Re: [Finale] Avoiding long parts (e. g. for rhythm section)

2008-10-13 Thread Dan Tillberg
Hi, thanks for this very useful answer. I would love to see your handout if you can share it with me. Educational score...well a semipro or a pro wouldn't of course use my voicings...or let's say I hope they don't ;-) But yes, my arrangements are intended to sound as good as possible but be

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread Dana Friedman
it's possible that she already has her map set up so that if the notes were transposed down a third I tried that. No dice. , the new slots are already defined and activated the way she wants them. If not, then as both you and I suggested, it will probably be less work just to edit the

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 07:48 PM 10/12/2008, Dana Friedman @ Dragonfly Technologies wrote: trying to get particular phrases on particular drums. The new patch I'm using requires placement a third below where it is now. I used the selection tool, transposed down a third, and it didn't move. I

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 08:22 AM 10/13/2008, Dana Friedman wrote: it before, but had never used it. Thanks. However, this particular rendition of the score is ONLY for playback/recording to an MP3. I don't care if it's a little messy, as I'm not touching the original :). Once the MP3's made, this version of the score

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread christopher . smith
Percussion staves, as created by the Setup Wizard, do not transpose with key signatures nor with the Mass Mover (now Selection Tool) for a good reason: you don't normally want your drum notes changing when you change key! I was trying to figure out how a percussion staff got inadvertently

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread timothy key price
On Oct 12, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: Ostinato Sounds like a car dealership in Texas. This thread has not clearly defined the different possible choices: ostinato, chaconne or passacaglia. Are there any substantive differences in these terms? ie. Chaconne and

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 09:16 AM 10/13/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: consistently the same, then the simplest solution is to copy the percussion staff to a scratch staff that is NOT a percussion staff, transpose the notes on that staff using Mass Edit/Selection Tool, then copy it back to the percussion staff.  Or,

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread dhbailey
Dana Friedman @ Dragonfly Technologies wrote: Hi folks: In FinMac '09, I've assigned a drum patch to the drum kit staff. I'm trying to get particular phrases on particular drums. The new patch I'm using requires placement a third below where it is now. I used the selection tool, transposed

Re: [Finale] Staff style gone in part

2008-10-13 Thread Dan Tillberg
Thanksalot! I'll give this a try at my next writing session. /D PS - BTW this is Finale 2007 for Win, eh...version c if I my memory does not fail me...but I don't have it here right now. - DS This is a problem in all versions of Finale with linked parts. The solution is to be in the part

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:54 AM 10/13/2008, dhbailey wrote: Actually they won't work properly, because percussion maps require that each line/space which is used be defined properly for playback AND they be selected to be included in that percussion map. simply putting the note on the new line or space will do

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 06:54 AM 10/13/2008, dhbailey wrote: Actually they won't work properly, because percussion maps require that each line/space which is used be defined properly for playback AND they be selected to be included in that percussion map. simply putting the note on the new

Re: [Finale] Avoiding long parts (e. g. for rhythm section)

2008-10-13 Thread John Howell
At 9:38 AM +0200 10/13/08, Dan Tillberg wrote: Educational score...well a semipro or a pro wouldn't of course use my voicings...or let's say I hope they don't ;-) But yes, my arrangements are intended to sound as good as possible but be possible to play also by amateur bands. Hi, Dan. I've

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread John Howell
At 9:33 AM -0400 10/13/08, timothy key price wrote: On Oct 12, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: Ostinato Sounds like a car dealership in Texas. This thread has not clearly defined the different possible choices: ostinato, chaconne or passacaglia. The difference between chaconne

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread arabushk
Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this? In addition to the terms listed below the English often called a repetitive bass line a ground bass, or simply a ground. And if it's 12 bars it may very well be a blues bass! Aaron J. Rabushka Austin, TX At 9:33 AM -0400 10/13/08, timothy key price

[Finale] Crashing Finale MAC OSX 10.5.5

2008-10-13 Thread JERRY BERG
Hi All Very strange -- working fine all along and now suddenly my FIN 2005b plus FIN 2006 refuse to load. All I get is the Ignore/Report/Relaunch pop up window. Entirely flummoxed -- help appreciated. Jerry Gerald Berg ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Crashing Finale MAC OSX 10.5.5

2008-10-13 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Delete your Preferences file.. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:39 AM, JERRY BERG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Very strange -- working fine all along and now suddenly my FIN 2005b plus FIN 2006 refuse to load. All I get is the Ignore/Report/Relaunch pop up window. Entirely flummoxed

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this? In addition to the terms listed below the English often called a repetitive bass line a ground bass, or simply a ground. And if it's 12 bars it may very well be a blues bass! Being from Austin, I would have thought the pun

[Finale] Re: Sibelius to Finale 2007

2008-10-13 Thread Michael Good
MusicXML transfer works like MIDI transfer between programs, but is much more accurate for notation. You save a MusicXML from one program, and then read the MusicXML file in another program. For instance, Finale will not read a Sibelius file directly. Instead, Finale 2007 will read a MusicXML

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread arabushk
Aha! Even this new Austinite says oh-stee-NAH-toh instead of aw-stin-AU-to. Don't know what the native speakers of Italian now living in our great state say. ajr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this? In addition to the terms listed below the English often called

[Finale] MM rest adjustments undone at print (fmac08)

2008-10-13 Thread shirling neueweise
when i print, any manual adjustments i have made in MM rests (width, adjust endpoint to avoid clef collisions) are removed because of the Format Parts Dialog step in the printing process (which i apparently have no control over): Update Layout Format Parts Dialog is there a solution to

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread timothy key price
In very simplistic terms, is it fair to say that Beethoven's first 4 notes of his 5th symphony are used as an ostinato? Or is it not repeated regularly enough? Still not sure how the term is applied or correctly used and my music dictionary is not much help. Don't mean to beat this to

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread John Howell
At 1:11 PM -0400 10/13/08, dhbailey wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this? In addition to the terms listed below the English often called a repetitive bass line a ground bass, or simply a ground. And if it's 12 bars it may very well be a blues bass! Being

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread Dana Friedman
At 09:16 AM 10/13/2008, you wrote: Percussion staves, as created by the Setup Wizard, do not transpose with key signatures nor with the Mass Mover (now Selection Tool) for a good reason: you don't normally want your drum notes changing when you change key! I was trying to figure out how a

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread arabushk
Beethoven's 4-note motto is certainly persistent and insistent, but as it is not constantly and unchangingly present it cannot be called an ostinato. ajr In very simplistic terms, is it fair to say that Beethoven's first 4 notes of his 5th symphony are used as an ostinato? Or is it not

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread mystrom1
Would more appropriately be called a motif, yes? Martin On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 4:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beethoven's 4-note motto is certainly persistent and insistent, but as it is not constantly and unchangingly present it cannot be called an ostinato. ajr In very simplistic

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread David W. Fenton
On 13 Oct 2008 at 15:36, timothy key price wrote: In very simplistic terms, is it fair to say that Beethoven's first 4 notes of his 5th symphony are used as an ostinato? Or is it not repeated regularly enough? Still not sure how the term is applied or correctly used and my music

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

2008-10-13 Thread John Howell
At 3:36 PM -0400 10/13/08, timothy key price wrote: In very simplistic terms, is it fair to say that Beethoven's first 4 notes of his 5th symphony are used as an ostinato? Or is it not repeated regularly enough? Still not sure how the term is applied or correctly used and my music dictionary

Re: [Finale] Crashing Finale MAC OSX 10.5.5

2008-10-13 Thread JERRY BERG
Ahh right! Thanks Eric Jerry Gerald Berg - Original Message From: Eric Dannewitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 1:12:03 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Crashing Finale MAC OSX 10.5.5 Delete your Preferences file.. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:39

Re: [Finale] Transposing from percussion clef

2008-10-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Oct 13, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 09:16 AM 10/13/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: consistently the same, then the simplest solution is to copy the percussion staff to a scratch staff that is NOT a percussion staff, transpose the notes on that staff using Mass Edit/Selection

Re: [Finale] Crashing Finale MAC OSX 10.5.5

2008-10-13 Thread Christopher Smith
Yup, that usually works for me. Now, why the prefs get corrupted so often is another question completely... C. On Oct 13, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: Delete your Preferences file.. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:39 AM, JERRY BERG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Very