Re: [Finale] Finale 25 System Requirements

2016-12-10 Thread Giovanni Andreani
Thank you Eric and Steve, I’ll go for the upgrade. Giovanni Giovanni Andreani www.giovanniandreani.com www.ga-music.com www.twitter.com/MrAvenarius > On 9 Dec 2016, at 15:11, Steve Parker wrote: > > Runs fine on my 2010 white MacBook with Sierra. > >

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-10 Thread Christopher Smith
Yes, I conducted it in a large 3 with two bounces on each beat. I tried to stay clean because there was a lot going on there and I didn’t want to distract anyone from what was important (nailing the figures!) I agree that the music should come out properly, and I try to make sure that when I am

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-10 Thread David H. Bailey
On 12/10/2016 8:34 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: > You might have missed my response. I said the passage in “Arabesque” in 6/4 > was marked “2+2+2” and I agreed with it. > I did see it, but I had forgotten it this morning. :-( Sorry. So how did you conduct that? In the traditional 6 pattern

Re: [Finale] backwards tie

2016-12-10 Thread Christopher Smith
in Speedy, opt-=. This only works when there are endings involved, much to my dismay. I think Finale should make it work anywhere. If you are, for example, starting a coda system with a previously-tied note, you will have to tie forward in the usual way, then edit the tie to go backwards with

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-10 Thread Christopher Smith
You might have missed my response. I said the passage in “Arabesque” in 6/4 was marked “2+2+2” and I agreed with it. Christopher > On Dec 10, 2016, at 4:53 AM, David H. Bailey > wrote: > > Yes, the original question was indeed about a case where the

[Finale] backwards tie

2016-12-10 Thread Lawrence David Eden
Dear Listers, I want to tie a note across the bar line into a 2nd ending, so I need a backwards tie. (I am using Finale 2K11 on a Mac.) I forgot how to do this and turn to the collective wisdom of my colleagues on the Final List. Larry Eden ___

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-10 Thread David Froom
Hi Darcy, I may have overstated my insistence on 3/2 vs 6/4. My own music changes meter often, suppresses downbeats (or emphasizes offbeats), sometimes floats freely above the meter for long stretches. Your wisdom — along with your experience — is evident, clear, and also well known. Even

Re: [Finale] Reliable way to combine multiple files

2016-12-10 Thread Lawrence Yates
Hi John, Does Pagemaker still exist? I always use this programme for lots of things but the version I had would not work on later versions of windows and I was unable to find an upgrade. Cheers, Lawrence On 10 December 2016 at 03:40, John Roberts wrote: > I do this sort

Re: [Finale] Reliable way to combine multiple files

2016-12-10 Thread David H. Bailey
On 12/9/2016 10:40 PM, John Roberts wrote: > I do this sort of thing a lot, and have always used PageMaker or InDesign for > the final document, exporting from the individual Finale files via eps (in > the old days) or pdf (much better). If you don’t own this sort of page layout > program, do

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-10 Thread David H. Bailey
On 12/9/2016 5:14 PM, iCloud wrote: > Hi Steve, > > The distinction is useful until it’s not. > > If I have a fast piece in 2/2, conducted in 2, and then I need a bar that’s > elongated by a beat, I’m going to write a bar of 3/2, and conduct that bar in > 3. > > If I have a piece in 5/4,

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-10 Thread David H. Bailey
On 12/9/2016 5:14 PM, iCloud wrote: > Hi Steve, > > The distinction is useful until it’s not. > > If I have a fast piece in 2/2, conducted in 2, and then I need a bar that’s > elongated by a beat, I’m going to write a bar of 3/2, and conduct that bar in > 3. > > If I have a piece in 5/4,

Re: [Finale] 3/2 vs. 6/4

2016-12-10 Thread David H. Bailey
On 12/9/2016 6:49 PM, Steve Parker wrote: [snip] > The original question was (I thought) about the case where the stresses were > important? [snip] Yes, the original question was indeed about a case where the stresses were important and the person was asking how best to get the stresses on