Re: [Finale] Anthem Choices (TAN)

2004-08-29 Thread Raymond Horton
America the Beautiful is a great song. The words from the third stanza: thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears! seem pretty amazing after 9/11. "This Land is Your Land" is very much a counter-culture song that has been made bland by over-familiarity. It has to be heard in the c

Re: [Finale] Stem direction

2004-09-07 Thread Raymond Horton
e observed a group rehearsing the Brahms Clarinet Quintet taking out double stops that were doubled. (That is, if both violins had the same two notes written, they would each play one of the two notes.) (And please remember - don't shoot the messenger!) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist Louis

Re: [Finale] State Songs (was Anthems) (still OT)

2004-09-09 Thread Raymond Horton
"Alaska's Flag" Oh, yes! That's the one we all walk around whistling all the time! I hadn't heard it before. The midi file shows it to be ok, a fine, upstanding, decent enough tune, but I can't say it's anything to write home about. The words: ditto. The John Denver tune is a nice one, an

Re: [Finale] State Songs (was Anthems) (still OT)

2004-09-09 Thread Raymond Horton
Lighten up, Mark! Mark D Lew wrote: On Sep 9, 2004, at 11:08 AM, Raymond Horton wrote: "Alaska's Flag" Oh, yes! That's the one we all walk around whistling all the time! I don't consider whistleability the standard. If that were the case "Maryland, my Christma

[Finale] SP2 Consensus?

2004-09-10 Thread Raymond Horton
What is the consensus on Sp2? I'm running WinFin 2005. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] output level

2004-09-10 Thread Raymond Horton
Eden - Lawrence D. wrote: I imported a MIDI file that I had created with another notation program. Finale (Mac2k3) did a great job on the importation, but I was unable to make the imported staff play back at a reasonable volume. It made no difference what dynamics were indicated on the part. When

Re: [Finale] State Songs (was Anthems) (still OT)

2004-09-11 Thread Raymond Horton
This page clarifies what John is saying: http://www.vahistorical.org/sva2003/cmb.htm "In 1940 the Virginia Legislature adopted "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" as the state song. Because its lyrics about slavery were offensive to many, Bland's piece was relegated to "state song emeritus" in 199

Re: [Finale] Shifting notes around...?

2004-09-18 Thread Raymond Horton
versions back. This question came from a user with 2000c, so I would not suggest partial measures at all. I use "Keep moving ... " often and have no problems. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra JD wrote: on 9/17/04 7:37 PM, Harold Owen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Finale] Stripes- definitely Tan.

2004-09-19 Thread Raymond Horton
to the airport in the cab- he goes across the Clark Bridge toward Indiana! What WAS he thinking? (Poetic license, I suppose.) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra Keith Helgesen wrote: Just seen – for the umpteenth time, the 1981 movie Stripes. High jinks- totally implausible, b

Re: [Finale] Stripes- definitely Tan.

2004-09-20 Thread Raymond Horton
rementioned Kentucky Center for the Arts as it was going up. Anybody still with me? Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] 2 and 4 hand(s) on One Piano

2004-09-21 Thread Raymond Horton
My son was involved in a rehearsal or two for a piece for doublebass - six hands: One (taller) "outside" player plays the two lowest strings, one (shorter) "inside" player plays the two highest strings, and a third player sits on the floor and provides percussive sounds on the back of the inst

Re: [Finale] printer question

2004-09-21 Thread Raymond Horton
Sorry if you've tried this, but have you turned it off and on again? RBH John Hines wrote: My printer (Ricoh 2610) has always been a little temperamental. Now it won't print at all and the error message is "open front cover, remove misfeed internal path." This however is not the problem. There i

Re: [Finale] table of contents and MS Word

2004-09-21 Thread Raymond Horton
The ability to import text to a text block from a Word processor, keeping the formatting intact, would be a big help, too. dhbailey wrote: It would be fantastic if MakeMusic would make huge improvements in their text block functions -- the ability to create a completely aligned table of content

Re: [Finale] Finale + Garritan Personal Orchestra

2004-09-24 Thread Raymond Horton
ference setting should IMO absolutely be separated into 2 different ones! Would you please elaborate on this? What is the practical solution for a FinWin2005 Human Playback GPO user? For a playback-only version of the file, do not use hairpins, use lett

Re: [Finale] 4th Beat Pickups

2004-10-01 Thread Raymond Horton
sures yourself with the measure tool. It's not hard. Raymond Horton Brad Beyenhof wrote: On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:24:29 -0400, Joseph Dinwiddie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How do I start a composition on the fourth beat pickup? I can't find it on the Help | index menu, probably b

Re: [Finale] Saving audio files

2004-10-19 Thread Raymond Horton
In Finale 2004 and 2005, Under FILE choose "SAVE SPECIAL" / "SAVE AS AUDIO FILE" Only takes a few seconds! Ray Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Larry Kent wrote: I've input a score and would like to share it with one of my classes by putting it on a CD. Is there any way to save/reco

Re: [Finale] OT.......Music Hai Ku

2004-10-22 Thread Raymond Horton
Kurt Gnos wrote: Learning Finale is a book with seven seals why don't you try it? -- Raymond Horton adds: <> (A Double Haiku for the Finale User) In Finale hides Inscrutability, shock. Are there other paths? No! Sibelius Is a plaything for children The strong

Re: [Finale] Re: 32nd's

2004-10-23 Thread Raymond Horton
I haven't opened any good can of worms lately, so this looks like a tasty one: Yes, you should be able to do this - BUT - are you sure you want to? A 32nd note, or even a 16th, for the beat value will only lead to unnecessary difficulty in readability. Raymond Horton Bass Tromb

[Finale] Ashlee Simpson, "singer"

2004-10-25 Thread Raymond Horton
Ashlee Simpson, pop "singer", on lip-synching, in an interview recently in Lucky Magazine: "I'm totally against it and offended by it. I'm going out to let my real talent show, not to just stand there and dance around. Personally, I'd never lip-synch. It's just not me." However, on Saturday Ni

Re: [Finale] FinWin2k5a available

2004-11-13 Thread Raymond Horton
Jim Mays wrote: There's an "updater" now available for Finale 2005 for Windows -- Filename: FinWin2k5aUpdate.exe Filesize: 6.33 MB Am I the first or -- the last person to have heard of this? Jim Mays ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list

Re: [Finale] Is FinWin 2005Worth it?

2004-11-15 Thread Raymond Horton
om.au ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale If you might be interested in Garritan Personal Orchestra for playback, by all means go for it. The two together are a great leap forward, IMHO. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louis

Re: [Finale] Plugin question

2004-11-15 Thread Raymond Horton
Hey, I'd email you the PDF's but I'm on dial up. RBH Javier Ruiz wrote: This book is only available to people who suffered the "drunk ties" problem of Finale 2.0 when you printed in a dot matrix printer. In any case due to the weight of the book the shipping costs are outrageous. If you google fo

Re: [Finale] Conversion bug in 2005

2004-11-15 Thread Raymond Horton
Last week, before I left town for some concerts, wasn't there some caution expressed concerning the FinWin2005a update and losing one's registration? What happened concerning that? RBH Wasn't this fixed in Fin2005a? Best regards, Jari Williamsson __

Re: [Finale] Conversion bug in 2005

2004-11-15 Thread Raymond Horton
updating with no problems, it must have been something with my particular setup or I did something stupid (not unusual :-)) while trying to hurry through the update process. Anyway, however it happened, it was no problem to fix. Rick -Original Message- From: Raymond Horton <[EMAIL PROTEC

[Finale] joke

2004-11-21 Thread Raymond Horton
So a C, an E-flat, and a G walk into a bar. The bartender says to them, "I'm sorry, we don't serve minors here." So the E-flat leaves, then the C and the G have an open fifth between them. (They told this joke on Trombone-L in Bb minor, but I thought it works better in this key, so I scanned it

Re: [Finale] FW: EPS-WinXP

2004-11-23 Thread Raymond Horton
ll send it. Raymond Horton d. collins wrote: dhbailey écrit: I can't argue with your reasons 3, 4, and 5 -- there are lots of people who need those capabilities (I don't find EPS any faster printing than TIFF) and I certainly support them in their desire to get EPS export working properly in

Re: [Finale] A Simple Question

2004-11-28 Thread Raymond Horton
s out a bit, and make the last system work out all by ourselves. You just can't leave everything to a computer, or your score will look like you left everything to a computer. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale maili

[Finale] the first bug report for FinWin 2005a?

2004-12-06 Thread Raymond Horton
caused the problem, (I actually don't remember the command that caused the problem). I have deleted the extra measures (I didn't see how many there were first). I am waiting to see if the problem recurs. Has any else seen this problem? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist,

Re: [Finale] MacFin2005a AutoSave hang

2004-12-08 Thread Raymond Horton
Chuck Israels wrote: I occasionally encounter situations where I'm using both hands on the keyboard and pushing number buttons with my nose. It must look ridiculous! Been there! RBH ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailma

Re: [Finale] MacFin2005a AutoSave hang

2004-12-08 Thread Raymond Horton
Christopher Smith wrote: On Wednesday, December 8, 2004, at 12:11 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 08 Dec 2004, at 12:06 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: I understand what Chris says about the smaller keys having a certain usefulness when entering spread chords. I occasionally encounter situations wher

[Finale] Re: the first bug report for FinWin 2005a?

2004-12-14 Thread Raymond Horton
ccurances of this problem, Finale says there are problems in measures that do not exist, and then creates new phantom measures at the end that are difficult to delete. I appreciate any advice. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra ------ Raymond Horton wrote: Is this

Re: [Finale] The state of the art: a report from the trenches

2004-12-20 Thread Raymond Horton
basses than tenors, I take more baritones/tenor 2 from the bass section than from the tenor section). Keeps life simple. Raymond Horton Minister of Music Edwardsville United Methodist Church Christopher Smith wrote: On Dec 20, 2004, at 6:18 PM, John Howell wrote: At 10:27 AM -1000 12/20/04, [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-30 Thread Raymond Horton
I had always read that Mozart wrote the bass, first violin, and _second_ violin parts out on the first pass. Is this incorrect? I only know of film composers getting assistance with orchestration. In interviews, they usually claim that they specify all the necessary details in the sketch scor

Re: [Finale] MIDI transcriptionism

2004-12-31 Thread Raymond Horton
The main Star Wars tune is pretty much identical to a tune Korngold uses often in "Kings Row" (the early 50s movie where Ronald Reagan says "Where's the rest of me?"). RBH Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 09:24 AM 12/31/04 -0500, Christopher Smith wrote: A master's musicology student I went to

Re: [Finale] Fwd: Who are you?

2005-01-01 Thread Raymond Horton
Tell us a little about Lou Harrison, would you? I've always thought his music is fascinating. RBH Daniel Wolf wrote: I'm a composer, sometimes doing sound installations, film orchestrations, and frequently writing about music. Born in southern California, my academic traveling papers are from

Re: [Finale] 0/0 Time Sig Weirdness

2005-01-13 Thread Raymond Horton
Ah-hah! The second appearance! I couldn't get anyone here, or at MakeMusic, to acknowledge this strange behavior when I reported it a month ago!!! Mine (FinWin 2005a) happens when I insert measures into certain files - I get the same strange looking time sig at the end of the file, and seem

[Finale] Gershwin's orchestrations (old thread)

2005-01-14 Thread Raymond Horton
ng of the orchestration of Gershwin's Broadway shows. Raymond Horton Chuck Israels wrote: On Dec 30, 2004, at 11:04 AM, John Howell wrote: People may put down George Gershwin as a "serious" composer because he had Ferde Grofé orchestrate a lot of his

Re: [Finale] 0/0 Time Sig Weirdness

2005-01-14 Thread Raymond Horton
in the two files I created from scratch (One file was started in 2004, the other I don't recall - I think it was created in 2005.) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Allen Fisher wrote: All-- I suspect the 0/0 time sig is related to the message, which we know about and are looking

Re: [Finale] GPO

2005-01-17 Thread Raymond Horton
larious.(together now: "BIG FINISH".) Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

2005-01-21 Thread Raymond Horton
by "seen the wrong data displayed for the window titles?" Raymond Horton David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 Jan 2005 at 23:15, Jari Williamsson wrote: A-NO-NE Music wrote: Someone pointed out the bug seems to be caused by the array pointer, and I have the same feeling. As I'

Re: [Finale] Garritan Jazz Band Library Announced

2005-01-21 Thread Raymond Horton
that require even more RAM or processor? Perhaps the new GPO Pro will do just that, I wonder? Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Garritan Jazz Band Library Announced

2005-01-22 Thread Raymond Horton
re out why some instruments don't reset the volumes correctly when I start a piece over at the beginning. Haven't gotten anywhere with that beyond a work-around. Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra dhbailey wrote: Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Chuck, I think the official announcement at NAMM m

Re: [Finale] File Overwrite Bug in Action

2005-01-23 Thread Raymond Horton
to another part of the same piece, keeping both sections in view. I use it all the time. Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: More info on GPO Advanced Edition

2005-01-27 Thread Raymond Horton
Darcy James Argue wrote: http://northernsounds.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30231 - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Thanks, Darcy! Great news. RBH

Re: [Finale] Old Finale files

2005-01-27 Thread Raymond Horton
Somebody please tell us non-Mac, recent converts what the Holiday Disk was! RBH Andrew Stiller wrote: Well, I am finally am getting around to updating all my old music files. Most seem to be fine but I have a few that won't read at all. I dug up all my old Finale program disks -- all the way b

Re: [Finale] TAN: Alto Flute Soundfont

2005-01-27 Thread Raymond Horton
eral months (on a four-year-old computer) and absolutely love it. It's a great step forward. Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger, Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra (I love your name, BTW! I do hope it is your real one!) - Taris L Flashpaw wrote: Does anyone out there hav

[Finale] Was TAN: Alto Flute Soundfont; now GPO

2005-01-27 Thread Raymond Horton
I should have said "With the legitimate concerns about GPO on Macs starting to spill over into not-so legitimate concern about GPO on PCs ..." RBH Darcy James Argue wrote: Ray, No one here has been "bashing" the quality of the samples in GPO. Actually, no one here has been "bashing" anything --

Re: [Finale] Garritan

2005-01-28 Thread Raymond Horton
Mark D Lew wrote: On Jan 28, 2005, at 8:28 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: I use Finale playback only to proofread, but I never want to have Finale sequence music. Am I way off? That is how I use Finale as well. Unfortunately for us, that's not how the business works. I'm just happy that Finale doesn

Re: [Finale] Performance/recording

2005-01-30 Thread Raymond Horton
Just adding fuel to the fire: from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, as quoted on Orchestra-L: RBH - Musical hits sour note with unions By Marylynne Pitz Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 30, 2005 In the musical "Oliver!," pickpockets on the streets of Dickensian Engl

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff - Live music

2005-01-30 Thread Raymond Horton
ore everyone forgets what it is. Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra Aaron Sherber wrote: At 05:58 PM 01/30/2005, Christopher Smith wrote: >I'm not clear on a point of semantics ­ what is the difference in your >mind between "restricting" and "limiting" refrigerator manuf

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff - Live music

2005-01-31 Thread Raymond Horton
dhbailey wrote: Aaron Sherber wrote: At 09:37 PM 01/30/2005, Raymond Horton wrote: >There is another, major, difference between musicians fighting for their >jobs, and the ice-deliverers vs. refrigerators comparison. In the >latter case, the new refrigerator was a SUPERIOR product

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff - Live music correction

2005-01-31 Thread Raymond Horton
I meant to say _Mamma Mia_ is, I assume, being played with an orchestra of 20 or 25 OR an even smaller combo. RBH dhbailey wrote: Aaron Sherber wrote: At 09:37 PM 01/30/2005, Raymond Horton wrote: >There is another, major, difference between musicians fighting for their >jobs, and t

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

2005-01-31 Thread Raymond Horton
>Andrew Stiller wrote: >A historical precedent that I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned here so far is sound film. > The introduction of movie soundtracks in 1929 put thousands of pit musicians out of work almost overnight, just months before the start of the Great Depression. > > The Buffalo Ph

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

2005-01-31 Thread Raymond Horton
Oh, my!  A dead giveaway! Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote: Yeah, I'm afraid it was mine; I hereby donate it to the world at large -- just credit the original coiner, or better yet: don't...   ...please realize that the definition will be as follows in the next edition of the

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

2005-01-31 Thread Raymond Horton
Phil Daley wrote: At 1/31/2005 01:38 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote: >A historical precedent that I'm surprised hasn't been mentioned here so >far is sound film. >The introduction of movie soundtracks in 1929 put thousands of pit >musicians out of work almost overnight, just months before the start of >t

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

2005-02-01 Thread Raymond Horton
Another crrosspost from Orchestra-L: Martin Kettle Tuesday February 1, 2005 The Guardian When did the music die? And why? It will be 30 years in August since the death of Dmitri Shostakovitch. Next year also marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Britten. Aaron Copland, older than both

[Finale] Virtual Orchestra and quality productions

2005-02-04 Thread Raymond Horton
One more crosspost from Orchestra-L: FROM: Erich Graf, President, Local 104, Salt Lake City; Principal flutist, Utah Symphony [EMAIL PROTECTED] The virtual orchestra production of "Oliver" appeared in Salt Lake City several months ago. Not only did our local music critic criticize the paucity of th

Re: [Finale] OT Schoenberg

2005-02-05 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: On 5 Feb 2005 at 15:06, Ken Moore wrote: In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> owainsutton.co.uk writes: And Schoenberg *didn't* transform the Wagnerian influence out of recognition? If you follow his development you can see the transformation. If you start with a se

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff - is music inate?

2005-02-06 Thread Raymond Horton
6th degree adaptation downward.) The pentatonic scale is worldwide, but the six and seven-note, etc. scales vary tremendously. Raymond Horton Gerald Berg wrote: Well I believe by now Chomsky is seen as being wrong -- to learn language requires a teacher or at least something to mimic early in

Re: [Finale] Refreshing week

2005-02-07 Thread Raymond Horton
I'll skip it. Where can we see your opera live? Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: After re-reading the posts and commentaries over the past week, I realized again how rich the folks on this group are in knowledge and thought and passion and open-mindedness -- from notation and programming through hist

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

2005-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
;s on DVD.) Masonic background not needed. (And if everyone ignores this post like they did my one about the overtone series and the pentatonic scale, then I will delete all of yours, too. Hmmph!) Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra David W. Fenton wrote: On 8 Feb 2005 at 13:06, Andrew Stiller

Re: [Finale] Fin another long time question

2005-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
A-NO-NE Music wrote: I hope my erratic grammar passes for communication here :-) Seriously, I wish if I had any talent in linguistics. I just don't have a heart for it. Do not about it worry. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.e

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff - Magic Flute

2005-02-09 Thread Raymond Horton
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Hey, I'm not ignoring it! I was just trying to resist the urge to make my no-doubt-anticipated musico-politically incorrect two-finger mouth salute over Mozart's incessantly repetitive noodling. I feel for you, too, Dennis. ___

Re: [Finale] Garritan and other stuff

2005-02-10 Thread Raymond Horton
And I very clearly wrote my reply before reading your second post, and I very clearly disagree with both. I agree with Salieri, who called it "grand opera," and it is one of my favorites. RBH David W. Fenton wrote: On 9 Feb 2005 at 11:04, Raymond Horton wrote: In regards to

Re: [Finale] TAN Magic Flute (was Garritan and other stuff)

2005-02-10 Thread Raymond Horton
I I find myself puzzled at the assertions by quite a few on this list that The Magic Flute is incoherent. I confess I have never found it so. To me the characters, motivations, and events are all perfectly straightforward and sensible (within the fairy-tale universe that the drama clearly pos

Re: [Finale] OT: Christo's The Gates, NYC Central Park

2005-02-20 Thread Raymond Horton
Great pictures, David! What did you think of it? Ray H. David W. Fenton wrote: I know this is completely off-topic, not even tangential, but I strolled through Central Park yesterday and took about 100 pictures. Most of them are up at: http://www.dfenton.com/Gates/ This is not the place for a d

Re: [Finale] Question About Staff Order Treason and true patriotism: Beethoven, Bonhoeffer, and Alberto Gonzales

2005-02-24 Thread Raymond Horton
Quoted from Sojourners, a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://www.sojo.net/ original with all formatting intact may be found at: http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=news.display_archives&mode=current_opinion&article=CO_050224_wylie-kellermann posted by Raymon

[Finale] Paper cutter recommendations

2005-03-03 Thread Raymond Horton
Last year or so a different sort of paper cutter from the guillotine type was recommended. I thought I had archived the message but can't find it now. Can any of you tell me what that was? I need to cut down small quantities of 11" x 17" paper and card stock. Thanks '

Re: [Finale] String divisi

2005-03-03 Thread Raymond Horton
he cb? -- Certainly! Respighi _Pines of Rome_ last movement. Many, many of them. Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: GPO on Mac mini

2005-03-06 Thread Raymond Horton
Thanks so much for passing this along! I had no idea this was possible. I was getting ready to buy more RAM just for GPO. Maybe I won't have to, now! Raymond Horton Darcy James Argue wrote: ... By the way, the instructions on how to change the polyphony for each instrument in GPO are

Re: [Finale] OT: Bass Trombone (Brass Band)

2005-03-08 Thread Raymond Horton
correct? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s

2005-03-08 Thread Raymond Horton
stral version) (1924), An American in Paris (1928) Louis Armstrong: Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings of 1925-28 submitted by Raymond Horton Darcy James Argue wrote: Just taking a little straw poll here: what do listers consider the best pieces of music to come out of the 1920's? Genre is u

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s - now Rhapsody in Blue

2005-03-09 Thread Raymond Horton
On 08 Mar 2005, at 11:04 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (preferably original version, not the orchestral version) Darcy James Argue wrote: Funny you should mention that... I've actually been looking for a modern recording of the original orchestration -- you wou

Re: [Finale] OT: Best Works of the 1920s

2005-03-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Very interesting. I forwarded it to Trombone-L Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Christopher Smith wrote: ... A complete aside: The chamber orchestration by John Rea of Wozzeck, which I mentioned previously as having a killer trombone part, was played in British Colombia a

Re: [Finale] American Styles (was Best Works of the 1920s)

2005-03-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Thanks for the info. I had heard of that strike but not as completely as you write. Wasn't there also heavy taxing of larger bands in clubs after the war that also helped the rise of small combos? Perhaps that was just in NYC? RBH Daniel Wolf wrote: The James Petrillo-led AFM strike against

Re: [Finale] American Styles (was Best Works of the 1920s)

2005-03-12 Thread Raymond Horton
At 7:56 PM -0500 3/11/05, Raymond Horton wrote: Thanks for the info. I had heard of that strike but not as completely as you write. Wasn't there also heavy taxing of larger bands in clubs after the war that also helped the rise of small combos? Perhaps that was just in NYC? John Howell

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Raymond Horton
o, start at the very top - bar 9!" Gave me a serious chuckle. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Jim Williamson wrote: It may not define form and I don't care. However, I've seen it that way a million times and I like it. ___

Re: [Finale] OT Giant Steps

2005-03-22 Thread Raymond Horton
y.com/gs_download.html Tremendous! Enjoyed that immensely! Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

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

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Bob Florence wrote: Are there any books concerning composing and arranging that cover the spiritual and inspirational aspect. I am always interested in the way other writers get there music off of the "launching pad". I not concerned about what harmonies to use or what instruments to combine. I

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

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 15:29, tim-cates wrote: On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:21 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 16:04, Christopher Smith wrote: I would expect a more secular discussion from an international forum such as this. really? I would expect civility a

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

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: The word "spirituality" is completely debased in modern discourse, by New Age loonies on the one side and by fundamentalist morons on the other. For a glimpse into the religious-political world of we non-fundamentalist (non-moron) Christians, I heartily recommend: a look

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

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
ticularly in the touching interview with Puccini. Darcy James Argue wrote: Come now, in the quoted comment, Brahms was full of shit, and since Raymond Horton nonetheless quoted him approvingly, David was quite right to call him out on that. If Brahms had said "No Jew has ever been or wil

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

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Darcy James Argue wrote: On 11 Apr 2005, at 8:41 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: OK, if you approve, not only of David's disagreeing with Brahms (nothing wrong with that) but of the less-than-civil tone of his disagreement, (which takes it to a different level) than I will ask you to provi

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

2005-04-12 Thread Raymond Horton
Johannes Gebauer wrote: Raymond Horton schrieb: OK, if you approve, not only of David's disagreeing with Brahms (nothing wrong with that) but of the less-than-civil tone of his disagreement, (which takes it to a different level) than I will ask you to provide an example of a truly

Re: [Finale] Launch...

2005-04-12 Thread Raymond Horton
exactly this kind of bigoted assertion for centuries, and the Brahms quote Raymond Horton cited was precisely in that tradition of irrational bigotry -- so it's hardly surprising that such a citation might offend the secularists on this list (many of whom, it should go without saying, happ

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

2005-04-12 Thread Raymond Horton
Florence + Michael wrote: 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 We

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread Raymond Horton
aren't we all? Skip through the theology, and the part about the guy who floats around his room, and you'll learn something about how some geniuses composed. What more could you want? RBH jef chippewa wrote: From: Raymond Horton Actually, for anyone who cares to actually READ the book

Re: [Finale] Re: oh god...

2005-04-13 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: Raymond Horton écrit: During some quick research Internet yesterday when I couldn't answer the question myself, it would appear that Stravinsky, for example, may have been an atheist as a young man (the three great ballets) and experienced a conversion durin

Re: [Finale] GPO question - cotinuo

2005-11-06 Thread Raymond Horton
adding an 8ba instrument. Could work! Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale/HP/GPO

2005-11-10 Thread Raymond Horton
Gerald Berg wrote: Hi all I am in need of a really loud snare drum so I set up an instance for it and cranked up the volume. Problem is my HP settings keep taking it back down again. What in HP would I have to turn off in order to prevent this behavior? One thing I've noticed lately (I u

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-10 Thread Raymond Horton
This is heavily offtopic on this list but I couldn't stand to let anyone here get into the pitfall which would be even more serious to anyone using his/her PC for business. Sony BMG and their subsidary record labels [1] have released a couple of music CDs that contain malicious software c

Re: [Finale] PDFs on WinFin2005

2005-11-15 Thread Raymond Horton
Nightingale wrote: I installed something called CutePDF and it works well for me. I'm using 2006 on XP. I use CutePDF, also. I've use with 2005 on XP and have used it for two or three Finale versions now. RBH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-15 Thread Raymond Horton
WASHINGTON POST.COM SECURITY FIX Brian Krebs on Computer Security More Sony Problems to Be Revealed Several groups of privacy and security experts are expected to release research later today that points to multiple, serious security flaws present in "*XCP*," the ant

Re: [Finale] OT: Windows users BEWARE of Sony BMG music CD's!

2005-11-15 Thread Raymond Horton
Don't tell me/us - tell Brian Krebs at the Washington Post. David W. Fenton wrote: On 15 Nov 2005 at 10:38, Raymond Horton wrote: (forwarded) WASHINGTON POST.COM SECURITY FIX Brian Krebs on Computer Security More Sony Problems to Be Rev

Re: [Finale] Garritan Jazz & Big Band

2005-11-25 Thread Raymond Horton
Christopher Smith wrote: On Nov 25, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: On a parallel subject - much TV music I find OK to horrible, but I'm curious about where CSI found that "Who are you?" song that they use as a theme - my knowledge of pop music has large gaps, - and I recommen

Re: [Finale] Garritan Jazz & Big Band

2005-11-25 Thread Raymond Horton
Christopher Smith wrote: of Floyds Knobs. Ooo, sorry about the name of where you live. I thought the Canadian custom of naming towns after parts of moose anatomy was bad enough... 8-) Christopher Well, a guy named Floyd came through, and there are small mountains... anyway, the fir

Re: [Finale] Finale 2006b is Available. Score-part connction in 2007?

2005-12-14 Thread Raymond Horton
I'm not looking forward to re-extracting the parts, but I have no other choice. The old parts will help save time, but it will still take days. I will welcome the future dynamic linking, (or however the score-part connection will work) with an open checkbook. Raymo

Re: [Finale] Fermattas in resting parts

2005-12-14 Thread Raymond Horton
half rests in 4/4 scores. Makes sense. As does John's suggestion of the fermata on the third beat - depending on the music - which I've long forgotten. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, occasional composer and arranger, Louisville Orchestra _

Re: [Finale] Finale 2006b is Available. Score-part connction, in 2007?

2005-12-15 Thread Raymond Horton
Raymond Horton wrote: >... but I >do face a huge project in which I have done hundreds of changes to an >orchestral work that has already been performed. I'm not looking >forward to re-extracting the parts, but I have no other choice. The >old parts will help save tim

Re: [Finale] TAN: MIDITECH Roll'n play - anyone tried it?

2005-12-18 Thread Raymond Horton
Johannes Gebauer wrote: I wonder whether anyone has tried the MIDITECH Roll'n play MIDI keyboard. For those who don't know it: It is a 37 key MIDI keyboard which can be rolled up and is the most portable solution I know. All I need from it is reliable Speedy input, and I need something that

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