 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 > > > > On Jun 27, 2006, at 5:48 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: > > > Put me in the cynic camp >

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-27 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Normally the MM-skeptic, I must say I'll be right up there waving my wallet at the front of the line for this upgrade; the linked parts/score feature is (for me) well worth the price of admission alone.    Provided, of course, it actually works.   And provided, of course, the entire upgrade

Re: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Chuck Israels
OK, Andrew, I am not nearly as knowledgeable as you about older music, but I am surprised by the 1910 - 1935 comparison. I don't doubt that you have good information about this, and I am curious about it. In my own 70 years (I realize that's the history of me, not the history of music!),

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-27 Thread Jacki Barineau
Does it look like they've fixed the "tie" problem as far as not being able to put "half ties" in certain places?! - Jacki ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-27 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 27, 2006, at 5:48 PM, Owain Sutton wrote: Put me in the cynic camp "Authorization Improvements" are NOT a feature. The group/bracket stuff seems more like bug-fix level stuff than real advances. As does the cross-staff implementation, especially the augmentation dots ('Enhanced d

RE: [Finale] 20th century notations (was Tremolos)

2006-06-27 Thread Owain Sutton
>Did Cowell's "The Banshee" > exist in conventional notation? > I'm pretty sure it's written in conventional notation, with just a few additional symbols to indicate how to play particular passages. This is based on twenty minutes with a pianist friend who was experimenting with the piece, a

Re: [Finale] 20th century notations (was Tremolos)

2006-06-27 Thread John Howell
At 5:32 PM -0400 6/27/06, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jun 24, 2006, at 6:02 PM, John Howell wrote: At 4:12 PM -0400 6/24/06, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 02:14 PM 6/24/06 -0400, John Howell wrote: And let's not forget that the development of non-traditional notations in the 20th century was dr

RE: [Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-27 Thread Owain Sutton
Put me in the cynic camp "Authorization Improvements" are NOT a feature. The group/bracket stuff seems more like bug-fix level stuff than real advances. As does the cross-staff implementation, especially the augmentation dots ('Enhanced default positioning' my arse, it's just that it's now

Re: [Finale] 20th century notations (was Tremolos)

2006-06-27 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jun 24, 2006, at 6:02 PM, John Howell wrote: At 4:12 PM -0400 6/24/06, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 02:14 PM 6/24/06 -0400, John Howell wrote: And let's not forget that the development of non-traditional notations in the 20th century was driven by one and only one non-musical requirement

Re: [Finale] Tremolos

2006-06-27 Thread Andrew Stiller
periods of compositional conservatism like the rather extreme one we're experiencing, Dennis Hardly. In a period of extreme conservatism, one would expect that compositions created at any given time would be stylistically indistinguishable from those created many decades or even cent

Re: [Finale] Re:OTmusic getting louder - was Trombones

2006-06-27 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Jun 25, 2006, at 3:24 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: The history of music is the history of music getting louder. Good or not, depending on the use and circumstance, but that's the fact. It's not that simple. I strongly doubt, for instance, that music in 1650 averaged louder than that of 159

[Finale] Finale 2007

2006-06-27 Thread Christopher Smith
Hmm, Finale enhancements just for Mac include: Font embedding in EPS files (we were supposed to have had that already - the option appears in black, accepts my click, but doesn't actually do it, for several versions now) Better speed and redraws. I'll have to see that to know HOW much faster

Re: [Finale] 2007 Announced!!

2006-06-27 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Besides the linked parts, which is huge, there seems little else offered. Quick Change? Update Groups/Brackets? I don't see a huge need for that. It's kind of like last year's update with the Copyright symbol. Yeah, woohoo. Vertical Collision looks interesting. Latin Percussion as well. So, b

Re: [Finale] 2007 Announced!!

2006-06-27 Thread Martin Banner
You have to wait a while till the video loads. On Jun 27, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Bill Thompson wrote: And this has to be a bit embarrassing... their web site is not working... at least the last five times I tried... Bet a bunch of folks are hitting it... Bill Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote:

Re: [Finale] 2007 Announced!!

2006-06-27 Thread Bill Thompson
And this has to be a bit embarrassing... their web site is not working... at least the last five times I tried... Bet a bunch of folks are hitting it... Bill Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: > Well, Gang- > > It's now out; the most widely-advance-discussed upgrade seems to be > (drum roll

[Finale] 2007 Announced!!

2006-06-27 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
Well, Gang-It's now out; the most widely-advance-discussed upgrade seems to be (drum roll) linked parts.   I guess they DO listen to our discussions when Sibelius' advancements are praised   http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/features/new/linkedparts.aspx Best,LesLes MarsdenFounding Mu

RE: [Finale] Notation; was RE: Tremolos

2006-06-27 Thread John Howell
At 8:40 AM -0400 6/27/06, David W. Fenton wrote: On 26 Jun 2006 at 22:57, Owain Sutton wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > Sent: 26 June 2006 20:18 > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] Notation;

RE: [Finale] Notation; was RE: Tremolos

2006-06-27 Thread David W. Fenton
On 26 Jun 2006 at 22:57, Owain Sutton wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David W. Fenton > > Sent: 26 June 2006 20:18 > > To: finale@shsu.edu > > Subject: Re: [Finale] Notation; was RE: Tremolos > > > > On 26 Jun 2006 at 7

Re: [Finale] Garritan-related

2006-06-27 Thread Darcy James Argue
Arnold, The full version of GPO has keyswitched brass instruments (marked with the "KS") suffix that include muted versions. Getting muted playback is as simple as creating a "mute" or "con sord." etc expression -- Human Playback handles the rest automatically. If you have only GPO Finale