Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread Michael Edwards
[Christopher B. J. Smith:] I don't know whether this is universal, but the way I was taught when writing concert-pitch scores, octave-transposing instruments such as picc, contrabassoon, glock, and double bass are written in the octave read by the player regardless. This seems to fly in

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Re: TAN: Anomalies in 'Le Sacre...' Score (was Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display)

2002-10-14 Thread Mark D. Lew
I checked with a colleague who has conducted the piece. He confirmed that our interpretation of the flute part is correct. (Rereading your note, Colin, I believe you were describing the same thing I was, but in different words). As for the bass clarinet part, he tells me that Stravinsky went

Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 2002/10/14 03:42 AM or thereabouts, Michael Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] intoned: [Darcy James Argue:] Again, this problem is easily avoided by using octave-transposing clefs for octave-transposing instruments. Are they those treble or bass clefs sometimes found in more recent scores

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2002-10-14 Thread Phil Daley
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[Finale] Treble clef with 15 was: Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread Urs Liska
- Original Message - From: Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Fin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:42 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch. On 2002/10/14 03:42 AM or thereabouts, Michael Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] intoned: [Darcy James

Re: [Finale] One Buck Forty or Die

2002-10-14 Thread Andrew Homzy
Dear Phil, I enjoyed John C Dvorak's comment logic. With regards to Edison: While we may consider wax cylinders ancient technology and patently inferior to the disc system as invented by Berliner, there are aspects which made Edison's invention superior. 1. Cylinders don't change ratio as a

Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 8:21 PM -0400 10/13/02, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 2002/10/13 07:22 PM or thereabouts, Christopher BJ Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] intoned: Again, this problem is easily avoided by using octave-transposing clefs for octave-transposing instruments. - Darcy But that brings up another

Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 5:42 AM -0400 10/14/02, Darcy James Argue wrote: However, I believe that octave-transposing clefs are becoming more common even in transposed scores, and sometimes even in the instrumental parts. For instance, nowadays I sometimes see the 8vb treble clef used in guitar music. - Darcy Hmm,

Re: [Finale] One Buck Forty or Die

2002-10-14 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 8:02 AM -0400 10/14/02, Phil Daley wrote: September 24, 2002 By John C. Dvorak - Opinion from PC Magazine Man this pisses me off! My comments to follow. It's rampant. The new P2P systems, such as KaZaA and Morpheus, have picked up where Napster left off, and blank CDs now outsell

OT: Re: [Finale] One Buck Forty or Die

2002-10-14 Thread David W. Fenton
[I put an OT in the subject line, as this is definitely off-topic] On 14 Oct 2002 at 8:02, Phil Daley wrote, quoting John Dvorak: September 24, 2002 By John C. Dvorak - Opinion from PC Magazine It's rampant. The new P2P systems, such as KaZaA and Morpheus, have picked up where Napster

OT: Re: [Finale] One Buck Forty or Die

2002-10-14 Thread David W. Fenton
[I put an OT in the subject line, as this is definitely off-topic] On 14 Oct 2002 at 8:02, Phil Daley wrote, quoting John Dvorak: September 24, 2002 By John C. Dvorak - Opinion from PC Magazine It's rampant. The new P2P systems, such as KaZaA and Morpheus, have picked up where Napster

Re: [Finale] One Buck Forty or Die

2002-10-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 09:53 AM 10/14/02 -0400, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: By John C. Dvorak - Opinion from PC Magazine Man this pisses me off! My comments to follow. Don't stress. Dvorak's been around a long time, and I think his reputation is all that's carrying him now. Like a lot of computer geeks washing up

[Finale] Re: One Buck Forty or Die

2002-10-14 Thread One of the McKays
Young people I know who download stuff from the net also buy plenty of CDs. Some of them seem to buy as many CDs as they ever did, and some of them seem to buy more than before. [I know a few oldies who also use these napster thingies, but not many] David McKay [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread Éric Dussault
Le lundi, 14 oct 2002, à 09:00 America/Montreal, Christopher BJ Smith a écrit : At 5:42 AM -0400 10/14/02, Darcy James Argue wrote: However, I believe that octave-transposing clefs are becoming more common even in transposed scores, and sometimes even in the instrumental parts. For

[Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread John Howell
I passed the question on to the Bandchat list, asking what directors found actually printed in scores and parts. The following replies are instructive. *** A question has been raised on the Finale List regarding whether to notate an Eb contra-alto clarinet part in bass clef at

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
What is a contra-alto clarinet? Is it what we call a contrabass clarinet? All the best, Lawrence http://lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] contra-alto clarinet bass clarinet discussion

2002-10-14 Thread Lori Sutherland
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 05:46:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Eden - Lawrence D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Listers, What is the best way to write a Contralto Clarinet part for the average high school player? Should I write the part as if it were a bass part and have the contra pretend the part is in

[Finale] How to get partial slash, partial regular notation?

2002-10-14 Thread Blueyedtam64
My understanding is I am supposed to use "Staff attributes" to convert part of a staff from regular to slash notation, or vice versa. I must first select the measures I want to convert, at then select the notation choice. At least that's my understanding. In one of the stupid little things it

Re: [Finale] How to get partial slash, partial regular notation?

2002-10-14 Thread Mr. Liudas Motekaitis
Staff Styles, selecting only the measures you want to change. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 6:24 PM Subject: [Finale] How to get partial slash, partial regular notation? My understanding is I am supposed to use Staff

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Phil Daley
At 10/14/2002 01:04 PM, John Howell wrote: When Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet parts are available with the score, they have always been (from my experience) published in transposed treble clef. Players only use tuba parts when they are not available. Yes, additionally, Bari-sax parts can be

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Phil Daley
At 10/14/2002 12:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a contra-alto clarinet? Is it what we call a contrabass clarinet? No. A Contra-alto is an octave below a alto clarinet. A Contra-bass is an octave below a bass clarinet. Phil Daley AutoDesk http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 12:39 PM 10/14/02 -0400, Phil Daley wrote: At 10/14/2002 12:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is a contra-alto clarinet? Is it what we call a contrabass clarinet? No. A Contra-alto is an octave below a alto clarinet. Also called Eb bass clarinet. Dennis

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Thanks for your replies, I know the two instruments (possibly erroneously) as a contrabass in Eb and contrabass in Bb. This may be a British thing, or may just be me being wrong! Thanks again, All the best, Lawrence http://lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] How to get partial slash, partial regular notation?

2002-10-14 Thread Tim Thompson
And, if you want partial measures in slash notation, turn on select partial measures (edit menu), and use staff styles: slash notation. On 10/14/02 12:26 PM, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Staff Styles, selecting only the measures you want to change. - Original Message

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 12:59 PM 10/14/02 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know the two instruments (possibly erroneously) as a contrabass in Eb and contrabass in Bb. Here are the spoken names for the Eb/Bb clarinets as I learned them in the US: Eb Bb Eb alto Bb bass Eb bass Bb contrabass Eb contrabass To me,

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2002-10-14 Thread Darcy James Argue
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Re: [Finale] Treble clef with 15 was: Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread David H. Bailey
I am confused by your statement that there is only one ledger line between each pair of staves... How can that be between the 15va treble and the treble? The ledger line above the treble clef would be an A, which can't be the ledger line below the 15va treble. There would have to be two

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread David H. Bailey
There are two flavors of clarinets lower than the normal Bb bass clarinet, and their terminology seems to get somewhat hazy. One of them is pitched in Eb and sounds an octave lower than the Alto clarinet and the other is pitched in Bb and sounds an octave lower than the Bass clarinet. The Eb

Re: [Finale] How to get partial slash, partial regular notation?

2002-10-14 Thread David H. Bailey
People have been speaking of using staff styles. Which version of Finale are you using? They have only been around since Finale2000 (if memory serves me properly) so if you are using Finale98 or earlier, you won't have any idea what they are talking about. In versions before Finale2000, you

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread David H. Bailey
John Howell wrote: Back to me. Could someone contact David and give him the subscription information? Since everything got screwed up in the changeover to Mailman, I don't trust myself to have accurate information. Thanks! John I already sent that information (I just copied and pasted

re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Henry Howey
This was the favorite type of contra clarinet of Mark Hindsley at the U of Illinois. He used them exclusively as a true bass to a section of b-flat and bass clarinets. If he could avoid them, he did not use E-flat or alto clarinet parts, preferring to use low register mezzo-soprano or bass

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread John Howell
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Here are the spoken names for the Eb/Bb clarinets as I learned them in the US: Eb Bb Eb alto Bb bass Eb bass Bb contrabass Eb contrabass Whoa!! The lowest clarinet I'm aware of is (to borrow tuba and organ terminology) the BBb contrabass, usually metal and folded up

[Finale] Re: TAN: Anomalies in 'Le Sacre...'

2002-10-14 Thread Colin Broom
- Original Message - From: Mark D. Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] I checked with a colleague who has conducted the piece. He confirmed that our interpretation of the flute part is correct. (Rereading your note, Colin, I believe you were describing the same thing I was, but in different

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 03:33 PM 10/14/02 -0500, John Howell wrote: Are you saying there's an EEb contrabass even lower? Are you sure? Big, metal, heavy, and with its own floor peg. I finally saw one in real life at a concert at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam about 10 years ago -- it was the Louis Andriessen piece Hout,

[Finale] Re: Transposed vs. concert pitch.

2002-10-14 Thread shirling neueweise
From: Christopher BJ Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...I haven't figured out how to get staves' settings to be different from the default without changing them individually after exiting the Wizard. i'm not sure if you want to change specific instrument default settings to always have clef x when

[Finale] Re: Text blocks - any way to mirror them?

2002-10-14 Thread shirling neueweise
From: Phil Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] I discover that text blocks that I add to the master staff don't get mirrored. sounds like a job for either a note-attached shape expression, or measure-attached shape expression assigned with a staff list [until finale's text tool is improved in exactly this

Re: TAN: Anomalies in 'Le Sacre...' Score (was Re: [Finale] Clefrefuses to display)

2002-10-14 Thread shirling neueweise
a look at the two piano reduction - by igor himself - would likely clear up the confusion regarding 'proper' register in at least some of the cases. jef -- shirling neueweise \/ new music notation specialists mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] :.../ http://newmusicnotation.com

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2002-10-14 Thread Matthew Hindson fastmail account
I see that Coda have created Finale Guitar - probably a sensible move one would think, given the large number of guitar players out there. An interesting thing in their advertising is that they state: LISTEN The ultimate way to proof. Every nuance of your performance plays back. Tempo

Re: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Ken Durling
On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 19:31:11 -0400, you wrote: Bass (in Bb or A, with or without extended range to written C below middle C) Ronald - Is it still possible to find a Bass in A? I remember performing the Schoenberg Suite and sure wishing I had one! Not sure how much other music there is

RE: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 07:31 PM 10/14/02 -0400, Ronald M. Krentzman wrote: As a professional clarinetist in a large regional orchestra for more than 16 years, I never have heard of an Eb Bass Clarinet. I'll take your correction. I learned of an Eb contrabass being part of the family, but never saw one. And after a

RE: [Finale] Eb contra-alto clarinet notation

2002-10-14 Thread Ronald M. Krentzman
Yes, Selmer makes one. I believe you can purchase one for a mere $7000 or so. Isn't that Suite a great piece (I assume you mean the Op.29)? I've never played the Bass part but I have done the other two. One of his more accessible pieces IMHO. Ronald M. Krentzman RM Music Preparation

Re: [Finale] How to get partial slash, partial regular notation?

2002-10-14 Thread Crystal Premo
In one of the stupid little things it does, it converts the whole thing to slash or regular. How do I make it only convert part of the staff? Using the Staff Tool, select only the measures you wish to have appear as slash notation (on my MAC: click the first one, shift click the last one)

Re: TAN: Anomalies in 'Le Sacre...' Score (was Re: [Finale] Clef refuses to display)

2002-10-14 Thread Mark D. Lew
At 11:05 PM 10/14/02, shirling neueweise wrote: a look at the two piano reduction - by igor himself - would likely clear up the confusion regarding 'proper' register in at least some of the cases. I don't think there's any confusion about the intended register. It's quite clear what he

[Finale] Thanks for help to all who responded.

2002-10-14 Thread Blueyedtam64
That was helpful. Thanks; Tammy ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale