On Jul 3, 2010, at 3:26 PM, Christopher Smith wrote:
Funny that Finale is more rigid in its point sizes for text (only
cardinal numbers), though you can resize a system any way you like!
I miss the ability to use fractional sizes.
When I switched from page reduction to system reduction, one
I've just sent off a strongly worded complaint to Microsoft. In MSWord,
it is simply too easy to shrink text down to 6 point size. As of now,
some idiot and his idiot publisher could publish a novel using 6 point
type, and this would be a terrible thing! I told MS that they should
either make
At 5:14 PM -0400 7/3/10, David W. Fenton wrote:
I read your comment as "in comparison to Sibelius," which if I recall
correctly, is much more rigid with the way it allows you to size
systems.
No, I wasn't really comparing it. It's just always struck me as a
temptation in Finale to shrink thi
Ryan:
I am an organist, an on the basis of my experience, with respect to your
questions
I wonder if it's permissible to optimize out the pedal
staff if it helps fit music onto the page. Likewise, if there's a long
passage for pedal only, can I optimize out the manual staves?
Yes, you can,
On Sat Jul 3, at SaturdayJul 3 5:14 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 3 Jul 2010 at 16:30, John Howell wrote:
At 3:27 PM -0400 7/3/10, Ray Horton wrote:
This is the first time I've heard anyone ever complain that software
was too easy!
OK, you're right. My complaint should be with the people
On 3 Jul 2010 at 16:30, John Howell wrote:
> At 3:27 PM -0400 7/3/10, Ray Horton wrote:
> >
> >This is the first time I've heard anyone ever complain that software
> >was too easy!
>
> OK, you're right. My complaint should be with the people who use the
> software and don't keep older eyes in mi
I'm keeping older eyes in mind. That's precisely why I asked if I could
optimize out non playing staves so that I can fit one more system on a page
so that a page turn is made easier, if not "perfect." I'd prefer to keep the
larger staff size, rather than reducing it another 5 or 10% so that I can
On Sat Jul 3, at SaturdayJul 3 3:27 PM, Ray Horton wrote:
Just how difficult should Finale make it to reduce the size?
Should warning bells go off if the user selects too small a
percentage?
Finale makes it easy to reduce to 10% or enlarge to 999%. At some
point, we need to have the co
At 3:27 PM -0400 7/3/10, Ray Horton wrote:
This is the first time I've heard anyone ever complain that software
was too easy!
OK, you're right. My complaint should be with the people who use the
software and don't keep older eyes in mind when they make their
decisions. But I've seen too m
John Howell wrote:
And it's been obvious for years that Finale makes it TOO easy to
reduce the size to get "more systems on a page,"
You are hilarious, sometimes, John! Just how difficult should Finale
make it to reduce the size? Should warning bells go off if the user
selects too small
At 10:18 PM -0700 7/2/10, Ryan wrote:
Thanks for all your great advice. Now that I'm actually at the point of
laying out the music, I wonder if it's permissible to optimize out the pedal
staff if it helps fit music onto the page. Likewise, if there's a long
passage for pedal only, can I optimize
On Jul 3, 2010, at 1:18 AM, Ryan wrote:
Thanks for all your great advice. Now that I'm actually at the point
of
laying out the music, I wonder if it's permissible to optimize out
the pedal
staff if it helps fit music onto the page. Likewise, if there's a long
passage for pedal only, can I o
Thanks for all your great advice. Now that I'm actually at the point of
laying out the music, I wonder if it's permissible to optimize out the pedal
staff if it helps fit music onto the page. Likewise, if there's a long
passage for pedal only, can I optimize out the manual staves?
Regarding page t
Wow, knowing how difficult it is to keep one's place in a normal
sized score, reducing the size to this extent would
make it very difficult for me, beyond just the challenge of the
performance.
Because I seem to need a more normal staff size, I do not
usually reduce music, but equal
-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of
timothy key price
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:53 AM
To: finale@shsu.edu
Subject: Re: [Finale] Organ music page size
As organist often have to play anything that they are given, the
music stand is often filled with books, loose sheets, and all of
various
As organist often have to play anything that they are given, the
music stand is often filled with books, loose sheets, and all of
various sizes. We manage just fine.
Personally, legal or not, I will copy as many pieces as I can into an
8 1/2 x 11 format and put them in plastic sheets in a n
Ryan Beard wrote:
Is it still common practice to use oblong pages for organ music?
Yes, if iz common some (mostly European) publishers to use oblong pages
in landscape format (10 x 13 or so, exact sizes vary). Other publishers
which formerly used that format (such as Concordia Publishing in
Is it still common practice to use oblong pages for organ music?
I'm guessing that the size is dictated by the "stand" that's often
built into organs. What would be the largest size page you organ-
playing listers would use?
Should the *music* size (staff size) be larger than standard
instrum
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