Sorry, I should have said in any parts that I have conducted.
At 9/14/2006 12:58 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
have never seen (in 40 years) that symbol in any music I have
conducted
Well you wouldn't, would you? since it A) has no place in the *score*
of anything and B) is normally
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From:Andrew Stiller [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To:finale@shsu.eduTo:finale@shsu.eduSubject:Re: [Finale] Eyeglasses?Date:Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:58:06 -0400have never seen (in 40 years) that symbol in any music I have conductedWellyou wouldn't, would you? since it A) has no place in the *score* of anyt
I see your point - I always taught students that any tempo alteration
basically means the same to them - look up. I do use the eyeglasses
from time to time in Finale if I'm doing a leadsheet and need to do
something unusual to keep the number of pages at a minimum for my
guitar players or
Skip Lombardi wrote:
as a student, I used to make a
graphic of eyeglasses on the parts, to indicate that the musicians
should
look up to get the new tempo from the conductor.
Interesting. To me, the glasses always indicated that the spot
indicated required special attention, e.g. for a
On Sep 13, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
Skip Lombardi wrote:
as a student, I used to make a
graphic of eyeglasses on the parts, to indicate that the
musicians should
look up to get the new tempo from the conductor.
Interesting. To me, the glasses always indicated that the
Hello, Phil,To address your last point first; you can't assume the musicians will be watching--particularly if they're sightreading. Should they be watching? Of course. One eye on the part, and one on the conductor.
As for the eyeglass symbol, it's common in jazz writing, and I encountered it
Title: Re: [Finale] Eyeglasses?
At 11:35 AM -0400 9/13/06, Andrew Stiller wrote:
BTW, this symbol is amazingly old. I've
seen it in an early-15th c. MS. No conductors back then!
Do you happen to remember what ms. that was? I wouldn't
have thought that eyeglasses were all that common back
Greetings,I'm writing a big band arrangement where I have a ritard that leads to a tempo change. When I did this sort of thing as a student, I used to make a graphic of eyeglasses on the parts, to indicate that the musicians should look up to get the new tempo from the conductor. I'm not finding
At 09:57 PM 9/12/2006, Skip Lombardi wrote:
expression tool, or the Jazz Font set. Is there indeed an eyeglass
symbol or something comparable in Finale (2005)?
I don't believe so. But there is an eyeglass symbol in the Opus
Special font, which comes with Sibelius. You can get this font by
Never seen one in Finale, but Sibelius' Opus Special font has a pair of
eyeglasses. You could download the program demo to get the font.
Is there indeed an eyeglass symbol or something comparable in Finale
(2005)?
Thanks in advance, and best regards,
Skip
Cecil Rigby
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Skip Lombardi wrote:
Greetings,
I'm writing a big band arrangement where I have a ritard that leads to a
tempo change. When I did this sort of thing as a student, I used to make a
graphic of eyeglasses on the parts, to indicate that the musicians should
look up to get the new tempo from the
On 12 Sep 2006 at 21:57, Skip Lombardi wrote:
I'm writing a big band arrangement where I have a ritard that leads to
a tempo change. When I did this sort of thing as a student, I used to
make a graphic of eyeglasses on the parts, to indicate that the
musicians should look up to get the new
Skip Lombardi wrote:
Greetings,
I'm writing a big band arrangement where I have a ritard that leads to a
tempo change. When I did this sort of thing as a student, I used to make a
graphic of eyeglasses on the parts, to indicate that the musicians should
look up to get the new tempo from the
So, Carl David found the character in Jazz font- I totally overlooked it-
sorry! Good to know it's there
C Rigby
There's one in the Jazz font that comes with Finale.
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I don't know how I overlooked it either. It's character 174. I was able to add it to the articulation tool menu by selecting an arbitrary articulation, then duplicating, and editing to make it the eyeglass symbol. I can now add it ad libitum from the articulation tool, or mass edit, add
At 9:57 PM -0400 9/12/06, Skip Lombardi wrote:
Greetings,
I'm writing a big band arrangement where I have a ritard that leads
to a tempo change. When I did this sort of thing as a student, I
used to make a graphic of eyeglasses on the parts, to indicate that
the musicians should look up to
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