Re: [Finale] iMac i7 issues?

2010-05-29 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Why would there be "serious issues" with the new iMacs? I haven't heard a peep about any problems, and I frequent about 10 Mac devoted sites in addition to sites like Engadget.. I'd say, whatever you get, get lots of RAM. Using sampled sounds without enough ram will make even a Mac Pro slow

Re: [Finale] iMac i7 issues?

2010-05-29 Thread Chuck Israels
Dear Eric, I have a 27" i5, and it is fast and stable. Not sure the i7, which was not available locally when I bought this machine, is significantly faster with Finale. Anyway, no problems. Chuck Sent from my iPhone On May 29, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Eric Fiedler wrote: Hello all, Is ther

Re: [Finale] Hide Chords and Lyrics Again

2010-05-29 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Bob Clifton wrote: I have a dim memory of being able to hide chords and/or lyrics in display and/or printouts without removing them from the file, The only way I ever found to hide lyrics in FIN 2k4 is a kludge. Define the staff, and set the baseline position relative to the staff so that th

[Finale] iMac i7 issues?

2010-05-29 Thread Eric Fiedler
Hello all, Is there anyone out there with one of the new Core i7 iMacs who has been having any serious "issues" with Finale 2010? We are seriously thinking about biting the bullet and retiring our ancient trio of 10- year-old (!) G5 towers and replacing them with something from the 21st cen

Re: [Finale] Hide Chords and Lyrics Again

2010-05-29 Thread Christopher Smith
In Staff Attributes you have the option to display these things on a per-staff basis. The Global Staff Attributes plugin will do it for every staff in one go. If you only need to do this for a portion of a staff, create a Staff Style, which can do pretty much anything the Staff Attributes c

[Finale] Hide Chords and Lyrics Again

2010-05-29 Thread Bob Clifton
I have that uh-oh feeling that the answer to this is so obvious that I'm going to be embarrassed. But I'll ask it again anyhow. At 12:00 PM 5/26/2010 -0500, I wrote: I have a dim memory of being able to hide chords and/or lyrics in display and/or printouts without removing them from the file,

Re: [Finale] O.T. Secco recitatives

2010-05-29 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 29, 2010, at 7:02 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote: In my youth, I used the beginning of "Maria" to help my sight singing of tritones, and I've also pointed it out to others for the same purpose I did that, too, but only for augmented fourths, not diminished fifths. Even if they sound the

Re: [Finale] Secondary beams over rests

2010-05-29 Thread Mark D Lew
On May 29, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Aaron Sherber wrote: I've run into this before, but I'm finding myself frustrated with Finale's beaming options over rests. I remember that problem from years past. I had one particular piece that was chock full of them. I'm semi-surprised that it still isn't

Re: [Finale] Rondeau layout

2010-05-29 Thread John Howell
At 9:32 AM +0200 5/29/10, dc wrote: I have a piece in "rondeau" form ABACADAEA, where A is only written out the first time in the source, the repeats being marked by a "Da Capo". But since I can't possibly get it to fit on two pages, so I have several solutions to limit the number of page tur

[Finale] Secondary beams over rests

2010-05-29 Thread Aaron Sherber
Hi all, I've run into this before, but I'm finding myself frustrated with Finale's beaming options over rests. Here's a page that shows what I've got: http://aaron.sherber.com/beams With "Extend beams over secondary rests" on, I get the top row, and with it off I get the bottom row. But w

RE: [Finale] O.T. Secco recitatives

2010-05-29 Thread Guy Hayden
Also, "Somewhere" ("There's a place for us") begins with a minor 7th. Guy Hayden -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Stiller Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 10:02 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] O.T. Secco recitat

Re: [Finale] O.T. Secco recitatives

2010-05-29 Thread Christopher Smith
Hah! Right! The first four notes are actually C-H-B-A (the "worm" variant, as one of my composition teachers used to call it) up a semitone. Nice catch. Christopher On Sat May 29, at SaturdayMay 29 9:47 AM, Guy Hayden wrote: So far no one has mentioned that the fugue subject is a version o

Re: [Finale] O.T. Secco recitatives

2010-05-29 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sat May 29, at SaturdayMay 29 10:02 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote: On May 28, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: The other thing that is structurally very cool (hah!) about West Side Story is that the whole thing is based around the tritone interval... Many of the tunes use the tri

Re: [Finale] Rondeau layout

2010-05-29 Thread Andrew Stiller
Write out the last "A" in full (as Couperin often did), with a final barline at the very end and regular double-bars everywhere else. Players will automatically assume that if they haven't encountered a final bar, the piece isn't over yet. Andrew Stiller Kallisti Music Press http://www.kallist

Re: [Finale] O.T. Secco recitatives

2010-05-29 Thread Andrew Stiller
On May 28, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: The other thing that is structurally very cool (hah!) about West Side Story is that the whole thing is based around the tritone interval... Many of the tunes use the tritone melodically in prominent position. In my youth, I used the begi

RE: [Finale] O.T. Secco recitatives

2010-05-29 Thread Guy Hayden
So far no one has mentioned that the fugue subject is a version of B-A-C-H (transposed) so I do. Guy Hayden -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher Smith Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:57 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re:

Re: [Finale] indication of hands in keyboard music

2010-05-29 Thread Ray Horton
This bad keyboardist votes for #1. #2 is difficult to decipher without repeated looks. RBH On May 28, 2010, at 7:47 AM, dc wrote: I didn't get many (or any) replies to my first message on this subject, so I thought I'd try again with an example to make my question clear. This is a q

Re: [Finale] indication of hands in keyboard music

2010-05-29 Thread timothy . price
Having never seen any other example of your 2nd notation, No. 1 looks like most of the keyboard literature I have. Looks normal to me and easy to understand, especially with only one voice part. Sometimes, with 4 or 5 voices, it gets problematic and a "r.h." or "l.h." may be added , and then