Re: [Finale] Re: Fin 2008 arrived

At 10:51 PM 7/3/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >The documentation is now HTML, though it opens in Safari instead of >my default browser Firefox, This is true. The documentation will open in Safari on Mac and IE on Windows, regardless of your default browser. I hope this will be fixed later on.

Re: [Finale] OT urgent pdf problems

At 03:01 PM 7/3/2007, dhbailey wrote: >There are 3 places to set the page size in Finale, if I recall correctly: > >The Page Format for Score and Parts dialog, in the Page Layout / Page >Size dialog, and in the Printer setup dialog. All three have to agree >to be sure to get what you want. I do

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 now shipping

At 03:11 PM 7/2/2007, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >bug fixes under the hood. Although my hopes are, really, really low. I >have certain reasons for this, have to do with certain "restructuring" I > recently found out about.  Can you be more specific about that? Aaron.

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 now shipping

At 02:36 PM 7/2/2007, dc wrote: >But when will they spill the beans on the bugs that have been fixed. And >those that haven't... http://forum.makemusic.com/default.aspx?f=5&m=194009 Please note that this list almost certainly is not exhaustive. Aaron.

Re: [Finale] Finale 2008 now shipping

At 02:01 PM 7/2/2007, Colin Broom wrote: >http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/home.aspx > >Isn't it earlier than usual? Looks like about a month earlier than the last 2 versions, at any rate. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.

Re: [Finale] 2008 must be on the way

At 03:20 PM 6/30/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >On Jun 30, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Richard Huggins wrote: >> I'm surprised at that viewpoint, esp."have to set myself." What--- >> once? I suspect this will be a Program preference, not a Document >> preference. >> (Hope so.). > > >I doubt it, myself. I

Re: [Finale] 2008 must be on the way

At 12:49 PM 6/30/2007, Richard Huggins wrote: >I'm surprised at that viewpoint, esp."have to set myself." What--- >once? I suspect this will be a Program preference, not a Document >preference. (Hope so.). Yes, they are Program Options. The defaults are 100%, 200%, and 75%. Aaron. _

Re: [Finale] 2008 must be on the way

Christopher Smith said: >Aw crap! I just noticed this, from the Finale 2008 Interface Question >in Support. > > [snip] > >I use these a lot, and am not really happy about adding keystrokes to >some often-used items, removing key commands for others (explode and >implode) and limiting my views to

Re: [Finale] 2008 must be on the way

At 02:41 PM 6/27/2007, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >So they don't have a page on it yet? No word about 2008?  http://finalemusic.com Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] opaque expressions

At 09:30 AM 6/27/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >It DOES do what you want it to - you must understand the drawing order. In >other words, attach the opaque expression to something that draws later - >something in the measure following the location where you want the >mask or even the >system below

Re: [Finale] opaque expressions

At 05:09 PM 6/26/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: >really quite intelligent, the opaque background does not obscure >stems, accis or notes. I don't believe that's true. In fact, I have a Fin2k7 score in which note expressions with an opaque background do obscure accis, although the exact cond

Re: [Finale] combining files into a song collection

At 05:04 PM 6/14/2007, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >Hands down Adobe Indesign. Great program. InDesign is a great program, but it's also expensive -- $700 -- and often overkill for people who don't have extensive needs. I use InDesign and have used Quark XPress in the past, but I also keep around

Re: [Finale] Harmonics for strings

At 10:55 AM 6/10/2007, Will Denayer wrote: >I have a question. It is not clear to me how I can write harmonics for >strings - both natural and artificial ones. >I looked it up in the manual, but there is not much about it. They >mention a plug which can help you to write harmonics, but I do not >f

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 has been announced and Finale had better start coming up with significant improvements!

At 07:15 AM 6/8/2007, dhbailey wrote: >Sibelius 5 has been announced, and final barrier to many Finale users >has fallen. They now have their version of scroll-view, called Panorama. Yes, that was my first thought as well. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 5 has been announced and Finale had better start coming up with significant improvements!

At 12:20 PM 6/8/2007, David W. Fenton wrote: >On 8 Jun 2007 at 8:13, Christopher Smith wrote: > >> On >> the plus side for Sib, "Paste as cue" seems to save a mouse click or >> two over running a plugin in Finale > >Reading between the lines of other features that impinge on cues >notes, it seems

Re: [Finale] GPO Keyswitching Using Multiple Layers

At 11:22 AM 6/6/2007, dhbailey wrote: >Leigh Daniels wrote: >> I want both cellos to play pizzicato so I have "pizz." text expression >> on the staff. >> >> When I play the score, the Layer 1 cello switches to pizz. but the Layer >> 2 cello remains arco. >> >You may need to switch to layer 2 and p

Re: [Finale] printing to large format

At 11:51 AM 5/28/2007, Bob Shuster wrote: >I've been trying to no avail to print a score to large (tabloid - >11x17) paper from Finale. I've tried adjusting the page setup, tried >all sorts of stuff in the print dialog, tried all sorts of settings >with my printer - all to no avail. There are ac

Re: [Finale] Key signature question

At 06:52 PM 5/24/2007, dhbailey wrote: >Finale will only allow you to change key at the start of the measure, so >you're right you have to futz around with making that measure with the >mid-measure key change into 2 measures and making the barline of the >first of the two resulting measures hidden

Re: [Finale] Re: Removing embedded graphics

On Wed, May 23, 2007 1:07 pm, A-NO-NE Music wrote: > Did we not have this option under Finale v1.0 - 2.6? No -- embedded graphics were new to 2006. Previously, graphics could only be linked. Embedded graphics were meant to be a way to improve portability of Finale files. Maybe the best way to wo

Re: [Finale] Removing embedded graphics

At 03:35 PM 5/19/2007, dhbailey wrote: >I use a text block, which says "This Page Left Blank On Purpose -- Music >Continues On The Next Page." And by the time the player finishes reading that. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

Re: [Finale] Removing embedded graphics

At 12:58 PM 5/19/2007, Carl Dershem wrote: >And I also have no use for graphics, and am a bit curious as to what you >use them for. I can think of several more complicated things, but for starters, when I have a part with a RH page left blank to facilitate page turns, I place a graphic of an a

Re: [Finale] eggcorn

At 11:12 AM 5/15/2007, Andrew Stiller wrote: > >> I'll have to demure to the >> Bach experts on that). >> > >demur. Defer, actually, I would think. To demur is to object. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/li

Re: [Finale] Rinked Parts prob

At 11:09 AM 5/14/2007, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >This is seriously screwed up. Now the vibe part is a duplicate of >guitar part.  Is it possible that you had the vibe part selected when you did 'Add to Part' with the guitar? Aaron. ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Rinked Parts prob

At 09:17 AM 5/14/2007, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >I am curious, tho. Creating an empty part first seems to be totally >unnatural process to me. Is it OK with everyone else? It's okay with me. Although the layout of the Manage Parts dialog is not great, the text on the button, 'Add to Part', actua

Re: [Finale] Rinked Parts prob

At 08:02 AM 5/14/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >Aaron, > >I hope you read my reply to Hiro. He doesn't need to do this! Just >Reset Staff Styles to Score will solve his problem, and creating new >parts won't necessarily help him, as the new parts might have the >same issues! Yes, I did read you

Re: [Finale] Rinked Parts prob

At 01:16 AM 5/14/2007, A-NO-NE Music wrote: >I want to delete all the parts which contains Slash notation and >recreate parts from the scratch, but I can't find how to do this without >deleting good ones. Document | Manage Parts. Select the part you want to delete, then Delete Part. >I highlight

Re: [Finale] PDF creator on Windows

At 08:26 AM 5/8/2007, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >What is the preferred free PDF converter on Windows? Where does one get it? I haven't used it, but there's an open source front end to Ghostscript here: http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator Aaron. __

Re: [Finale] F2007: hairpins in extracted parts

At 02:22 AM 5/5/2007, Matthew Hindson fastmail acct wrote: >Has anyone else experienced the problem in which hairpins across staves >don't appear in the lower staff? Not yet. I just finished a piece with cross staff hairpins, and they looked fine, as far as I know. Aaron. ___

RE: [Finale] Conducting in 12/8

At 02:10 AM 5/3/2007, Owain Sutton wrote: >Damn. I thought the bar before the Glorifcation de L'Eule in the Rite >was thirteen, but I checked the score and it's in fact eleven.  Of course: "I-GOR STRA-VIN-SKY IS A SON OF A B" is how we learned it. Aaron.

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 06:56 AM 4/30/2007, Lawrence David Eden wrote: >I use meta-tool created expressions all the time...for note attached >and for measure attached expressions. >I have a staff list defined that shows the measure attached >expressions once in the score and on every extracted part. >I am using FinMac

Re: [Finale] methods of entering and positioning expressions

At 11:26 AM 4/29/2007, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >On 29.04.2007 Aaron Sherber wrote: >> Personally, I feel sorry for Mac users who don't have the benefit of >TGTools Expression Browser, which alphabetizes text expressions and >can also group by font characteristics. > >The

Re: [Finale] Is there a key command to select the Arrow tool in Finale?

At 10:21 AM 4/29/2007, George Ports wrote: >You can tap the esp key twice to bring up the arrow tool if you are using >windows. It normally only takes one tap on Esc to get the Selection Tool. The exception (and I think this is poor design) is when you're doing something for which Esc has a di

Re: [Finale] methods of entering and positioning expressions

At 12:34 AM 4/29/2007, Darcy James Argue wrote: >And, as you point out, there's just no way selecting expressions from >the list can ever be remotely as efficient as working with metatools Personally, I feel sorry for Mac users who don't have the benefit of TGTools Expression Browser, which alph

Re: [Finale] methods of entering and positioning expressions (was Re: should we expect another upgrade?)

At 07:51 PM 4/28/2007, Mark D Lew wrote: >it is, it's great for expressions which you want to put in the same >place every time but not much help for giving a different position to >different assignments of the same expression. If there are settings you use often, you can create multiple copies

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 12:15 PM 4/28/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >Actually, I understand what Aaron is saying for movement titles. > >A measure expression can be set to align with the left barline of bar >1, handle centre aligned, but with an additional horizontal offset of >exactly half the printed page width (3.

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 12:28 PM 4/28/2007, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >It only goes some of the way, though: It doesn't handle several lines >(you can only left allign them, not center), True. Although you can kind of fake center alignment with spaces. >and if you have different >indents for the first system (ie depen

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 10:57 AM 4/28/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: >agreed (in principle), but typically the whole note measure takes up >far too little space in the part (and is not proportionally related >to surrounding measures) for the musician to be able to judge at >which point the decresc. ends (p starts);

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 09:17 AM 4/28/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: > >>If you make it measure-attached, you can specify the displacement in >>beats from the beginning of the measure, which means it'll still be >>in the right place in the part. > >even better is right aligned to right measure with a specific >left

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 09:44 AM 4/28/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: > >>But as for expressions attached to page coordinates: isn't that what >>the Text tool is for? > >what about movement titles? copyright notices on individual pieces in >a set with part extraction? performance notes as "footnotes"? I haven't de

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 08:13 AM 4/28/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >Things that are global, like rit, accel, a tempo, rehearsal letters, >and any style markings, should be assigned using measure-attached >expressions. These are the only things that measure-attached >expressions should be used for (though I also put

Re: [Finale] should we expect another upgrade?

At 01:46 PM 4/27/2007, Randolph Peters wrote: >If you prefer hand positioning your expressions, just choose >"vertical click position" for the note positioning. I know there is >no option like that for the horizontal position, Well, except for 'Horizontal Click Position'. Aaron. __

Re: [Finale] Re: Tape for parts

At 04:46 PM 4/22/2007, Raymond Horton wrote: >The web page say "acid-free." Now we're talking in circles. We were originally talking about 3M #256 tape, which I recommended and which Nick says he carries. That tape does not appear to be acid-free. Then Christopher asked if this tape is acid-

Re: [Finale] Re: Tape for parts

At 02:44 PM 4/22/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >Is the acid-free white paper tape that makes an excellent hinge and >doesn't yellow or fall off with age? I don't think this tape is acid-free, but it does make an excellent hinge and hasn't fallen off on me yet -- which is why I recommended it i

Re: [Finale] Re: Tape for parts

At 02:19 PM 4/22/2007, Nick Carter wrote: >We now sell the 3M tape, so I went ahead and added it to our website >under Miscellaneous products.  Hey, that's great, Nick. You might want to add to your description that it works well for taping fold-outs and accordion-style parts, since the descrip

[Finale] Tape for parts

Hi all, This is just an informational post that may be old news to some of you but hopefully will be helpful to others. A few years ago, there was a discussion about what kind of tape to use for parts when you have to do a fold out or an accordion-style part. (This topic comes around every n

Re: [Finale] Staff names

At 05:30 PM 4/18/2007, Martin Banner wrote: >In Finale 2003a for Mac, is there a way to show full staff names (as >they appear on page one of a score) on specific pages later on in the >score (this is a multi-movement work done in a single file), so that I >can show the staff names on the first pa

Re: [Finale] Palette

At 05:55 AM 4/18/2007, Pierre Bailleul wrote: >Do yo know the way to stop hidding automaticaly the smart shape >palette when I use the special tools palette? (finale 2007 r2 Win) I think what you're looking for is Edit | Program Options | Pallettes and Backgrounds | Close subsidiary palettes whe

Re: [Finale] WinFin2007 reverse printing

At 12:19 PM 4/16/2007, Leigh Daniels wrote: >I don't know if this will work on Windows, but I would try to print >everything to PDFs and use Acrobat to do the two-sided printing. Yes, that's a workaround, but I'm not sure it'll save much time. I can also extract my linked parts to separate files

[Finale] WinFin2007 reverse printing

Hi all, I sure hope I'm missing something here, but I suspect I'm not. WinFin2007 score, 80 pp. I've got my linked parts all set up and ready to go. So I first print all right-hand pages for all parts. Then I reload the paper and print left-hand pages for all parts, reverse page order. Nothin

RE: [Finale] extracting parts

At 04:24 AM 4/16/2007, Minke Hylarides wrote: > >> Does the Finale part-extraction engine have an option to print the name of >> the instrument at the top of evey page? Right now I'm only getting the >> name >> of the instrument on page 1 of each part. I am running Finale 2003 under >> Windows XP.

Re: [Finale] extracting parts

At 08:23 PM 4/15/2007, Aaron Rabushka wrote: >Does the Finale part-extraction engine have an option to print the name of >the instrument at the top of evey page? Right now I'm only getting the name >of the instrument on page 1 of each part. I am running Finale 2003 under >Windows XP. No, not in F

Re: [Finale] Shortening stem lengths

At 04:36 PM 4/13/2007, Thurletta Brown-Gavins wrote: >Finally bit the bullet and upgraded to Finale Mac 2007. >I've tried to shorten the stems on several sets of four eighth notes and >though the stems shorten, the bar seems to remain "glued" above in its >original place even after applying Update

Re: [Finale] disappearing MM rest widths

At 03:40 PM 4/11/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: > >>With this option on, Finale basically recalculates your MM rests >>every time you switch to a part. This ensures that if you have added >>music to the part the rests won't hide it -- but it also trashes any >>tweaks you've made to existing res

RE: [Finale] Does anyone know this song?

At 02:59 PM 4/11/2007, Derek Kane wrote: >It might be easier if a finale file was attached.  Please, not attached. The best thing to do would be to put a Finale file, or a Finale screenshot, or an audio file somewhere on the web and then send to the list a link to that file. Attachments on l

Re: [Finale] disappearing MM rest widths

At 03:02 PM 4/11/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: >has anyone had this happen, or can anyone confirm that this happens >NOT just to me? > >in a linked part (2007c) page view, define a MM rest to a width of >550 EVPUs (or 600 or whatever); change to scroll view (cmd-e); return >to page view. defa

Re: [Finale] Staff styles in linked parts design issue

At 03:44 PM 4/3/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >specifically for it, I found that entering staff styles in the parts >ONLY makes them appear in the parts, but nothing about how clearing >them from the score WON'T clear them from the parts, nor how this >behaviour works exactly. These two things a

Re: [Finale] Circled note heads

At 12:45 PM 3/29/2007, George Ports wrote: >Is there a way to keep the staff line visible when doing what you suggest? I don't understand what you mean. When I do it, the staff lines are visible on screen and in my printout. See . The first note has a

Re: [Finale] Circled note heads

At 12:20 PM 3/29/2007, George Ports wrote: >Is there a way to get a cirlcle around a notehead which is easier than >having to draw one with the expressions tool in winfin 2006? What could be easier than that? If you create your circle as a shape expression, or as an articulation, and then get t

Re: [Finale] pdfcreater

At 10:17 PM 3/28/2007, Aaron Rabushka wrote: >I followed your suggestion and downloaded pdfcreator last night. Now that I >have it, how do I proceed to generate the .pdf file from finale? Do I work >through Finale's printing dialogues, or is there some other way? I don't have that particular app

Re: [Finale] p circle

At 07:52 PM 3/28/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What do you all do to get a p inside a circle for CD's? In addition to what Dennis said, check out: http://www.artisan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/studio/pfont.html http://www.groovehouse.com/downloads.html Aaron.

Re: [Finale] Repeat?

At 04:52 PM 3/27/2007, dc wrote: >I have a movement with the following structure: > >A B C where B is repeated after C, but with a different final measure. > >I was thinking of using a "D.S. al fine" repeat, but how would I indicate >the different ending at then end of B the second time? D.S.

Re: [Finale] incipits

At 02:55 PM 3/26/2007, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >Someone just asked me this, and I am trying to come up with an answer: > >For a table of contents he needs very short incipits, which consist of >just a clef on a stave, and one note-head. He would like to do this in a >texteditor. Is there a font wh

Re: [Finale] Eighth notes without beams

At 04:04 PM 3/26/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: > >On Mar 26, 2007, at 3:30 PM, George Ports wrote: > >> What would I turn off to get 1/8 notes without beaming them? I'm >> going crazy trying to accomplish this. >> George Ports > >Lawrence's suggestion is the best one for an entire work, but if th

Re: [Finale] Two spacing problems (rolled chords)

At 09:39 AM 3/26/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Finale 2002 > >1) I have created a rolled chord, using the articulation tool. Most of >the time this spaces okay, but when it is at the beginning of a bar, there >is insufficient space between and barline, the articulation and the >following notes

Re: [Finale] OT: International Music Score Library Project

At 01:41 PM 3/23/2007, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: > >On Mar 23, 2007, at 10:16 AM, dc wrote: >> http://www.imslp.org/wiki/Category:Beethoven%2C_Ludwig_van >> >> You get a list of works > >I got to this point, but I didn't see a link to download the PDF. >However, I just realized, I have not yet est

Re: [Finale] RE: NEW part

At 01:38 PM 3/22/2007, Kim Richmond wrote: >I had already gone to Manage Parts and the Tuba part is in the list >(on both sides). Just to be clear: If you open Manage Parts, select Tuba under Linked Parts, and click on the Edit Part Definition Button, does Tuba show up under Staves and Grou

Re: [Finale] Measure numbering with repeats

At 11:45 AM 3/22/2007, David W. Fenton wrote: >On 22 Mar 2007 at 11:19, A-NO-NE Music wrote: > >> Johannes Gebauer / 2007/03/22 / 11:05 AM wrote: >> >> >You come from a different music culture. Where I play people never >> >agree on what 4 bars after C means. Do you count C as 1, or 0? >> >> Inter

Re: [Finale] Measure numbering with repeats

At 11:05 AM 3/22/2007, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >On 22.03.2007 A-NO-NE Music wrote: >> "Go from 4 bars before [C]". >> > >You come from a different music culture. Where I play people never agree >on what 4 bars after C means. Do you count C as 1, or 0? Well, for starters, '4 before C' is unambiguo

Re: [Finale] NEW part

At 09:09 AM 3/21/2007, Johannes Gebauer wrote: >On 21.03.2007 Aaron Sherber wrote: >> What you do want to be careful of is that you don't hit the Generate >Parts button after you already have some linked parts, because that >will delete all your existing parts and auto-creat

Re: [Finale] NEW part

At 06:23 AM 3/21/2007, dhbailey wrote: >I believe you have to generate the part manually. BUT (and this is a >VERY important BUT!) when you go to the Manage Parts dialog, be certain >to clear the long list of the already generated parts and ONLY list the >new part you want generated, or it will g

Re: [Finale] NEW part

At 02:45 AM 3/21/2007, Kim Richmond wrote: >I have a score in MacFin2007c. I want to add a tuba part. I add the >part by double-clicking between the trombone section and the guitar. >I enter the music. I go to the linked part and it's a blank page, no >staves, no music. What did I do wrong and how

Re: [Finale] adding transpositions

At 04:13 PM 3/16/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >It's remembering the formula to put into Finale that stretches my poor >addled brain. > >(It's - Interval: 6 Key Alter: -2) > >I know that now, but by the time I do it again I'll have forgotten and have >to look it up. You can always select the gi

Re: [Finale] adding transpositions

At 05:21 PM 3/14/2007, Barbara Touburg wrote: >You can add them to the file instruments.txt, in the Component Files folder. To be clear, what this does is make Horn in D available as an instrument in the Setup Wizard, with the correct transposition. It does not make that transposition availabl

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac FTP client

At 01:17 PM 3/14/2007, Darcy James Argue wrote: >It's not just built into the shell, it's built into the OS. > >Finder -> Go -> Connect To Server. Enter the FTP address and the FTP >volume shows up as a network drive in the Finder. Thanks, Darcy -- good to know. Aaron.

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac FTP client

Thanks to Michael and Steve for the Cyberduck recommendations. Sounds like just the right thing for this. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] OT: Mac FTP client

Hi all, I'm trying to get a Mac friend of mine going with FTP. Are there any recommended freeware/open source FTP clients for Mac? I don't need anything fancy, just basic upload/download. A little Googling turns up Cyberduck -- any good? (I know there's a command line FTP built into the shel

Re: [Finale] Grace note spacing in FinMac 2003a

At 02:00 PM 3/13/2007, Martin Banner wrote: >In Finale 2003a for Mac, I have an issue with grace notes being too far >to the left of the notes they precede, leaving too much space between >the grace note and next full note.  How about Document Options | Grace Notes | Grace Note Offset on Entry?

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

At 12:45 PM 3/12/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: >1a before extracting parts - when extracting parts, do NOT apply >music spacing, then apply music spacing on individual measures or >groups of measures if necessary. > >1b before generating linked parts - manage parts / part creation >prefs / cop

Re: [Finale] Applying edits on linked parts to score.

At 04:08 PM 3/11/2007, Chuck Israels wrote: >I have made numerous edits on parts (articulation placements etc.). >They are now unlinked. Is there a way to re-link them and make them >apply to the score globally? In a word, no. When items have become unlinked, relinking them will only adjust th

Re: [Finale] Indicating cuts

At 06:32 PM 3/9/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >Are you wanting to force a measure number where one wouldn't normally >appear according to the region definition?  Yes and no -- this was more a stylistic question than a technical one, although you're right that I do want to force a measure numbe

Re: [Finale] Indicating cuts

At 03:16 PM 3/9/2007, Darcy James Argue wrote: >Standard B'way practice is to number EVERY measure, usually below the >staff, aligned (more or less) with the left barline. Yes, I saw that with Robert Patterson's Copyist Helper. But this isn't for Broadway, and that style is a little bit of overk

[Finale] Indicating cuts

Hi all, I've got another style question for the list. I'm preparing a version of piece with three or four substantial cuts. Because these cuts will never be opened, I'm actually removing the cut measures from my Finale file -- but I'm creating new measure regions so that the measure numbers i

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

At 12:28 PM 3/9/2007, George Ports wrote: >Thanks for your quick help Aaron. Do they all have to be done individually >or can they be done with a mass edit or document options of some sort? You can change the definition in Document Options | Tuplets. Then to apply that definition to existing tu

Re: [Finale] Triplet Slurs

At 11:46 AM 3/9/2007, George Ports wrote: >Can I get a slur above the number 3 in a continuous line instead >of a broken line in an eighth note triplet? Sure. In the tuplet definition box, uncheck the box under Appearance that says "Break slur or bracket." You'll probably also want to adjus

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

At 10:44 AM 3/9/2007, Chuck Israels wrote: >I feel your pain. I understand that this is, at worst, a time >consuming inconvenience, but I wonder if this is a situation in which >I'd extract the parts in order to maintain the hand spacing. I certainly may be missing something here, but could you

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

At 09:14 AM 3/9/2007, Michael Cook wrote: >You could make a feature >request: maybe two options could be added to the Measure Attributes >dialog for a measure in a part, to set Measure Width and/or Position >Notes to "Same as Score". Yes, that's sort of what I was thinking about. Though I think i

[Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

Hi all, I'm running into some issues with spacing and linked parts, and before I write to Makemusic to complain, I wanted to see if anyone here had workarounds, or if I'm misunderstanding something. The basic issue seems to be that any changes made to spacing with the Measure Tool are always

Re: [Finale] Broken secondary beams

Thanks to all for replies. I didn't have the right scores here to check for examples myself. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Broken secondary beams

Hi all, I've got some passages in 2/4 with running 32nd notes, and I want to break the secondary beams to make things a little clearer. For each beat, should the two groups of 4 32nd notes be connected by one beam or two? I'm not sure what usual practice is here. (One beam looks clearer to m

Re: [Finale] mass mover - partial measure

At 07:21 PM 3/4/2007, Bob Florence wrote: >Well I did it. I dragged a section of music with partial measure left >on. Everything is off one beat. This is from 278 - 299. Is there a quick >fix. I think you should be able to leave partial measure on, select the section that's off, and drag it (or

Re: [Finale] Expression (linked parts behavior)

At 05:56 PM 2/27/2007, Barbara Touburg wrote: >Next question (I may be a bit slow today): >Why aren't _all_ expressions that I tweaked orange, only the ones I >Ctrl-clicked? This is covered in Rich's post and mine. If you move an expression in the score without holding the Ctrl key down, it will

Re: [Finale] Expression

At 09:24 AM 2/27/2007, Barbara Touburg wrote: >I find this still a bit strange. Why would a note-attached expression >want to be re-linked in _all_ parts? What it means is "all *applicable* parts". Obviously (or maybe not) it's not going to relink in a part where it doesn't appear. Why doesn'

Re: [Finale] Expression

At 04:06 PM 2/27/2007, Barbara Touburg wrote: > > >dhbailey wrote: >> Barbara Touburg wrote: >> >>> When I control-click a text expression (measure or note attached makes >>> no difference) handle, it turns orange. I can't restore its original >>> colour. What does the orange mean? How do I restor

Re: [Finale] Straight line gliss to notes with accidentals

At 01:30 AM 2/25/2007, Christopher Smith wrote: >I don't have any problem with gliss lines being vertically displaced.  Do you really mean *vertically* displaced? I think Darcy was talking about shortening the gliss line -- that is, shortening it along its own diagonal. And the TGTools plugin

RE: [Finale] multi-movement works

At 05:37 AM 2/25/2007, Lee Actor wrote: >measure attributes. Finally, it is traditional to indent the first system >in each movement, and also to use full staff names on the first system. The >latter can be easily done by creating staff styles in which you've redefined >the abbreviated staff nam

Re: [Finale] multi-movement works

At 01:06 AM 2/25/2007, Aaron Rabushka wrote: >For the first time since starting to use Finale I need to use it to create a >score and parts for a multi-movement work. Are there any special ways to do >this? Would it work to just put a final bar in the middle of a score and >continue from there? P

Re: [Finale] Re: Hiding stems

At 06:42 AM 2/24/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: >there is also a TGTools plugin to remove all stems in the selected >region,  Oh, I forgot my own mantra: If it looks like it can't be done, try TGTools! Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.ed

Re: [Finale] MULTIMEASURE catastrophe

At 09:48 PM 2/23/2007, Kim Richmond wrote: >I quickly learned that that meant there were >measures filled with music not showing on the part. The solution was, >on each part, with the Measure Tool selected, choose Create >Multimeasure Rests. That reveals the hidden music. But it has to be >done on

Re: [Finale] Re: Hiding stems

At 08:10 PM 2/23/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I was told to click the Staff Tool and double-click the staff, then in the >"Items to Display" section to uncheck "stems" and click OK. BUT--in >my version >of Finale 2002 there is no check-box marked "stems." Really? Sounds odd, but I don't have

Re: [Finale] LINKED parts/score, bars numbers

At 10:35 AM 2/19/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I had used the Extract parts feature, and in doing so >used the Create Parts feature. When I got to the folder where I had >directed the new parts to go to, I opened them and started doing layouts, >page turns, etc. and all kinds of wierd behaviours

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