Re: [Finale] OT: closing kit gesture at the end of a piece?

2006-09-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Or, with an l.v. cymbal on the last note, "ba doom shh" Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 09 Sep 2006, at 9:12 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Ba da Boom? :) Chuck On Sep 9, 2006, at 6:06 PM, Matthew Hindson Fastmail acct wrote: I'm s

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Chuck Israels
Hmmn, Someone must have designed it that way on the basis of tradition and consensus. I can certainly accept that possibility. I will ask Jessica to find out what the standard practice is for the staff arrangers in the Army Field Band, and I'll probably defer to what they normally use, sin

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Richard Smith
This is interesting. I have never considered putting choir anyplace except at the bottom, like an orchestra without strings. I'm interested to hear your reasons for other positions. Out of curiosity, I opened a new score in Sibelius using a concert band template and then added a choir. Sibeliu

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Richard Smith
That's certainly true. Those of us in the back could go for several days without those fussy reeds. They're far too concerned with silly things like notes and intonation. :) Richard Smith www.rgsmithmusic.com Carl Dershem wrote: Well, anything that keeps the woodwinds at a distance from the

Re: [Finale] OT: closing kit gesture at the end of a piece?

2006-09-09 Thread Carl Dershem
Chuck Israels wrote: Ba da Boom? :) Chuck On Sep 9, 2006, at 6:06 PM, Matthew Hindson Fastmail acct wrote: I'm sure the wisdom of this list can help me here: Is there a name for the drum kit cliche that typically (used to) close off the final chord of soft jazz/lounge pieces? It sort of

Re: [Finale] OT: closing kit gesture at the end of a piece?

2006-09-09 Thread Chuck Israels
Ba da Boom? :) Chuck On Sep 9, 2006, at 6:06 PM, Matthew Hindson Fastmail acct wrote: I'm sure the wisdom of this list can help me here: Is there a name for the drum kit cliche that typically (used to) close off the final chord of soft jazz/lounge pieces? It sort of sounds like a triple

[Finale] OT: closing kit gesture at the end of a piece?

2006-09-09 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail acct
I'm sure the wisdom of this list can help me here: Is there a name for the drum kit cliche that typically (used to) close off the final chord of soft jazz/lounge pieces? It sort of sounds like a triplet down the toms down to the kick drum/snare. Thanks for any help, Matthew

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: Either top or bottom seems to be common - strict classical procedure calls for the choir to be placed above the strings in the orchestra, which would most probably translate as at the bottom of a concert band score. But there seem to be variants in score order these day

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Carl Dershem
John Howell wrote: In my own band/chorus scores I lay the page out: Woodwinds Chorus Brass Percussion for no particular reason and with no particular precedent except that it works well for me. Well, anything that keeps the woodwinds at a distance from the brass can't be all

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread John Howell
At 11:51 AM -0700 9/9/06, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm working on a piece for choir and concert band What should be the score order relationship of the choir to the band? Choir at the top? There must be a precedent for this, but I don't know what it is. TIA, Chuck The precedent is orchestral

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Christopher, This is for the Soldier's Chorus and the Army Field Band. Jessica is leaving her job singing with them at the end of the Fall tour, and they've asked her for two folk song arrangements that they will be performing on this tour. One is for the choir, ww quintet and piano,

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Christopher Smith
Either top or bottom seems to be common - strict classical procedure calls for the choir to be placed above the strings in the orchestra, which would most probably translate as at the bottom of a concert band score. But there seem to be variants in score order these days, especially in conc

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Chuck Israels
Dean, That would have been my choice too. Thanks, chuck On Sep 9, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: The stuff I have done for choir + band, has had the choir at the top and a reduced band score under that. I don't know if that's SOP or not. Dean On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:51 AM,

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
The stuff I have done for choir + band, has had the choir at the top and a reduced band score under that. I don't know if that's SOP or not. Dean On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: I'm working on a piece for choir and concert band What should be the score order relationship

[Finale] Score order

2006-09-09 Thread Chuck Israels
I'm working on a piece for choir and concert band What should be the score order relationship of the choir to the band? Choir at the top? There must be a precedent for this, but I don't know what it is. TIA, Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360

Re: [Finale] triplet--quarter to eighth

2006-09-09 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sep 9, 2006, at 10:49 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem I'm having with making triplets occurs when I enter them in speedy entry. The spacing or duration is somehow thrown off when I enter a triplet consisting of a quarter note to an eighth note. There must be an easy fix for this.

[Finale] triplet--quarter to eighth

2006-09-09 Thread mridder
The problem I'm having with making triplets occurs when I enter them in speedy entry. The spacing or duration is somehow thrown off when I enter a triplet consisting of a quarter note to an eighth note. There must be an easy fix for this. ___ Fina

[Finale] FinMac2k7: bug Double/Split Stem Tool

2006-09-09 Thread Claudio Pompili
Just came across what I think is a bug in FinMac2k7 with the Special Tools>Double/Split Stem Tool and would like to know if anybody else can confirm this or has a work around? I tested it in a clean copy of the Maestro Default file that shipped with the app. In 4/4 time CMaj I input a bar of 4