Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread Brennon Bortz
On Mar 8, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: Brennon Bortz wrote: Also, often in French beams staff lines will be removed between beams so that only white space is seen--no stems or staff lines. Could you offer a citation for staff lines being removed? I just checked my Durand scor

Re: [Finale] Indicating cuts

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:32 PM 3/9/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >Are you wanting to force a measure number where one wouldn't normally >appear according to the region definition?  Yes and no -- this was more a stylistic question than a technical one, although you're right that I do want to force a measure numbe

Re: [Finale] Indicating cuts

2007-03-09 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 9, 2007, at 2:30 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, I've got another style question for the list. I'm preparing a version of piece with three or four substantial cuts. Because these cuts will never be opened, I'm actually removing the cut measures from my Finale file -- but I'm crea

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Rabushka
Thank God for not-so-small favors! Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: "dhbailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] French beams > Aaron Rabushka wrote: > > I was told in my ca

Re: [Finale] PRINTING 9 1/2 X 12 1/2

2007-03-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Doesn't this involve getting a chicken, some cream soda, and a book on the Mac Gods? I think you should look under Page Setup->Paper Size->Manage Custom Sizes. You can input a size in there. Bob Florence wrote: Hi All: I am now ready to print my first part using MacFin 2007C. Under file i

[Finale] PRINTING 9 1/2 X 12 1/2

2007-03-09 Thread Bob Florence
Hi All: I am now ready to print my first part using MacFin 2007C. Under file in page setup I used to have a 9 1/2 X 12 12 setting. It's gone. How do I get it back? Thanks; BF ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/lis

Re: [Finale] OT: Printer Registration

2007-03-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hey all, This is an option I considered, but rejected back in January (before making the first service call), mainly because I am very uneasy about buying used gear on eBay. However, it could scarcely be worse than the money pit this printer has become. However, as things stand now, I hav

[Finale] OT: Printer Registration

2007-03-09 Thread Jonathan Smith
On 08.03.2007 Darcy James Argue wrote: Now the registration on the printer is totally screwed up, and the $200 maintenance kit I installed didn't help one bit. The Ricoh technician was able to come by today, but couldn't solve the problem. (I have to pay $270 for the house call regardless.

[Finale] TGTools parenthesized trill notes in voiced parts

2007-03-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
TGTools "Repair Trill Notes: after Spacing" doesn't seem to work on voiced linked parts, and the trill notes can't be manually dragged either. Is there any solution, or do you have to explode out to separate staves? Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY __

[Finale] Maximum SoftSynth Channels in WinFin2k5?

2007-03-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hey all, I was giving a Finale lesson today to a client who uses WinFin 2k5, and I was unable to figure out how to get Finale to play back using the SoftSynth for more than one bank of MIDI channels at a time. For instance, MIDI Setup would let me choose SoftSynth for channels 1-16, but n

Re: [Finale] Indicating cuts

2007-03-09 Thread John Howell
At 2:30 PM -0500 3/9/07, Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, I've got another style question for the list. I'm preparing a version of piece with three or four substantial cuts. Because these cuts will never be opened, I'm actually removing the cut measures from my Finale file -- but I'm creating new

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread Robert Patterson
Aaron Rabushka wrote: I was told in my calligraphy class that "French beams" were outright incorrect and not to be used. Unless you happen to be French. Or unless the person writing the check says, "Do it with French Beams." Or unless you decide your calligraphy instructor was wrong and you

Re: [Finale] Indicating cuts

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 03:16 PM 3/9/2007, Darcy James Argue wrote: >Standard B'way practice is to number EVERY measure, usually below the >staff, aligned (more or less) with the left barline. Yes, I saw that with Robert Patterson's Copyist Helper. But this isn't for Broadway, and that style is a little bit of overk

Re: [Finale] Indicating cuts

2007-03-09 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hey Aaron, Standard B'way practice is to number EVERY measure, usually below the staff, aligned (more or less) with the left barline. Sometimes the cut is indicated with a small arrow next to the first post-cut measure, i.e.: | 6| 7| 8 -> | 22| 23| The arrow would be

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Rabushka wrote: I was told in my calligraphy class that "French beams" were outright incorrect and not to be used. Good thing you're not working for a publisher or a client who insists on them, isn't it. ;-) -- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Rabushka
I was told in my calligraphy class that "French beams" were outright incorrect and not to be used. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk - Original Message - From: "Andrew Stiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 12:31 PM Subject: Re:

[Finale] Indicating cuts

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, I've got another style question for the list. I'm preparing a version of piece with three or four substantial cuts. Because these cuts will never be opened, I'm actually removing the cut measures from my Finale file -- but I'm creating new measure regions so that the measure numbers i

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread Andrew Stiller
On 9 Mar 2007, at 09:56, Johannes Gebauer wrote: To be honest I wonder whether blanking out staff lines is actually nearly impossible in hand engraved scores? It would certainly make the work much more difficult and lengthy. I know I've seen scores (a Rameau opera, perhaps?) where this was

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

2007-03-09 Thread George Ports
Thank you so much for saving my sanity Aaron. Appreciate your help. George - Original Message - From: "Aaron Sherber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:43 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs At 12:28 PM 3/9/2007, George Ports wrote: >Thanks for your quick he

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:28 PM 3/9/2007, George Ports wrote: >Thanks for your quick help Aaron. Do they all have to be done individually >or can they be done with a mass edit or document options of some sort? You can change the definition in Document Options | Tuplets. Then to apply that definition to existing tu

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

2007-03-09 Thread George Ports
Thanks for your quick help Aaron. Do they all have to be done individually or can they be done with a mass edit or document options of some sort? George - Original Message - From: "Aaron Sherber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "Finale Forum" Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:17 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

2007-03-09 Thread George Ports
Got it! Thanks so much. George - Original Message - From: "Eric Dannewitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs Finale Manual->Index->T->Tuplets Or Chapter 20, section 7. George Ports wrote: Can I get a slur above the

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 11:46 AM 3/9/2007, George Ports wrote: >Can I get a slur above the number 3 in a continuous line instead >of a broken line in an eighth note triplet? Sure. In the tuplet definition box, uncheck the box under Appearance that says "Break slur or bracket." You'll probably also want to adjus

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

2007-03-09 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Finale Manual->Index->T->Tuplets Or Chapter 20, section 7. George Ports wrote: Can I get a slur above the number 3 in a continuous line instead of a broken line in an eighth note triplet? I know that all the components to the triplet are adjustable but, I can't seem to avoid the break in

[Finale] Triplet Slurs

2007-03-09 Thread George Ports
Can I get a slur above the number 3 in a continuous line instead of a broken line in an eighth note triplet? I know that all the components to the triplet are adjustable but, I can't seem to avoid the break in the slur. One problem is: the page is at 300% which sure makes it all look pret

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

2007-03-09 Thread Chuck Israels
Sorry Aaron, Hadn't thought that all through. I think you are right, that you can't have it both ways! I guess I have just accepted that I have to do some hand spacing on parts (sometimes hours are spent doing this), whether they are linked or not. Chuck On Mar 9, 2007, at 8:13 AM, Aa

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 10:44 AM 3/9/2007, Chuck Israels wrote: >I feel your pain. I understand that this is, at worst, a time >consuming inconvenience, but I wonder if this is a situation in which >I'd extract the parts in order to maintain the hand spacing. I certainly may be missing something here, but could you

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

2007-03-09 Thread Chuck Israels
Aaron, I feel your pain. I understand that this is, at worst, a time consuming inconvenience, but I wonder if this is a situation in which I'd extract the parts in order to maintain the hand spacing. Chuck On Mar 9, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 09:14 AM 3/9/2007, Michael C

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:14 AM 3/9/2007, Michael Cook wrote: >You could make a feature >request: maybe two options could be added to the Measure Attributes >dialog for a measure in a part, to set Measure Width and/or Position >Notes to "Same as Score". Yes, that's sort of what I was thinking about. Though I think i

Re: [Finale] OT: string quartet seating and more

2007-03-09 Thread Erica Buxbaum
Sorry I can't help you, Johannes, but if you don't get your answer here, why don't you try posting to the AMS List. There must be a performance practice list, too, but I don't know it. Here's the musicology info: AMS-L Mailing list Info: www.ams-net.org/listguidelines.html Edit your subsc

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

2007-03-09 Thread Michael Cook
Yes, measure widths and beat chart changes are considered part of music spacing. In most cases I think this is what we want. But here you have a situation where you'd like at least part of the score spacing to be reflected in the part. You could make a feature request: maybe two options cou

[Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

2007-03-09 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, I'm running into some issues with spacing and linked parts, and before I write to Makemusic to complain, I wanted to see if anyone here had workarounds, or if I'm misunderstanding something. The basic issue seems to be that any changes made to spacing with the Measure Tool are always

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread Michael Cook
On 9 Mar 2007, at 09:56, Johannes Gebauer wrote: To be honest I wonder whether blanking out staff lines is actually nearly impossible in hand engraved scores? It would certainly make the work much more difficult and lengthy. I'd think so too. It's easy enough to engrave the stems to stop a

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.03.2007 Michael Cook wrote: I have a lot of French scores, some recent, some older and and some dating back as far as the end of the 18th century. In most cases the stems do not carry through the beams (there are even some sloppily engraved scores where some stems do carry though and oth

Re: [Finale] OT: Printer Registration

2007-03-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 08.03.2007 Darcy James Argue wrote: Now the registration on the printer is totally screwed up, and the $200 maintenance kit I installed didn't help one bit. The Ricoh technician was able to come by today, but couldn't solve the problem. (I have to pay $270 for the house call regardless.) He

[Finale] OT: string quartet seating and more

2007-03-09 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Sorry if this seems very OT, reply off-list if you think so. I am looking for any information available on string quartet seating order in the 18th and 19th century. I am also trying to trace a sketch, drawing or painting (can't remember what it was) which pictured Haydn and Mozart playing wi