Re: [Finale] Opera Score Order

2019-04-24 Thread Eric Fiedler
Hi Robert, I just asked my brother-in-law, who is an opera singer in Mannheim, for his take on this, and he says as far as he knows it’s just a question of voice type: high above low, with no preference given to the importance of the role. Hope this helps. Eric ***

[Finale] Playback problems with older files

2019-02-25 Thread Eric Fiedler
Has anyone in the congregation had this problem? (FinMac25, OS 10.12.6) We recently opened an old file from 2002 (opened/saved in FinMac 2012, then opened/saved in FinMac 25), made some formatting changes, and saved to FinMac 25. Now we can’t get the file to play back over Midi. In the Midi-setup

Re: [Finale] Fin 25 and Mojave Compatibility

2018-10-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
Finale withdrew the warning: > https://www.finalemusic.com/blog/finale-mojave-compatibility-update/ > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 12:09 PM Eric Fiedler > wrote: > >> >> I think even Fin25 has some problems with Mojave (see following notice >> from Finale blog): >&

Re: [Finale] Fin 25 and Mojave Compatibility

2018-10-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
I think even Fin25 has some problems with Mojave (see following notice from Finale blog): Finale and macOS Mojave Apple has announced that the macOS Mojave operating system (version 10.14) will be released this Monday, September 24, 2018. The new macOS isn't compatible with Finale 2014. If yo

Re: [Finale] Inserting Sharp and Flat Symbols in a Text String

2018-10-01 Thread Eric Fiedler
Or "Times and musical Roman". Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Oct 2018, at 07:15, Eric Fiedler wrote: > > The "Bach" font can do this. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 1 Oct 2018, at 06:20, Giovanni Andreani wrote: >> >> Hello, >> &g

Re: [Finale] Inserting Sharp and Flat Symbols in a Text String

2018-10-01 Thread Eric Fiedler
The "Bach" font can do this. Sent from my iPhone > On 1 Oct 2018, at 06:20, Giovanni Andreani wrote: > > Hello, > > I’m setting a database where users will be finding themselves entering data > relative to composers and compositions. They’ll be also selecting key > signatures which will be a

Re: [Finale] off topic: German for "competition music"?

2017-09-05 Thread Eric Fiedler
> 3. Re: off topic: German for "competition music"? (SN jef chippewa) >> 4. Re: off topic: German for "competition music"? (Howard Weiner) >> 5. Re: off topic: German for "competition music"? (SN jef chippewa) >> 6. Re: of

Re: [Finale] off topic: German for "competition music"?

2017-09-05 Thread Eric Fiedler
The word you’re looking for is „Probestück“ (das, plural Probestücke). These were the compositions which composers routinely sent with their applications for a new position – and were subsequently often asked to perform at their prospective workplace if they made the cut. Hope this helps. **

Re: [Finale] Time signatures in text document

2017-04-16 Thread Eric Fiedler
You could use the fonts "Times musical roman" or "Bach", which don't affect the line spacing as does "Maestro", and include a number of time signatures. Eric Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Apr 2017, at 17:08, Michael Lawlor wrote: > > I want to include time signatures in a Word document, preferab

Re: [Finale] To finale list: Coloured noteheads, WHY?

2017-03-31 Thread Eric Fiedler
Are they notes that are outside the range of the selected instrument? This would be Finale's warning that such notes are not playable. They print fine though. Sent from my iPhone > On 31 Mar 2017, at 15:24, Sigurdur Jonsson wrote: > > Dear friends. > > Now, on a new project, some noteheads c

Re: [Finale] finale's 12-step programme

2016-11-28 Thread Eric Fiedler
Could it have been on the website on April 1, 2016? ;-) *** Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de *** > Am 28.11.2016 um 11:35 schrieb SN jef chippewa

Re: [Finale] MacFin 2012 speedy note entry issue

2016-07-16 Thread Eric Fiedler
This happens to me regularly. Fin seems to lose contact with the midi-interface when left on but not used for a while. Closing Fin and logging out and then in again (or reboot) usually helps. Sent from my iPhone > On 16.07.2016, at 19:49, Martin Banner wrote: > > I was inputting some notes in

Re: [Finale] Problem converting older file (1999)

2016-02-19 Thread Eric Fiedler
Thanks jef and all the others who have sent in their thoughts on this. But after my initial panic I managed to solve this one myself. I went to Document > Data check > Font Utilities and checked „Check Document Fonts against System Fonts“ and that did it. Weird … or maybe logical. I’m not sure w

[Finale] Problem converting older file (1999)

2016-02-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
Friends, REcently I’ve been trying to bring some older files from the last century (1999; what version of Finale would _that_ have been?) up to date for second editions. Although FinMac 2012c has done a pretty good job, there have been several glitches. The most annoying: all the half-note rests

[Finale] Midi problem mit OS 10.10.4 redux

2015-07-27 Thread Eric Fiedler
David and friends, Sorry to belabor the list with our problems, but time is running out … We now have a new MIDI interface and the computer is once again talking to the MIDI keyboard. Note entry is fine, but playback is very strange – possible due to too much fiddling around trying to fix the old

Re: [Finale] Midi problems with OS 10.10.4

2015-07-27 Thread Eric Fiedler
* > Am 27.07.2015 um 11:32 schrieb David H. Bailey : > > On 7/27/2015 4:54 AM, Eric Fiedler wrote: >> Friends, Fin Mac 2012c.r13, iMac late 2009. After more or less having >> to upgrade to OS 10.10.4, our MIDI interface (Midiman Midisport 2x2) >> has sto

[Finale] Midi problems with OS 10.10.4

2015-07-27 Thread Eric Fiedler
Friends, Fin Mac 2012c.r13, iMac late 2009. After more or less having to upgrade to OS 10.10.4, our MIDI interface (Midiman Midisport 2x2) has stopped working. Seems to have completely lost contactwith the computer’s USB, as no lights are lighted in the box. Are there known problems with this (r

Re: [Finale] old file blues

2015-05-29 Thread Eric Fiedler
nt). Go to Document Options->Fonts->Notation->Rests > > Best regards from Hamburg, > Jan Angermueller > > Am 29.05.2015 um 12:42 schrieb Eric Fiedler: >> Has this ever happened to anyone on the list? >> FinMac 2012c.r13 >> I've opened an old file

[Finale] old file blues

2015-05-29 Thread Eric Fiedler
Has this ever happened to anyone on the list? FinMac 2012c.r13 I've opened an old file created toward the end of the last century (I'm not sure what version of Finale this was), and everything is OK except the half rest, which has been replaced by the double-flat-in-brackets glyph (bb). Is there

Re: [Finale] Automatic saves in Finale 2014: how do I set the folders for them?

2014-12-28 Thread Eric Fiedler
Finale > Preferences > Folders Just like on a PC ;-) Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de * Am 28.12.2014 um 12:59 schrieb David H. Bailey : > > I d

Re: [Finale] Uninstall Finale 2014 and How to Manage and Control One's Frustration

2014-11-10 Thread Eric Fiedler
Mac or PC? On a Mac "App Zapper" Or "App Delete" do what you want. Eric Sent from my iPhone > On 10.11.2014, at 09:10, Giovanni Andreani wrote: > > I'm re-experiencing a past nightmare where Finale always asked me for the > authorization code, every single time I launched it. MM support never

Re: [Finale] non-US/CA users: keyboard layout

2014-10-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
For some of the most common keyboard shortcuts I've found equivalents on my German keyboard (switching between voice 1 and 2, for instance, is Command-`). For other things – grace notes in particular – I haven't found a key combination that tworks, so I usually switch to US. Which means that I h

Re: [Finale] Barline question

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
It loads fine for me. Thanks jef! Good luck Haraldo! Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de * Am 30.09.2014 um 21:54 schrieb Haroldo Mauro : > This page:

Re: [Finale] Beaming Groups of Tuplet 16ths

2014-07-16 Thread Eric Fiedler
Hi Patricia, Have you tried Special Tools > Secondary Beam Break Tool? Click on beams. Select the forth box from the left and press enter. A dialog appears asking what to do. Tell it "Break only" and check "16th". It just worked for me. Hope this helps. Eric **

Re: [Finale] OT: Baroque Articulation

2014-05-20 Thread Eric Fiedler
I would try to reproduce the sign (a hyphen rotated 90 degrees CCW) in your editions. Most specialists will know what to do with it. The consensus seems to be something between a "marcato" and a slightly shortend, slightly accented "portato". Easy enough in "Shape Designer". Eric *

Re: [Finale] Opening new document - can I change page size

2014-05-12 Thread Eric Fiedler
Hi Lawrence, I did this (on a Mac) by going to (root)>Library>AppSupp>MM>Fin2012>MusicFiles>DefaultFiles>MaestroFontDefault and using the Page Layout tool to changethe paper size. Hope this helps. Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsbur

Re: [Finale] FINMAC Clear key alternative?

2014-02-21 Thread Eric Fiedler
I'm not sure I'd want to delete my shirt. At least not in public. ;-) Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de * Am 21.02.2014 um 07:09 schrieb J D Thomas

Re: [Finale] Where are the preference files?

2013-10-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
Thanks Darcy. That was it. I guess our problem(s) had to do with upgrading from a (relatively) old (but solid) OS (10.6.8) to a new one (10.8.5). With a "baby-steps" approach to upgrading we might not have missed so much of the "action". Cheers! Eric * Hab

Re: [Finale] Disappearing scrolls with OS 10.8.5

2013-10-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
...@habsburgerverlag.de * On 18.10.2013, at 12:08, Eric Fiedler wrote: > Thanks, Michael, the "System Preferences>General" is a good tip. What I'm > talking about you can see on the following link: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/hyt99

Re: [Finale] Disappearing scrolls with OS 10.8.5

2013-10-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
Thanks, Michael, the "System Preferences>General" is a good tip. What I'm talking about you can see on the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hyt99as8d5si7dj/Screen%20Shot%202013-10-18.tiff While I do understand that Apple doesn't like scroll bars anymore, you must admit that such a dial

Re: [Finale] Disappearing scrolls with OS 10.8.5

2013-10-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
; On Oct 17, 2013, at 5:33 PM, Jari Williamsson > wrote: > >> On 2013-10-17 18:14, Eric Fiedler wrote: >> >>> We've just installed Mac OS 10.8.5 on our three-year-old >>> iMac (core i7) and are beginning to experience some weird >>> behavior, such as disa

[Finale] Disappearing scrolls with OS 10.8.5

2013-10-17 Thread Eric Fiedler
Friends, We've just installed Mac OS 10.8.5 on our three-year-old iMac (core i7) and are beginning to experience some weird behavior, such as disappearing scroll bars in the speedy entry and key change windows. My first thought was to trash the preferences … but couldn't find them. Can anyone te

[Finale] Spreadbury interview

2013-05-28 Thread Eric Fiedler
Friends, Here's a link to a rather long interview with Daniel Spreadbury, now of Steinberg. http://www.soundnotion.tv/2013/05/soundnotion-118/ While I must admit that we have only really used Sibelius to open and convert files sent to us by others, this seems to be a very interesting guy and wor

[Finale] "Bravura"

2013-05-24 Thread Eric Fiedler
For those in our community who might have missed this, the following link points to some interesting developments at Steinberg which have just been made public "over here": http://blog.steinberg.net/2013/05/introducing-bravura-music-font/ And again, I have to ask: "MM, are you listening?" Cheers!

Re: [Finale] corrupted half note rest symbol

2013-05-23 Thread Eric Fiedler
John, That did it! Thanks so much. What a great list! Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de * On 22.05.2013, at 22:47, John Roberts wrote: > I would try

[Finale] corrupted half note rest symbol

2013-05-22 Thread Eric Fiedler
Friends, I have just opened a 10-year-old file (from 2002, I'm not sure what version of Finale that was ...) in FinMac 2012 and everything is ok (after conversion) except the half note rests, which all appear as the (bb) symbol. Is there any way I can fix this, short of entering all the music ag

Re: [Finale] Where's the Redraw Options dialog box??

2013-05-13 Thread Eric Fiedler
Thanks Don. That does speed the work flow up a bit. But I'd still like to know why the text is disappearing in conjunction with Speedy Entry. MM are you listening? Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerv

Re: [Finale] Where's the Redraw Options dialog box??

2013-05-13 Thread Eric Fiedler
On 13.05.2013, at 12:18, Michael wrote: > The Redraw Options dialog was removed from Finale in version 2008. There's > still a page in the help files called View/Redraw Options which must have got > missed when obsolete pages were being removed. Thanks Michael. I suspected as much. But again t

[Finale] Where's the Redraw Options dialog box??

2013-05-12 Thread Eric Fiedler
Friends, FinMac 2012 Can anyone tell me where the _Redraw Options dialog box_ has gotten to, or if it even still exists? According to the FM, in this dialog box I should be able to change Finale's screen redraw habits. I'm trying to stop the screen redrawing each time I add something, which is m

Re: [Finale] copying to layers

2013-03-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
Thanks, Timothy and David, that did the trick - although it's certainly not as intuitive as I remembered it, knowing what to change and when to change it ... Cheers! Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburge

Re: [Finale] copying to layers

2013-03-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
On 18.03.2013, at 14:47, Richard Huggins wrote: > Although there is some evidence that Finale is worth considering as a > simulator for Alzheimer's. Simulator or stimulator? ;-) Eric ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailma

[Finale] copying to layers

2013-03-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
FinMac 2012c This is embarrassing, as I used to do this all the time and it used to be easy - but I haven't done it for a while. I have two oboe parts and want to paste them into one staff, ob1 into layer 1 with stems up, ob2 into layer 2 with stems down. But what I'm pasting keeps replacing wha

Re: [Finale] OT: current German spelling

2012-09-21 Thread Eric Fiedler
For the last decade or so Germany has been embroiled in a purported "reform" of the orthography of the German Language ("Rechtsschreibreform"). Not a bad idea, you might think, considering how fraught with difficulties the written language is/was. This movement, which is still very controversial

Re: [Finale] Finale forum down?

2012-09-02 Thread Eric Fiedler
Christopher, Your link seems to work for me. Maybe it was something temporary? Cheers! Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de On 02.09.2012

Re: [Finale] Reorder staffs on one system only?

2012-08-31 Thread Eric Fiedler
Robert, Robert, I get your point, you don't have to repeat yourself. I really think we both want the same thing: to understand what is motivating the student/caller, to find out what he/she really wants. And I do understand that when someone calls tech-support with a problem that has been drivin

Re: [Finale] Reorder staffs on one system only?

2012-08-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
Hi Robert, Well, it certainly seems to have made _you_ go ballistic (or am I misreading you?) ;-) But I can't agree with you on this one. In over 40 years of teaching, I've found the question "Why would you want to do that" — which, by the way, comes across much friendlier face-to-face than in t

Re: [Finale] Reorder staffs on one system only?

2012-08-29 Thread Eric Fiedler
Are we talking here about a number of movements grouped together in one large file? Then I could understand possibly wanting new score-orders for each movement — and it wouldn't be too difficult using a lot of disappearing blank staves, as I think has already been suggested on this thread. But t

Re: [Finale] Reorder staffs on one system only?

2012-08-29 Thread Eric Fiedler
ystem. As I said, I > need to reorder the staves on one system only, leaving the rest of the score > unaffected. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > - > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On 29 Aug 2012, at 11:57 AM, Eric Fiedler wrote: > >> Strang

Re: [Finale] Reorder staffs on one system only?

2012-08-29 Thread Eric Fiedler
Strange ... I just spent 10 minutes using the Score Manager to reorder the staves (vertically) in a score sent to me by a student (FinMac 2012 non b). Or have I not understood the problem? Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburg

[Finale] [AMS-L] Sibelius UK closing

2012-08-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
Something to think/worry about. The link is particularly distressing .. Eric Begin forwarded message: > From: Ryan Thompson > Subject: [AMS-L] Sibelius UK closing > Date: 1. August 2012 23:42:14 MESZ > To: am...@listserv.unl.edu > > [Moderator's reminder: if you hit the reply button, your messa

[Finale] Fwd: [AMS-L] Sibelius UK closing

2012-08-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
Something to think/worry about … Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de *** Begin forw

[Finale] Fwd: [AMS-L] Sibelius UK closing

2012-08-02 Thread Eric Fiedler
Something to think/worry about … Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de *** Begin forw

Re: [Finale] those damn corrupted finale pref files again...

2012-07-18 Thread Eric Fiedler
FinMac 2012 We have noticed that, since the upgrade to 2012, Finale does definitely seem to get bogged down after several hours of use. The time it takes for a field to become selectable - in the page format dialog window for instance - has increased from nothing to 2-3 seconds, which is a major

Re: [Finale] change Default Page Format for Parts?

2012-07-05 Thread Eric Fiedler
Aaron and Christopher, Thanks for your mails. So your solution is to edit either the master template — which is a good idea for the future — or the master document before making parts from it. My problem is that I have a gazillion older scores — each with 20-30 movements saved as individual file

[Finale] change Default Page Format for Parts_

2012-07-05 Thread Eric Fiedler
This should be easy, but I'm not having any luck with the manual. How do I globally change the default settings in the Page Format for Parts window? The "To change the default page layout" instructions in the manual apply only to future pages in the _open_ document, not to all future pages in fu

Re: [Finale] Problem with "Extract parts"

2012-06-13 Thread Eric Fiedler
** On 13.06.2012, at 15:04, Jari Williamsson wrote: > On 2012-06-13 12:07, Eric Fiedler wrote: >> Have any of you had the following problem? >> I've opened an older score (FinMac 2010) in FinMac 2012. Converts fine. >> I choose "Extract Parts" >> In the d

[Finale] Problem with "Extract parts"

2012-06-13 Thread Eric Fiedler
Have any of you had the following problem? I've opened an older score (FinMac 2010) in FinMac 2012. Converts fine. I choose "Extract Parts" In the dialog window only 3 of the 8 parts are listed. The "Score Manager" lists them all. "Data Check">"File maintenance" does too. But "Manage Parts" lists o

Re: [Finale] OT combining PDFs into one file, Mac OSX

2012-05-02 Thread Eric Fiedler
"Combine PDFs 5.2" from www.monkeybreadsoftware.de Cheers! Eric Sent from my iSomething ... I hope On 01.05.2012, at 15:04, Christopher Smith wrote: > Hi combined MacOSX wisdom, > > I have a whole bunch of single-page files that I want to combine into one > PDF. I had heard this was possible

Re: [Finale] preferences FinMac 2011 to 2012?

2011-10-08 Thread Eric Fiedler
19:15, Christopher Smith wrote: > For a few versions now, the preferences file is identified as being > 2011 ONLY, or 2012 ONLY, so no worries there. > > Christopher > > > On 8-Oct-11, at 8-Oct-11 12:16 PM, Eric Fiedler wrote: > >> Dear collected wisdom, >&

[Finale] preferences FinMac 2011 to 2012?

2011-10-08 Thread Eric Fiedler
Dear collected wisdom, Should I be worried about Finale 2012 overwriting my pref files for 2011? If so, where can I move these to, in order to be able to use them with 2011? In older versions one could store a copy of the file in the Finale folder in the App folder, but from 2011 on everything e

Re: [Finale] Commas after word extensions?

2011-08-07 Thread Eric Fiedler
As a matter of fact, the comma _after_ the word extension is not only more logical, as Daniel has pointed out, but also standard practice in Bärenreiter's Telemann Edition (which is what I happen to have open at the moment) and (probably) also the NBA (the publications, not the teams!). So it wo

[Finale] compatability with 10.7 in general

2011-07-24 Thread Eric Fiedler
I've found the following web page to be quite helpful in finding out what's compatible with Lion and what's not (including versions of Finale). www.roaringapps.com Cheers! Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f

Re: [Finale] beaming "issue"

2011-07-14 Thread Eric Fiedler
@em.uni-frankfurt.de On 14.07.2011, at 12:47, Aaron Sherber wrote: > On 7/14/2011 6:21 AM, Eric Fiedler wrote: >> Enter a measure of eight-notes in 4/4 with Speedy/Midi. >> They are beamed together in groups of _four_. :-( > > This is longtime and intenti

[Finale] beaming "issue"

2011-07-14 Thread Eric Fiedler
M ... Can anyone on the list confirm this beaming "issue"? (FinMac 2011, OS 10.6.8) Enter a measure of eight-notes in 4/4 with Speedy/Midi. They are beamed together in groups of _four_. :-( "Rebeaming" to the time signature 4/4 doesn't work, although rebeaming to 8/8 and 1/1 does. This has j

Re: [Finale] page layout-systems-edit margins window gone

2011-06-23 Thread Eric Fiedler
Bonnie, I'm not sure what's happened to your main tool palette, but the preference file in now (FinMac 2011) in: HD >users > (name) > Library > Preferences The rest of the files are in HD > Library > Application Support > Make Music > Finale 2011 Hope this helps. Eric *

Re: [Finale] whole note in middle of measure

2011-04-25 Thread Eric Fiedler
Not that I know of. You _could_ turn off "jump to next measure" in Speedy and then add an invisible half-note rest before each whole note. Of course then playback wouldn't work too well ... Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsbur

Re: [Finale] Arrgghh! Default file location problems.

2011-03-08 Thread Eric Fiedler
nley wrote: > I don't want to edit a default file, I want to replace it with my default > file. Otherwise I've got to start again every time there is a new Finale. > > > > On 08/03/2011, at 10:44 PM, Eric Fiedler wrote: > >> Have you tried editing: >>

Re: [Finale] Arrgghh! Default file location problems.

2011-03-08 Thread Eric Fiedler
Have you tried editing: /users//Library/AppSupport/MakeMusic/Fin 2011/Music Files/Default Files/ Maestro Default ? Works for me. Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frank

Re: [Finale] Playing from (old) parts. (formerly:"whole" notes in 5/4)

2011-01-16 Thread Eric Fiedler
On 15.01.2011, at 21:52, David W. Fenton wrote: > On 15 Jan 2011 at 14:41, Eric Fiedler wrote: > >> It's not that difficult. Try giving your viol ensemble facsimiles of >> the original parts (without barlines of course) and then " while >> playing " e

Re: [Finale] "whole" notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Eric Fiedler
John, They couldn't. ;-) Somewhere in my readings I came across the remark by a theoretician of Philippe de Vitry's generation to the effect that "the ancients" (by which he means the Notre Dame and "Petronian" composers) "used to spend hours arguing about whether a note should be sung long or s

Re: [Finale] "whole" notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Eric Fiedler
It's not that difficult. Try giving your viol ensemble facsimiles of the original parts (without barlines of course) and then — while playing — each player marks and/or _remembers_ the main cadences, which are then used as rehearsal marks. You can be pretty sure that this is the way they did it

Re: [Finale] bars too full

2011-01-10 Thread Eric Fiedler
Speedy Options > deselect "Fill with rests ..." Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de On 10.01.2011, at 15:45, St

[Finale] pickup bug?(II)

2010-12-07 Thread Eric Fiedler
Hmmm... Can anyone on the list reproduce this, or is it just me? *FinMac 2011*. Speedy entry. Eighth note pickup measure has the dotted rhythm: dotted 16th-32nd. When I dot the 16th, the cursor jumps to the next measure! Not a _major_ problem, as I _can_ put the cursor back in the pickup measure

[Finale] pickup bug?

2010-12-07 Thread Eric Fiedler
Hmmm... Can anyone on the list reproduce this, or is it just me? Speedy entry. Eighth note pickup measure has the dotted rhythm: dotted 16th-32nd. When I dot the 16th, the cursor jumps to the next measure! Not a _major_ problem, as I _can_ put the cursor back in the pickup measure and complete it

Re: [Finale] I always have Finale trash

2010-11-19 Thread Eric Fiedler
Mac 10.6.5 I've been noticing this, too, for the last several versions of FinMac. It would appear to be some obscure form of housekeeping Finale does (but how??) before computer shut-down, even when the program is *not* running before shutting down. It seems harmless enough, but it would be nice

Re: [Finale] Re: Where's the Default Document?

2010-10-04 Thread Eric Fiedler
dapt to it. ;-) The other Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de On 04.10.2010, at 17:28, David W. Fenton wrote: > On 4 Oct

Re: [Finale] Re: Where's the Default Document?

2010-10-04 Thread Eric Fiedler
Thanks to all who helped me out with this one. But: although David F. has made a plausible case for the Finale File to be both in the general _and_ in the user "App Support" folder, it seems to me to be the kind of information that FinMac users should be told about, just in case they're brave en

Re: [Finale] Where's the Default Document?

2010-10-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
ankfurt.de On 03.10.2010, at 19:49, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > Mac HD/Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale > 2011/Music FIles/Default Files/ > > Why they decided to do this is beyond me.. > > On Oct 3, 2010, at 4:39 AM, Er

[Finale] Where's the Default Document?

2010-10-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
Dear collective wisdom, FinMac 2011. Up to now we have always thrown together new templates for each new version of Finale and then used these for new projects. But occasionally it would be nice to just be able to use the "default document" (in the opening window) for simple chores. But where is

Re: [Finale] Midmeasure, but only for so long a measure

2010-10-01 Thread Eric Fiedler
Daniel, FinMac 2011. I just tried your experiment with a 12/1 measure and, yes, you're quite right, it is a bug. While I can understand how something like this could slip by the beta-testers, it could potentially be annoying to those of us engraving, say, Gregorian Chant without bar lines. I wou

Re: [Finale] Doubling part label

2010-07-07 Thread Eric Fiedler
At the moment I'm editing a cantata by Telemann written for a funeral in 1722 which calls for one "oboa d'amore", which sent me running to Johann Gottfried Walther, who writes (Musicalisches Lexikon, 1732) that the oboe d'amore "appeared around 1720". He continues "it resembles the oboe in almo

Re: [Finale] Finale and iPad

2010-06-26 Thread Eric Fiedler
C'mon guys, let's cut MM a little slack, OK ;-) As of the current version of IPad _no_ major software (apart from the Apple Works Suite, and of course the Apps from the App Store) runs on the iPad. Of course, things may change, and probably sooner than later; it _would_ be nice to run more big

Re: [Finale] OT: French dictionary with syllables

2010-06-17 Thread Eric Fiedler
Ryan, If you have an iPhone, there are a lot of good (and cheap) french dictionary apps. I use one of them all the time and it's pretty complete. Eric On 17.06.2010, at 20:51, Ryan wrote: > I'm looking for a good online French dictionary with syllabification. > Setting some nursery rhymes and kid

Re: [Finale] iMac i7 issues?

2010-05-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
ets up with a new (or old) app. Have the good people at MM tested their products on the new machines? Who knows. But there's always someone in the blogosphere who's sure to know, so thanks for the "all clear" ... and for the tip about the RAM. Eric F. On May 29, 2010, a

[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] Sibelius to Finale?

2010-04-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
Bonnie, You need the Dolet for Sibelius from Recordare (www.recordare.com). You put it in the Sibelius plugin folder and can then create MusicXML files which are readable in Finale. Hope this helps! Eric * Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedle

Re: [Finale] Text expressions : 'poco' italic or not?

2010-03-11 Thread Eric Fiedler
Of course I meant to write "italic" (=german "kursiv"). The problem is, see, sometimes when you're writing/thinking fast, the part of the brain responsible for keeping languages separate from each other tends to short out, and you get "mixtures" like this without you even being aware of the

Re: [Finale] Text expressions : 'poco' italic or not?

2010-03-11 Thread Eric Fiedler
The general rule, set forth for example in the chapter on the NBA in Bärenreiter's "Editionsrichtlinien" (latest edition: Bärenreiter 2000), is that _all_ additions by the editor should be clearly designated as such. This means _cursive_ for added text, dotted slurs [in my humble opinion t

Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-04 Thread Eric Fiedler
Ah, but it did, and I haven't the slightest idea why. But selecting all the systems with the Page Layout Tool and selecting "delete page breaks" from the menu solved the problem, both in the exported/ imported file and in the original version. Probably a case of "hitting the wrong key at the

Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-04 Thread Eric Fiedler
right, then update is only from page 2, so hit Home. Christopher - Original Message - From: Eric Fiedler Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 12:57 Subject: [Finale] Layout misbehavior To: finale@shsu.edu Ok, I haven't run across this one before: I have a long piece with 8 staves pe

Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
k I've seen this but don't quite remember what was going on. Is there a page break inserted in the layout in the middle of the system? -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Fiedler Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 9:38

Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
On 03.03.2010, at 19:49, Eric Fiedler wrote: On 03.03.2010, at 19:07, Richard Yates wrote: Is there a page break inserted in the layout in the middle of the system? The symbol on the reimported MusicWML file certainly suggests this. But how _does_ one make a page break between systems

Re: [Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
On 03.03.2010, at 19:07, Richard Yates wrote: Is there a page break inserted in the layout in the middle of the system? The symbol on the reimported MusicWML file certainly suggests this. But how _does_ one make a page break between systems (I've just looked in vain in the on-line help).

[Finale] Layout misbehavior

2010-03-03 Thread Eric Fiedler
Ok, I haven't run across this one before: I have a long piece with 8 staves per system and, until today, two systems fit well on one page. Now, suddenly, the systems are arranged in Page View as follows: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | etc. 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | that is, each system appears _twice, once at the bot

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

2010-01-25 Thread Eric Fiedler
r. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de On 24.01.2010, at 14:55, Jari Williamsson wrote: Eric Fiedler wrote: (c) changing the Note Spacin

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

2010-01-24 Thread Eric Fiedler
Happens all the time with us (FinMac 2010). We generally solve the problem either by (a) using the Special tools note mover (a royal PITA), or (b) making the measure (or _all_ measures) a little wider using the Measure Tool or Spacing Tool, or (c) changing the Note Spacing values globally It ap

Re: [Finale] Maintenance Update - System crash

2009-11-11 Thread Eric Fiedler
After installing the FinMac 2010a patch our machines suddenly stopped working (freezing, not being able to open older files and so on) and we had to wipe the patched version (I can recommend AppDelete and AppZapper for such grisly tasks!) and reinstall the unpatched version, which had been

Re: [Finale] Inverted V glyph

2009-07-13 Thread Eric Fiedler
Have you tried PopChar from ergonis software? It's shareware, not freeware, but I've been using it for years now and it pretty much tells you everything you need to know. Cheers! Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverla

Re: [Finale] re: creating PDF’s from Finale 2 k7

2009-06-30 Thread Eric Fiedler
Aryeh, Works the same way in Fin(Mac) 2009 and 2010. Cheers! Eric Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de On 29.06.

Re: [Finale] Modes & keyboards

2009-06-21 Thread Eric Fiedler
Bruce, If you're interested in lots of nitty-gritty details of the way Renaissance composers thought about writing music, the (relatively) new book by Jessie Ann Owens: Composers at Work. The Craft of Musical Composition 1450-1600 (OUP 1997) is pretty good. Eric

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