RE: [Finale] Accordion font

2002-06-24 Thread Dan Rupert
I also thought I had saved this font but then realized that I had saved the website address instead (http://www.kolumbus.fi/ari.suomela/nuotteja.htm). Unfortunately, that link is no longer good. I've shown it only because something from the address may jar someone's memory. I'm wondering if

Re: [Finale] 127 sharps or flats?

2002-06-24 Thread Dennis W. Manasco
At 7:40 AM -0400 6/23/02, David H. Bailey wrote: 127 is actually NOT one less than a power of two, since computers use 0 as a real number, so 0-127 represent 128 values, which is a common number to run into in programming, 127 is 2 to the 7th - 1, also known as 0111 (in binary). For

[Finale] More problems combining documents

2002-06-24 Thread Johannes Gebauer
One other thing that doesn't seem to copy from one file to another is clef changes, or am I missing something? Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Accordion font

2002-06-24 Thread Colin Broom
I'm wondering if Gary Persons is still on the list. At one time Gary had a fairly extensive library of music ( related) fonts). I still refer often to the music font information pages from his book, The Finale Resource. Although the Finale material is now dated (Finale 3.7.2) he shows 32

RE: [Finale] TGTools question

2002-06-24 Thread Tobias Giesen
Hi, can you send me a file that has these problems? tg ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] TGTools Transfer Expressions

2002-06-24 Thread Tobias Giesen
... a Full Copy and Paste That would be a good thing ... Perhaps this could even include clef changes? Yes, I will probably add them soon. tg ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Colin Broom
Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? Johannes Jari's Forza! text block manager plug-in will do this, even between different files. Colin. Colin Broom, composer

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Linda Worsley
At 2:38 PM +0100 6/24/02, Colin Broom wrote: Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? Johannes Jari's Forza! text block manager plug-in will do this, even between different files. Or you can just select the text in a text block, delete it on the page you are leaving,

[Finale] OMS vs. FreeMidi

2002-06-24 Thread Andrew Stiller
The MIDI interface I got to go w. my new iMac offers me the choice of using it w. OMS or FreeMidi. Which is better with Finale? Which most closely imitates the behavior of what I had on my old computer (PowerMac 6100/66, system 8.0)? ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] 127 sharps or flats?

2002-06-24 Thread Charles Small
Dennis W. Manasco wrote: Confusion arises because most programming languages begin indexing arrays with the zeroth item. Thus the final item in an entirely filled array whose index is defined as short or char would be the 256th item, but its actual index value would be 255 ( in

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Philip Aker
On Monday, June 24, 2002, at 06:28 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? Text Editor plugin. Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 24.06.2002 15:38 Uhr, Colin Broom wrote Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? Johannes Jari's Forza! text block manager plug-in will do this, even between different files. Unfortunately I am on Mac and left out of Forza! benefits... Johannes --

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 24.06.2002 16:41 Uhr, Philip Aker wrote On Monday, June 24, 2002, at 06:28 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? Text Editor plugin. Ah, that's a good point. I never really got to grips with text editor, but perhaps you can give me

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 24.06.2002 16:00 Uhr, Linda Worsley wrote Or you can just select the text in a text block, delete it on the page you are leaving, and copy it into another page the same way you copy text in a word file. Or copy it to another file as a new text block. It's a simple command X/command V (or

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-24 Thread Andrew Stiller
Because of the way copyright laws are set up, the person who worked out those beautiful chords to all those Berlin tunes doesn't get a penny of royalties, as only lyrics and melodies are copyrightable. Yet, IMHO, those songs might not have been the successes that they were without the

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Colin Broom
Linda wrote: Or you can just select the text in a text block, delete it on the page you are leaving, and copy it into another page the same way you copy text in a word file. Or copy it to another file as a new text block. It's a simple command X/command V (or command C/command V if you are

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-24 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 08:00 AM 6/22/02 -0700, Linda Worsley wrote: So here's my question: (at last) Faced with this daunting task, what would you do? I've been following this for a few days, because I had a student exactly like this -- very successful in another field (law), motivated, self-starter, etc -- with

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-24 Thread Doug Auwarter
on 6/24/02 2:20 AM, Mark D. Lew at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I'm concerned, the only thing a teacher is good for is helping the students learn how to accomplish what they want, not to tell them that what they want is good or bad. Not long after I started teaching almost 30 years

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-24 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 10:13 AM -0400 6/24/02, Andrew Stiller wrote: I get that from my students a lot - But it's what I WANT! to which my response usually is, Then DON'T want it, because it's bad! Want something GOOD instead. That usually gets a laugh out of them, because I'm not as tough as that answer makes

[Finale] {SHSU Postmaster VIRUS warning?} Honey

2002-06-24 Thread mscasup
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Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-24 Thread Linda Worsley
At 10:59 AM -0400 6/24/02, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 08:00 AM 6/22/02 -0700, Linda Worsley wrote: So here's my question: (at last) Faced with this daunting task, what would you do? I've been following this for a few days, because I had a student exactly like this -- very successful in

[Finale] Details of copyright.

2002-06-24 Thread Michael Edwards
[Christopher B. J. Smith:] If I wrote new chords to White Christmas, then improvised over it on record, there would be NO aspect of the tune that was Berlin's, yet he would STILL collect the royalties if I called it White Christmas. ... Many have tried to copyright titles and chord progressions

[Finale] Starting on piano with black keys.

2002-06-24 Thread Michael Edwards
[Christopher B. J. Smith:] Berlin is not the only one to start piano on black keys. My six year old son started out piano lessons on only black keys, my father played Derby Town in F# (the only tune he could play) and taught it to me that way when I was about eight. I've read that when

[Finale] {SHSU Postmaster VIRUS warning?} Darling

2002-06-24 Thread net
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Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-24 Thread John Howell
At 5:20 PM -0500 6/22/02, John Howell wrote: Irving Berlin not only survived but flourished not being able to read or write a note of music. Christopher wrote: I've heard that account from many different sources, and I find it hard to beleive that Berlin's assistants were only taking down

Re: [Finale] OT LONG: help with adult student

2002-06-24 Thread John Howell
Somebody wrote: Along the same lines, although not on the same level, I've always wondered exactly what John Williams does. In the credits, it usuallly says music by John Williams, arranged and orchestrated by . . . with 2 or 3 names. Ken And somebody else--perhaps Christopher--replied: My

Re: [Finale] Details of copyright.

2002-06-24 Thread John Howell
The same standard does not apply to melodies and lyrics, where infringement exists even in the case of accidental similarities. That sounds a bit dangerous; it sounds as if the standards for similarity are much stricter for lyrics or melodies than for things like rhythms or sequences of

Re: [Finale] Percussion symbols

2002-06-24 Thread Colin Broom
Hi all, A while back there was a link on this list to a site (one of this list members I believe) where there a very complete listing on orchestral percussiom symbols. There was a guide to these symbols and a font for sale for using them. Does anyone know what site this was. Ronald

Re: [Finale] TAN: Public support for the arts

2002-06-24 Thread Shelley Huston
Yet many who support government funding of art are repelled by the notion of government support of religion. Why? IMNSHO. For one thing, religion is organized and art isn't. Public radio and TV are as close as we come to having public supported lobbying organizations of any size. And they do

[Finale] does anyone know what this is?

2002-06-24 Thread TIMOTHY THOMPSON
Listers, I am working on a large orchestra score. I don't know if the file has a corruption or if it is my PowerBook or OS 9.2.2 (I suspect the latter). I also work on the file sometimes on my G4 in my office, and haven't had the problem. The problem appears at first to be font related, but I

[Finale] new fonts

2002-06-24 Thread TIMOTHY THOMPSON
I noticed that Jef is developing a new music font. I have been wondering recently if anyone is developing a Unicode or OpenType music font. Seems like the OpenType technology would be great for music fonts. Perhaps Coda is working on an OpenType font based on Maestro?? Tim Thompson

[Finale] OFF: Flags

2002-06-24 Thread Liontaris LM Flashmane
Hello everyone: Sorry for the HUUGE cross-post, but this is something I haven't been able to find online and it's driving me nuts. I was wondering if anyone on any of these lists knew the procedure for raising a flag up a flagpole so that it doesn't come out upside-down,

[Finale] Patterson website

2002-06-24 Thread Robert Patterson
The release version (and docs) of Beam Over Barlines is at the website, along with significantly enhanced Staff Sets and a complete new look to the website. (Other significant changes will be apparent as well.) I've adopted Tobias's Version History approach so that y'all can see exactly what's

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Johannes Gebauer wrote: Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? I don't know of a way to copy it, that is, to create a second instance of the block on a different page while leaving it on the first, but it is trivial to move one from one page to another: Select the text

Re: [Finale] Copying textblocks

2002-06-24 Thread Philip Aker
On Monday, June 24, 2002, at 07:50 AM, Johannes Gebauer wrote: Is there a way to copy a textblock from one page to another? Text Editor plugin. Ah, that's a good point. I never really got to grips with text editor, but perhaps you can give me some steps? Well, you just happen to be

Re: [Finale] TAN: Public support for the arts

2002-06-24 Thread David W. Fenton
On 24 Jun 2002, at 14:47, Stokes, Randy wrote: The arguments usually presented for government support of the arts can just as well be applied to government support of religion. Er, aside from some minor little details in the US Constitution, I guess you're right. -- David W. Fenton

Re: [Finale] TAN: Public support for the arts

2002-06-24 Thread Carl Donsbach
--On Monday, June 24, 2002 2:47 PM -0500 Stokes, Randy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The arguments usually presented for government support of the arts can just as well be applied to government support of religion. Religion is everything that supporters claim for art (esp. high art): uplifting,

Re: [Finale] Copying Clefs

2002-06-24 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 9:08 PM 06/24/02, Robert Patterson wrote: My recollection is that (ironically) you have to *uncheck* everything and instead check the items you want to copy and include clefs. Then Mass Mover will copy them. Go figure. Hm, that *is* weird, but definitely nice to know. I'll give it a try