Re: [Finale] Titles in linked score/parts

2006-09-10 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.09.2006 Chuck Israels wrote: There's a new Show/don't show trigger in the frame attributes (control click gets this to come up) that completely solves the problem (Thanks, David Bailey), my eyes just kept overlooking it. Although this does work, I find it rather distracting to see a

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-10 Thread dhbailey
I like the chorus in the middle because when I'm conducting a work with chorus and band, the chorus is the most important choir of the performance for me to focus on. That's because when I work with a chorus, it's a pick-up chorus which performs with my community band at our holiday concert,

Re: [Finale] Titles in linked score/parts

2006-09-10 Thread dhbailey
Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 08.09.2006 Chuck Israels wrote: There's a new Show/don't show trigger in the frame attributes (control click gets this to come up) that completely solves the problem (Thanks, David Bailey), my eyes just kept overlooking it. Although this does work, I find it rather

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

2006-09-10 Thread Christopher Smith
It's a button, but the one you mention is kind of a button, not the only button possible. Christopher On Sep 9, 2006, at 9:06 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)

RE: [Finale] Titles in linked score/parts

2006-09-10 Thread Richard Willis
I agree with these choices. That would be VERY helpful. Maybe a request for 2008? Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhbailey Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:25 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Titles in linked

Re: [Finale] Titles in linked score/parts

2006-09-10 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:24 AM 9/10/2006, dhbailey wrote: I agree -- text blocks need to have another radio-button feature added to the attributes dialog and available in the right-click menu: Score Only, Parts Only, Score And Parts, This Part Only, Parts According to Staff List (which would then bring a drop-down

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

2006-09-10 Thread John Howell
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 triplet down the toms down to

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

2006-09-10 Thread Bob Florence
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 triplet down the toms down to the kick drum/snare. Thanks

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-10 Thread John Howell
At 8:45 PM -0500 9/9/06, Richard Smith wrote: 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. Well, I can give you the logic that makes sense to me, but I

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

2006-09-10 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sep 10, 2006, at 12:22 PM, John Howell wrote: 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

Re: [Finale] Score order

2006-09-10 Thread Chuck Israels
All of this discussion has confirmed my sense that there is some room for choice on this. I will report in when I hear about what the convention is among the arrangers who do this for the Army Field Band and Soldier's Chorus. Chuck On Sep 10, 2006, at 9:45 AM, John Howell wrote: At

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

2006-09-10 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Sep 9, 2006, at 9:06 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 triplet down the toms down to

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

2006-09-10 Thread Chuck Israels
Andrew, I hear the figure you describe (at least I think what I'm hearing is what you are describing) exactly as a triplet, starting on the second triplet 8th of the 4th beat and ending on the next down beat, although I can also hear it written and played as the last two 16th notes of

[Finale] Score order

2006-09-10 Thread Chuck Israels
One former staff arranger for the chorus band has weighed in with the information that he puts the choir on top (where it seems most logical to me, even though I can understand traditional reasons for putting it elsewhere). Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA

Re: [Finale] default layout

2006-09-10 Thread masao iikura
Thank you, David; When cleating parts, neither text blocks nor staff names appears. Since I have to check 'staff name in parts' box every time creating docments fromm the wizard, I would like to know the way to preset the box checked. But I found a thread about that in MM's forum and that there

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

2006-09-10 Thread Michael L. Meyer
Back when I sang a cappella in college, and the vocal percussionist was the one who had to do the aforementioned button, we called it what it sounded like: a Kick a Jew. Which, while completely inappropriate, was still funny because I'm Jewish and was the vocal percussionist. Except for when

[Finale] artificial or natural harmonic notation?

2006-09-10 Thread Randolph Peters
I was puzzling over a notational problem I had regarding artificial and natural harmonics notation on a stringed instrument. I have a section in a piece I'm writing where the violin soloist plays a series of artificial harmonics (P4 above). When the passage comes to an open string, I've