Re: [Finale] very OT notation (burn before reading!)

2007-11-03 Thread Robert Patterson
On 11/2/07, Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there is a lively discussion among horn players > about whether the 4th horn solo in the 3rd mvt of Beethoven 9 was > written for valve horn. And yet, John Ericson, very eloquently, dispassionately, perspicaciously, and convincing

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-03 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sat, November 3, 2007 5:06 pm, dc wrote: > I'm doing a multi-movement piece in one file, spacing and laying out the > movements as I go along. And now, all of a sudden, piece #5 won't space > correctly at all, and I haven't changed anything. The notes are at least > twice as tight as they should

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 3, 2007, at 5:06 PM, dc wrote: I'm doing a multi-movement piece in one file, spacing and laying out the movements as I go along. And now, all of a sudden, piece #5 won't space correctly at all, and I haven't changed anything. The notes are at least twice as tight as they should be.

Re: [Finale] spacing woes

2007-11-03 Thread Mark D Lew
On Nov 3, 2007, at 1:06 PM, dc wrote: I'm doing a multi-movement piece in one file, spacing and laying out the movements as I go along. And now, all of a sudden, piece #5 won't space correctly at all, and I haven't changed anything. The notes are at least twice as tight as they should be.

Re: [Finale] endings

2007-11-03 Thread Mark D Lew
I concur with all of Christopher's answers -- some strongly, others because I have no opinion and his seems reasonable -- but I would clarify one point. On Nov 3, 2007, at 6:11 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: I hesitate to weigh in on this, as I seldom use three endings, but I would put the h

Re: [Finale] page turn key command

2007-11-03 Thread Jari Williamsson
dhbailey wrote: So while there is a plug-in which *sort-of* does what Sibelius does automatically, if the user requests it, the Finale plug-in won't work on some files while Sibelius will put the V.S. or eyeglasses at the bottom of every page in the same trial document. Why is it of use to h

Re: OT the book - was [Finale] Some Questions...

2007-11-03 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi David et al, I am happy with the way the project is going. I would not have stopped other activities to take the time to write this, except for Gary's enthusiastic insistence and encouragement (and basic business decency). He is convinced that the interactivity - the examples playing

Re: [Finale] endings

2007-11-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 3, 2007, at 9:25 AM, dc wrote: A few questions about endings (a quick look at a few published scores doesn't seem to give a definite answer): 1) I remember reading here that the final hook of the 1. ending shouldn't also be the initial hook of 2. But I notice that some scores do t

Re: [Finale] engraver slur bug

2007-11-03 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 02.11.2007 dc wrote: Thanks! Easier to fix than the hyphens... Well, it depends. I have had pieces where slur ends regularly crashed with the staff lines, even though this shouldn't happen at all. I had to correct almost every single one by hand. I don't understand why this happens, but t

Re: [Finale] stem question

2007-11-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 3, 2007, at 8:32 AM, dc wrote: Christopher Smith écrit: Sorry about that! One more thing to check in Layer 1 Options: Ignore layers containing only hidden notes. Thanks, Christopher, but are you sure there isn't some confusion between layers and voices? All the music is in layer 1,

Re: [Finale] stem question

2007-11-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 3, 2007, at 5:58 AM, dc wrote: Christopher Smith écrit: Huh? What version of Finale are you on? Finale 2007c In all my versions, in Document Options>Layers, I have Freeze Stems and Ties, then Freeze Ties In Same Direction As Stems, then Hide Layer (doesn't affect us here), then Adj

Re: [Finale] page turn key command

2007-11-03 Thread dhbailey
Jari Williamsson wrote: dhbailey wrote: > there isn't something similar > [...] At least not that I've ever known about. Look in the PI menu the next time. Thanks for pointing that out to me. Just to see how well it works (since I obviously had never used it) I created a trial document

Re: [Finale] Some Questions...

2007-11-03 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On Nov 1, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: Christopher Smith offered valuable early in the process (by email from Montreal), Thanks, man! I guess you read my last message about me grabbing credit... 8-) Christopher But of course you got that recognition fr