Re: [Finale] More notation help

2009-01-12 Thread Florence + Michael
I think the flat beams are fine. Of course you should move the hairpins up. You should also move the staves closer together: not only will this save space, it will look more balanced. Don't forget to move the stem of the second to last note in measure five to the other side of the note. A

Re: [Finale] Clef problem

2008-12-17 Thread Florence + Michael
Fake it. Rewrite the notes in an extra layer in the treble clef so they look as they would in bass clef. Of course it won't play back correctly, but it's easy enough to get it looking right on the page Michael Long-time lurker here. I have some piano music which has an octave in the bass w

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009B available

2008-12-12 Thread Florence + Michael
If you want to do this, use one of the techniques Allen describes. It'll mean a change of habit, but once you get used to it you'll find it's just as fast as the old method. In some situations (assigning an expression to a group of contiguous staves, for instance), it's faster. I prefer to

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009B available

2008-12-12 Thread Florence + Michael
On 12 Dec 2008, at 02:36, Allen Fisher wrote: For example, add the "tpt solo" to the Technique Text group. Down at the bottom of the selection dialog, note the assign button click the little pop-up menu next to it. Create a new assignment list with the staves. Assign to the score Select all of

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009B available

2008-12-11 Thread Florence + Michael
. Michael On 11 Dec 2008, at 22:30, Barbara Touburg wrote: Florence + Michael wrote: I'm sorry, I don't understand: why would you need so many score lists for Beethoven's 9th? Michael I think I understand the mix-up. My fault entirely. I meant staff lists of course. Can&

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009B available

2008-12-11 Thread Florence + Michael
I'm sorry, I don't understand: why would you need so many score lists for Beethoven's 9th? Michael On 11 Dec 2008, at 22:02, Barbara Touburg wrote: Florence + Michael wrote: Barbara, could you explain exactly in what situations you need more than 8 score lists? Michael

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009B available

2008-12-11 Thread Florence + Michael
Barbara, could you explain exactly in what situations you need more than 8 score lists? Michael On 11 Dec 2008, at 21:27, Barbara Touburg wrote: • Expanded Score Lists. The number of Score Lists (previously called “Staff Lists”) has been increased from 4 to 8. Nope. Still not enough fo

Re: [Finale] Endings in repeats - advice needed

2008-12-11 Thread Florence + Michael
Good repeats are nice simple ones that just repeat a whole passage, especially if they economise on pages turns. Bad repeats are those that say "first time round jump to B, second time round play these 8 measures, then jump to D, third time round play everything up to E, then jump to Coda w

Re: [Finale] metrical change notation question

2008-11-25 Thread Florence + Michael
Are you using Finale 2009? If that's the case, this is easy to do with the Expression Tool: Choose the Tempo Marks category and click on "Create Tempo Mark". In the Expression Designer for tempo marks, you'll see "insert note" on a drop-down menu. Just choose the dotted quarter from the men

Re: [Finale] missing 'Create Tempo Plug-In'

2008-11-16 Thread Florence + Michael
n Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Florence + Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 16 Nov 2008, at 18:53, Eric Dannewitz wrote: The "Quarter note = circa 100" can be done with the plugin, How? To be absolutely clear, I'm talking about the quarter note symbol. I can only make

Re: [Finale] missing 'Create Tempo Plug-In'

2008-11-16 Thread Florence + Michael
On 16 Nov 2008, at 18:53, Eric Dannewitz wrote: The "Quarter note = circa 100" can be done with the plugin, How? To be absolutely clear, I'm talking about the quarter note symbol. I can only make the plug-in create "circa [quarter note] = 100", not "[quarter note] = circa 100" Michael _

Re: [Finale] missing 'Create Tempo Plug-In'

2008-11-16 Thread Florence + Michael
On 16 Nov 2008, at 15:36, David Froom wrote: You might consider not using it. I'm not sure it takes all that much longer to make a tempo change now. You double-click to add an expression, click on the Tempo Marks set, select one of the given expressions, click on "duplicate," then "edit."

Re: [Finale] O.T. Score layout for late 18th century symphonies (winds) & Cannabich

2008-11-16 Thread Florence + Michael
Do you have an exact date for the parts? I'm looking at my copy of Daniel Koury's "Orchestral performance Prcatices in the Nineteenth Century", where he gives many lists of the strengths of different orchestras. For example, in Munich in 1803, the "Churbayerishe Kapelle", led by Cannabich,

Re: [Finale] missing 'Create Tempo Plug-In'

2008-11-16 Thread Florence + Michael
I would call it "buried" in the expression designer. Double-click in the score to see the list of expressions. If the tempo marking you want is already there, just use it. If it isn't already there, one click takes you to the Expression Designer where you can create the tempo marking. If

Re: [Finale] missing 'Create Tempo Plug-In'

2008-11-16 Thread Florence + Michael
Allen, this needs to be made clear in the documentation. If you look at the page on "tempo marking", you'll see it still says: "Note that you can easily generate full-featured metronome marking expressions with the Create Tempo Marking plug-in. See Create Tempo Marking Plug-in." This link

Re: [Finale] missing 'Create Tempo Plug-In'

2008-11-15 Thread Florence + Michael
Just create an expression in the "tempo marks" category. There's now a menu ("Insert Note") where you can choose the note value, and if you continue typing something like "= 120", you'll see that Finale automatically changes to the font defined for tempo marking numbers. Playback is automat

Re: [Finale] Preferences disappearing!

2007-03-06 Thread Florence + Michael
Check in Program Options > Save and Print. What is the setting for "Save preferences When Quitting Finale"? If you want preferences to be saved automatically, this option should be selected. On 6 Mar 2007, at 00:31, Brennon Bortz wrote: Does anyone know why my preferences seem to disappear wi

Re: [Finale] Two vertical systems on a page

2006-01-31 Thread Florence + Michael
Here's how you can get two thin systems side by side on one page of a score: - In the Page Layout menu, un-check the option "Avoid Margin Collisions". - Drag the widths of the systems to make them as slim as desired. - Position the systems on their respective pages so that the first system is

Re: [Finale] Hungarian music app

2006-01-26 Thread Florence + Michael
http://www.turandot.hu/ I don't know anything about it. Has anybody tried it? Michael On 25 Jan 2006, at 23:56, Henry Howey wrote: I've lost/forgotten its name and website. Help? Henry Howey Professor of Music Sam Houston State University Box 2208 Huntsville, TX 77341 (936) 294-1364

Re: [Finale] The Perfect Slur

2006-01-07 Thread Florence + Michael
On 7 Jan 2006, at 18:45, Andrew Stiller wrote: opt-shift clicking USED to be the same as drag-and-drop; but now drag-and-drop does NOT give you the dialogue box that opt-sh clicking gives you. So if you know for sure that you are going to want the same items copied as the last time, use drag

Re: [Finale] ot; the "launching pad"

2005-04-11 Thread Florence + Michael
Apparently Brahms did have something to say about women composers. Can anybody give me a serious source for this quote, found in a German musical calendar with no bibliographical references: "Es wird dann erst eine Komponistin geben, wenn der erste Mann ein Kind zur Welt gebracht hat" (more or

Re: [Finale] TAN - Use of sz ligature: opinions?

2005-02-14 Thread Florence + Michael
At 16:51 -0500 13/02/2005, David W. Fenton wrote: I'm not sure where you're getting the "sz" from -- that is not what it is at all. If you look at it in German schrift (i.e., handwriting), it's quite clear that it's two s's, one the "f-like" version followed by a crook to a regular lower-case s. In

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