[Finale] Cautionary accidentals Plug-in broken?

2016-09-20 Thread Chuck Israels
Hi Guys, Can anyone confirm that the Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in is broken? Greg Hamilton and I have both found this not to be working. Thanks, Chuck Chuck Israels cisra...@comcast.net (360) 201-3434 8831 SE 12th Ave. Portland OR 97202

Re: [Finale] Cautionary Accidentals plug-in

2014-11-18 Thread Craig Parmerlee
It was really messed up in the early 2014 versions, but the current patch is working for me. I have always found that plug-in to be confusing. I only use Courtesy naturals and Key cancellations, and always select parenthesize On 11/17/2014 6:34 PM, Ryan wrote: Is the Cautionary Accidentals

[Finale] Cautionary Accidentals plug-in

2014-11-17 Thread Ryan
Is the Cautionary Accidentals plug-in still broken in 2014? Can't seem to get the results I want. Ryan ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to:

[Finale] Cautionary accidentals plugin question

2011-02-04 Thread Chuck Israels
Has anyone found that running this plugin with parentheses unchecked sometimes adds (gratuitous and confusing) parentheses to previously added accidentals (real ones, not cautionary ones). I think I have noticed this only in instruments that are transposing. After running the plugin, I have

Re: [Finale] Cautionary accidentals plugin question

2011-02-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chuck, I've seen this too. Not sure what triggers it, but it's very annoying. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 4 Feb 2011, at 10:46 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: Has anyone found that running this plugin with parentheses unchecked sometimes adds (gratuitous and

Re: [Finale] Cautionary accidentals plugin question

2011-02-04 Thread Chuck Israels
Thanks, Darcy. Nice to know I'm not crazy, or just doing something that causes this. I will report the bug. Chuck On Feb 4, 2011, at 7:58 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, I've seen this too. Not sure what triggers it, but it's very annoying. Cheers, - DJA - WEB:

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-22 Thread Mark D Lew
Anything I might say about the accidentals question has already been said by someone ... but am I the only one who was bothered that, in the measure in question, the music is unevenly spaced? The space between beat 1 and 2 is distractingly larger than the space between beat 2 and 3.

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: A few folks have said this, but it bothers me. Sophistication? Does that mean this sophisticated singer is going to be insulted by courtesy accidentals? Is the presence of courtesies actually a sales limiter? Will these sophisticated buyers put the score back on the

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread dhbailey
Barbara Touburg wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Nov 2007 at 15:26, Barbara Touburg wrote: I agree -- I wouldn't add any cautionaries at all. It seems perfectly fine to me, a problem that shows up only when reading the score. That kind of mode shift is standard for the repertory and I

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread dhbailey
Michael Cook wrote: I'd choose 1, f natural, without parentheses. This should remove any confusion or hesitation while sight-reading, especially considering that the barlines are dotted. I don't think it is necessary to draw attention to the false relation between e flat and e natural: this is

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: [snip] I would disagree with that. If you put them in they should be cautionary, enclosed in some form of brackets. Putting them above the notes is something you do when you are *changing* the notated note, such as a notated B natural with an editorial flat above it,

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 19, 2007, at 10:40 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: Your argument would suggest that every single note should have a courtesy accidental, and that's absurd. Not only is it not absurd, it many styles it is by far the clearest option. See, for example, the scores

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread Robert Patterson
Christopher Smith wrote: The thing that was the most frustrating about the Finale aspect of this job was that there was no setting or combination of settings that I could find in the Cautionary Accidentals plugin that would give me what I needed. That's right. The Cautionary

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread Christopher Smith
On 20-Nov-07, at 8:53 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: The thing that was the most frustrating about the Finale aspect of this job was that there was no setting or combination of settings that I could find in the Cautionary Accidentals plugin that would give me

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Nov 2007 at 5:50, dhbailey wrote: Barbara Touburg wrote: David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Nov 2007 at 15:26, Barbara Touburg wrote: I agree -- I wouldn't add any cautionaries at all. It seems perfectly fine to me, a problem that shows up only when reading the score. That kind of

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Nov 2007 at 5:59, dhbailey wrote: I've seen lots of editions of early music (mostly recorder music but something in my memory is suggesting I've seen them in H.A.M. also) where the editorial accidentals above the notes did NOT change the unambiguous (to those who already knew the

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread John Howell
At 5:53 AM -0500 11/20/07, dhbailey wrote: But if someone would know the false relationship is a common feature of this style of music, they would very likely also know that the F would be lowered on the descending melodic line after having been raised on the ascending line. OK, several

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread David W. Fenton
On 20 Nov 2007 at 18:02, John Howell wrote: At 5:53 AM -0500 11/20/07, dhbailey wrote: But if someone would know the false relationship is a common feature of this style of music, they would very likely also know that the F would be lowered on the descending melodic line after having been

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-20 Thread John Howell
At 2:47 PM +0100 11/19/07, dc wrote: I have several disagreements with other editors on cautionary accidentals and would be interested in other opinions. What cautionary accidentals would seem appropriate in the alto part, m.5, of this piece, bearing in mind that it is for three (solo)

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dc / 07.11.19 / 8:47 AM wrote: 1) fa natural 2) e natural 3) both 4) none #4 in my logic. I am answering without any knowledge of the style, hoping to win the prize by chance. :-) -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA http://a-no-ne.com http://anonemusic.com

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Barbara Touburg
dc wrote: I have several disagreements with other editors on cautionary accidentals and would be interested in other opinions. What cautionary accidentals would seem appropriate in the alto part, m.5, of this piece, bearing in mind that it is for three (solo) voices (1610, if that makes any

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, November 19, 2007 8:47 am, dc wrote: What cautionary accidentals would seem appropriate in the alto part, m.5, of this piece, bearing in mind that it is for three (solo) voices (1610, if that makes any difference): http://www.philomela.net/ex/deus.jpg 1) fa natural 2) e natural

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: I have several disagreements with other editors on cautionary accidentals and would be interested in other opinions. What cautionary accidentals would seem appropriate in the alto part, m.5, of this piece, bearing in mind that it is for three (solo) voices (1610, if that makes

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
dc wrote: I have several disagreements with other editors on cautionary accidentals and would be interested in other opinions. What cautionary accidentals would seem appropriate in the alto part, m.5, of this piece, bearing in mind that it is for three (solo) voices (1610, if that makes any

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, November 19, 2007 2:50 pm, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: In my view, it would depend upon the musical sophistication of the likely users of the score. The more expert and familiar with early music, the more one can omit both; the lower the level of sophistication, the more necessary both

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread dhbailey
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Mon, November 19, 2007 2:50 pm, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: In my view, it would depend upon the musical sophistication of the likely users of the score. The more expert and familiar with early music, the more one can omit both; the lower the level of sophistication,

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2007 at 15:26, Barbara Touburg wrote: dc wrote: I have several disagreements with other editors on cautionary accidentals and would be interested in other opinions. What cautionary accidentals would seem appropriate in the alto part, m.5, of this piece, bearing in mind

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2007 at 9:30, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Mon, November 19, 2007 8:47 am, dc wrote: What cautionary accidentals would seem appropriate in the alto part, m.5, of this piece, bearing in mind that it is for three (solo) voices (1610, if that makes any difference):

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On 19-Nov-07, at 4:25 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Mon, November 19, 2007 2:50 pm, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: In my view, it would depend upon the musical sophistication of the likely users of the score. The more expert and familiar with early music, the more one can omit both; the lower

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Barbara Touburg
David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Nov 2007 at 15:26, Barbara Touburg wrote: I agree -- I wouldn't add any cautionaries at all. It seems perfectly fine to me, a problem that shows up only when reading the score. That kind of mode shift is standard for the repertory and I don't think it would give

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Michael Cook
I'd choose 1, f natural, without parentheses. This should remove any confusion or hesitation while sight-reading, especially considering that the barlines are dotted. I don't think it is necessary to draw attention to the false relation between e flat and e natural: this is a common

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2007 at 17:11, Michael Cook wrote: I'd choose 1, f natural, without parentheses. This should remove any confusion or hesitation while sight-reading, especially considering that the barlines are dotted. But it's not in the original source, and putting in without parentheses

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Wow. There are so many different reasons to object to what is basically a reading aid little different from cleaning up the scribble and shortening the notes for modern tastes, the thing that's already happening in a new edition! Were there no editorial decisions beyond that? If there were

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2007 at 20:37, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: So what is expected? That the sophisticates want a skeletal version onto which they can hang their ornamentational or chromatic laundry? And that the non-sophisticates are given no guidance or suggestion? I voted for leaving the score as it

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, November 19, 2007 9:05 pm, David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Nov 2007 at 20:37, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: So what is expected? That the sophisticates want a skeletal version onto which they can hang their ornamentational or chromatic laundry? And that the non-sophisticates are given no

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2007 at 21:31, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Mon, November 19, 2007 9:05 pm, David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Nov 2007 at 20:37, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: So what is expected? That the sophisticates want a skeletal version onto which they can hang their ornamentational or

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread John Howell
At 7:05 PM -0500 11/19/07, David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Nov 2007 at 17:11, Michael Cook wrote: I'd choose 1, f natural, without parentheses. This should remove any confusion or hesitation while sight-reading, especially considering that the barlines are dotted. But it's not in the

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Nov 2007 at 22:18, John Howell wrote: At 7:05 PM -0500 11/19/07, David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Nov 2007 at 17:11, Michael Cook wrote: I'd choose 1, f natural, without parentheses. This should remove any confusion or hesitation while sight-reading, especially considering that

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Robert Patterson
I notice that Dennis Collins, who started this foodfight, has been mighty cagey about his own views. I'd like to hear 'em. -- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 19, 2007, at 7:40 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: If you omit a courtesy accidental, and if ever in any rehearsal a musician stops it to ask, what is my note at blah-blah-blah, you should have added the courtesy acci. In a pro orchestra rehearsal that omitted acci could just

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Robert Patterson
David W. Fenton wrote: If you sing the notes that are clearly indicated on the page, it will come out correctly. That is true in any courtesy accidental situation. That is, hence, the reason they are courtesy and not obligatory. In my experience, many performers in many situations are not

[Finale] Cautionary Accidentals plugin

2005-08-17 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I remember there was a problem with this plugin when it was first released years ago. Tobias at the time brought out a corrected version. The problem with the original version was that it messed up manually included cautionaries. I am wondering whether the current version which ships with