Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
dc wrote: Do you mean you can add a measure-attached text block that is centered on the page in the score and that it will end up centered in all extracted parts? This seems all the more less likely, or at least practical, that there is apparently no easy way to center a measure-attached text

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
I bungled when I wrote: I would disagree that text blocks are measure automatically have to be moved; I should have edited out "are measure automatically", and added "necessarily" just before automatically, so that the paragraph d reads I would disagree that text blocks necessarily have to

Re: [Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-23 Thread Christopher Smith
Well, we would have to see the whole system to know exactly, but I would say that this is as good as Finale can do with a measure of that width. If you give it a little more width, then Finale won't be forced into collisions. You can't expect the basic spacing algorithm that Finale uses to

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David Bailey wrote, I use measure-attached text-blocks, so they're always near where they should be, and then I move them in the parts to look correct. prompting Dennis Collins to ask: What is the advantage over expressions? The disadvantage being that text-blocks have to be moved, wherea

[Finale] Finale spacing issue: F2009, OS X

2010-01-23 Thread Matthew Hindson (gmail)
In the linked image: http://imgur.com/Aux4V.png you will notice the bad spacing between notes 2 and 3. Apart from manually adjusting the third or second notes using the appropriate Special Tool, the normal Music Spacing options have no effect. Has anyone else run into this? "Avoid collisio

Re: [Finale] Music scanning conversion quality?

2010-01-23 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Jan 2010 at 14:15, dc wrote: > David W. Fenton écrit: > >I would expect, though, that the music that really needs to be > >imported is going to be old editions that are just not going to scan > >well at all. I wouldn't even bother with anything other than a source > >that was computer engrav

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread SN jef chippewa
thanks jari. coupla comments. a separate category may be overkill, you can leave them in misc category and define the 1st title positioning and make copies... as they say YMMV. keeping them in the tempo markings category would make them automatically break a MM rest (it would in most cases

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Jari Williamsson
dc wrote: Jari Williamsson écrit: Wow, that's a good tip! I'll put that on the tips site, if you don't mind? I'm thinking of putting an article about multi-movement piece editing there. Of course, I don't mind. I probably picked it up here anyway! (But please leave out the bad idea of the ri

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sat, January 23, 2010 10:48 am, Jari Williamsson wrote: > 1. Mark the region where you want to expand it to several systems > 2. Use "TGTools/Layout/Split Staff System..." > TGTools also have the reverse functionality. Excellent. One of the many TGTools functions that I've never used. Thanks mu

Re: [Finale] [OT] national anthem scores (melody+lyrics)

2010-01-23 Thread John Howell
At 4:54 PM +0100 1/22/10, SN jef chippewa wrote: anyone know where i can get ahold of an anthology of national hymns? i only want the melodies and lyrics, would greatly prefer a source with no harmonizations. if possible, also historical alternate versions (e.g. changes made during wars etc.)

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Jari Williamsson
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On a related topic: If several measures are added or deleted, it really messes with the layout. With just a few measures I can usually keep the pages intact by tightening or loosening measure contents slightly. But if I need more or fewer lines of music, I can't figur

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Sat, January 23, 2010 8:44 am, dhbailey wrote: > I can't honestly say that there is any advantage -- I > actually hadn't considered the use of Expressions for > titles, but it makes perfect sense, and in the future I will > use those! That's what I use. They seem to survive layout abuse pretty

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Jari Williamsson
dc wrote: What is the advantage over expressions? The disadvantage being that text-blocks have to be moved, whereas the position of expressions can be set. Also, you can create an expressions category that is purely used for multi-movement titles (with positioning/font and other behavior set

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Jari Williamsson
dc wrote: I find that expressions are what work best in this case. The centering option is indeed missing, though. But can be "faked" by attaching the expression to either the first or last (if you use an indent) measure of the first system and place it according to the outer (left or right)

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: dhbailey écrit: I use measure-attached text-blocks, so they're always near where they should be, and then I move them in the parts to look correct. What is the advantage over expressions? The disadvantage being that text-blocks have to be moved, whereas the position of expressions c

Re: [Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread dhbailey
Jari Williamsson wrote: How do you all solve multi-movement titles so they work good in both score and linked parts? As measure-attached text blocks or expressions? Is there anyone else feeling that there a "center to page" or "center between page margins" option missing for the expression posi

[Finale] Multi-movement titles

2010-01-23 Thread Jari Williamsson
How do you all solve multi-movement titles so they work good in both score and linked parts? As measure-attached text blocks or expressions? Is there anyone else feeling that there a "center to page" or "center between page margins" option missing for the expression positioning? Or is it a bett