Re: [Finale] Articulation Macro Bug

2007-11-22 Thread Jari Williamsson
Randolph Peters wrote: I don't believe this is a feature, because previous versions didn't behave this way Previous versions had _different_ behaviour for single-click and drag-enclose. The old click method made even less sense, for example (describing how it used to work in the old Finale v

Re: [Finale] Articulation Macro Bug

2007-11-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 22, 2007, at 12:12 AM, Randolph Peters wrote: I don't know why I haven't seen this before, but in Finale 2007 (and probably 2008) if you use the macro method to apply articulations, the articulations get attached to notes in every layer instead of just the layer you are working on.

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-22 Thread Mark D Lew
On Nov 21, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Barry Manilow (over)uses the previous tonic to become the new leading tone when he modulates up a semitone, which is widely considered to be tasteless these days. Really? That's tasteless? It seems perfectly fine to me. Rather ordin

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-22 Thread Mark D Lew
Anything I might say about the accidentals question has already been said by someone ... but am I the only one who was bothered that, in the measure in question, the music is unevenly spaced? The space between beat 1 and 2 is distractingly larger than the space between beat 2 and 3. Distr

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 22, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Nov 21, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Barry Manilow (over)uses the previous tonic to become the new leading tone when he modulates up a semitone, which is widely considered to be tasteless these days. Really? That's tasteles

Re: [Finale] QuicKeys Tip Please!

2007-11-22 Thread ThomaStudios
The reason the speedy entry frame opens at the second measure form the left could be that you might have the speed entry frame appearing automatically when selecting that tool. That can be changed in Speedy Options. Do you have that set that way? If so, the frame is automatically appear

Re: [Finale] Articulation Macro Bug

2007-11-22 Thread shirling & neueweise
Is this bug well known or reproducible on other systems? it's not a bug, has worked this way for many versions Not only does this happen in 2007-08 but also 2005-06 and probably before. It has worked this way for as long as I remember, and yes, it is a mighty pain in pre-2008 versions. to

Re: [Finale] Articulation Macro Bug

2007-11-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 22, 2007, at 10:20 AM, shirling & neueweise wrote: However, in 2008 (I haven't checked 2007) the articulations in the suppled default files are much smarter, as there is a new setting to flip them to the correct side when they are applied to layers. If you are in a jazz or commerci

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-22 Thread John Howell
At 5:01 AM -0800 11/22/07, Mark D Lew wrote: On Nov 21, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Barry Manilow (over)uses the previous tonic to become the new leading tone when he modulates up a semitone, which is widely considered to be tasteless these days. Really? That's tasteless? I

Re: [Finale] Articulation Macro Bug

2007-11-22 Thread shirling & neueweise
Accent always above the note, unless there are two voices, in which case I would want the auto-note/stem side positioning to kick in. I can't have it both ways, apparently, unless I use two different accents, which is what I did BEFORE auto flipping in 2008. So I am no farther ahead in jazz s

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Barry Manilow uses the half-step up modulation on the last chorus in practically every tune. It's true there's nothing inherently wrong with that device, but when it becomes a crutch, an easy way to give a boost to the end of every single tune, it gets real old real fast. Stevie Wonder ofte

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 22, 2007, at 1:02 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Barry Manilow uses the half-step up modulation on the last chorus in practically every tune. It's true there's nothing inherently wrong with that device, but when it becomes a crutch, an easy way to give a boost to the end of every sing

Re: [Finale] Articulation Macro Bug

2007-11-22 Thread Randolph Peters
Randolph Peters wrote: To elaborate: In the articulation tool, hold down, say, number 1 (staccato for me), draw a box around some notes, including notes in other layers, and let go. All the notes in all the layers get staccatos. Jari Williamsson replied: ...which is AFAIK how it has been sinc

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-22 Thread dhbailey
Mark D Lew wrote: On Nov 21, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Barry Manilow (over)uses the previous tonic to become the new leading tone when he modulates up a semitone, which is widely considered to be tasteless these days. Really? That's tasteless? It seems perfectly fine to me

Re: [Finale] Articulation Macro Bug

2007-11-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 22, 2007, at 12:39 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote: Accent always above the note, unless there are two voices, in which case I would want the auto-note/stem side positioning to kick in. I can't have it both ways, apparently, unless I use two different accents, which is what I did B

Re: [Finale] book needed

2007-11-22 Thread Mark D Lew
On Nov 22, 2007, at 5:32 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Heh, heh! It's overused, and anything overused gets old and by extension, tasteless. Well, I'm out of touch with just about every music community now, so I have no idea what's overdone. I can only judge things in isolation based on m