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Best wishes,
Michael Cook
Hello List,
My name is Allen Fisher and I am a Coda employee and occasional lurker on
this list. During the time I've been on the list, I've noticed some
complaints about Finale's default settings. Specific suggestions on what
could
be fixed!
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 18:43 -0400 9/07/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, I have tried to work this out on my own. . .
This is for a large orchestra piece.
I have a passage in 12/4 - and I want 3 staves to go into 4/4 at the same
time (bar=bar) - when I do this either the 4/4 bars
the mouse button.
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Michael Cook
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on Mac?
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the note.
Choose the first option (Leave the measure alone)
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that the notes
coincide instead of avoiding each other, uncheck collision of seconds
AND set manual positioning to clear, then apply music spacing.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 18:39 -0400 25/09/2002, David W. Fenton wrote:
I have been in the habit since Finale 3.52 or so of using Layer 1 and
4
wishes,
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a simple song, if you're prepared to accept
the layout of the music (if NotePad decides that the last measure of
your song should have a page all to itself, there's nothing you can
do about it). But it doesn't really give you an idea of what Finale
can do.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 16:20 -0500 29/09/2002, Richard Yates wrote:
Re: [Finale] BACH as a single note I prefer to rotate text by using the
Shape Designer and entering the text as a custom arrowhead, since this makes
it easier to put the text at exactly 90 degrees, or upside down. Michael
Cook
It looks great
be
useful if you needed a sloping staff.
Michael Cook
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- Turn on Special Part Extraction in the Edit menu.
- Go to Page view.
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, rest, quarter -
you can input it with only four mouse clicks.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 13:17 -0400 25/10/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You're right, the Speedy Entry method is
much better. I was trying originally to use the Simple Entry method,
but that has a LOT of snags in it.
They claim
and time signatures with
measure attributes.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 16:16 +0100 22/11/2002, Vincent Cordel wrote:
Thanks Tim for your fast answer. I do have a few more questions if
you don't mind...
Vincent,
You have two choices--
1. Do it in Finale, using staff styles to provide
, they will be beamed together.
Michael Cook
At 7:26 -0500 5/12/2002, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 06:15 AM, David H. Bailey wrote:
There is no way to do it automatically.
Not true! Michael Withers already posted the correct method, but in
the face of disinformation
Edit Clear Items, choose Measure Items and check Staff
Styles.
Michael Cook
At 8:39 -0800 14/12/2002, Bob Florence wrote:
Hello Listers:
While working on a drum part on a score, I highlighted by accident the
whole drum lime and put in one bar repeats.
I hit clear everything and then in Staff
that are also going on while you listen to a movement Mozart. In
other words, the piece was an encouragement for more audience
involvement/self-awareness.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 2:34 +0100 27/12/2002, jef chippewa wrote:
a friend recently brought up an interesting point: as far as he
knew
:
... the work may be performed by any instrumentalist(s) and the
movements may last any lengths of time.
So the original piece contains all possible arrangements for all
combinations of instruments.
Michael Cook
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to get your spacing back if you apply music spacing to the
section again, making sure that Manual Positioning is set to
Ignore.
Michael Cook
At 16:08 -0600 1/01/2003, Robert Patterson wrote:
I wanted to change a section from 4/4 to C, so I selected the
beginning of the section, chose use
and left margins.
- Drag the system where the coda begins up to the same level as the
other system.
That's all. No need to add the brackets, key signature, etc.: they're
already there.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
- Move the margins of the
At 16:43 +0100 4/01/2003, Jörg Peltzer wrote:
Hello list
Checking Include Fonts when exporting an EPS graphic from Finale
may have some action unknown to me. What it doesn't do is include the
fonts (I don't know why).
So you just need to make sure that your publisher has the necessary
fonts downloaded to the printer.
Michael Cook
At 16:05 +0100 6
point, or play a short loop over and
over again.
Michael Cook
At 22:11 -0500 7/01/2003, Ken Wilson wrote:
Anyone know of Mac software that will take a snip of music, say an MP3 file,
and play it back very slowly - - as in trying to transcribe a fast jazz
solo?
Thanks.
Ken Wilson
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uses) - a space will do fine. I use this
technique for Finale examples in Word documents: if I forget the
invisible Maestro character, my printer replaces the Maestro font
with Courier.
Michael Cook
At 15:14 +0100 7/01/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for your help.
Unfortunately, it doesn't
In Finale Mac 2002, in the Other Options part of Program Options,
there is a setting called Use Navigation Services. If this setting
is on (which is the default option), there should be a checkbox for
Append File Extensions at the bottom of the Save dialog.
Michael Cook
At 14:53 -0800 12/01
ECDG
GDEC
EDCG
GDEC
I'm pretty sure the third line should read CEDG
not EDCG.
Stan Lord
MusicByte
London
For another version, see
http://www.bigben.freeservers.com/chimes.html
or listen to
http://www.clockpeddler.com/westminster.mp3
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, if the text item is only one line of text there's no need
to make a shape expression: make a text expression, choose Enclose
Expression and make the enclosure opaque with a line thickness of
zero.
Michael Cook
At 21:09 -0500 15/01/2003, Music Solutions wrote:
FinMac'03
I need to place small text
was certainly a
note-attached one. If you replace it with a measure-attached slur,
the expression will cover it..
Michael Cook
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You should find some more information in the user manual: I'm not
sure if there were any changes between 2000 and 2003 here, but look
for Masks or White-out in the index.
Michael Cook
At 20:06 + 19/01/2003, Patsy Moore wrote:
I wrote earlier:
I've just opened Finale and read the stuff
the other systems.
Michael Cook
At 9:52 +0100 29/01/2003, Pierre Bailleul wrote:
Hi all,
Do you know a way to drag the position of a staff name in an
optimized staff system without producing a change in the entire
score?
Thanks
Pierre.
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will now be in the wrong place, so if you have a lot of
measure-attached elements you might still be better off with the
first technique.
Michael Cook
At 0:30 +0100 1/02/2003, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
A client has changed his mind and now wants a section in 6/4 which I already
did in 3/4
as
necessary to centre the digit (this will depend on the font you are
using - you might like to use Engraver Time).
Michael Cook
At 23:58 -0500 2/02/2003, Jonathan Klizas wrote:
I am sure this has been addressed numerous times but is it possible to have
a single digit representing the time signature via
, then applying Mass Edit Utilities Convert Mirrors.
Michael Cook
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Instead of using the existing 8va, create a custom smart line. This
will permit you to place the 8 wherever you want in relation to the
dashes (see Smart Line Style dialog box in the user manual).
Michael Cook
At 22:06 -0500 8/02/2003, Burt Fenner wrote:
I have a client who wants me to replace
in the Transposition part. Or maybe the staff style
itself has another clef chosen in Set to Clef.
In general, if Finale doesn't accept a clef change, Set to Clef in
the Staff Transpositions dialog is the first place to look for the
reason.
Michael Cook
At 19:46 -0500 10/02/2003, James wrote
. You could try re-installing the Maestro
Default file.
If the problem persists, even when you start with a new document
without libraries, it seems like a bug specific to the version of
Finale that you're using.
Michael Cook
At 10:26 -0500 11/02/2003, James wrote:
On 11 Feb 2003 at 9:14
someone decided
to put the Set to Clef function.
Michael Cook
At 11:33 -0500 11/02/2003, James wrote:
I'm sure by now some of you have tried the staff style, select first
clef problem I've mentioned and found that it works just fine on a
new file. All of the files I've been trying to do
of the repeat. If this seems too complicated, I
think you should just use solution a: otherwise, the performer
might consider the tie to be optional and omit it altogether.
Michael Cook
At 23:58 +0100 11/02/2003, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Here is an engraving question:
Two sections in the piece
),
and wobble being an excessive or uncontrolled vibrato.
Michael Cook
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One of the standard Finale plug-ins is Move Rests which has an
option to clear manual positioning: is that what you're looking for?
Michael Cook
At 12:21 +0100 14/03/2003, Mike Cholewa wrote:
And here is the message once more with the correct date (yes, I'm using
Forza!)
Does anybody know
I think the easiest method for entering long strings of identical
value triplets is the hands-free MIDI method. In the user manual it
can be found in chapter 16 at Speedy Entry - To enter many notes of
the same value.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 23:40 -0500 27/03/2003, D. Keneth Fowler
:
- Add new staff.
- Enter the ossia notes in the new staff.
- Choose ossia tool and double click on one of the original staves.
- The ossia dialog appears.
- At Source Staff enter the number of the new staff.
- You may now hide the new staff without making the ossia measure disappear.
Michael Cook
only need 16 or 18)
just as small. This is just one of the old engraving tricks which
help to make good-looking, readable scores. (And don't forget: most
Dover scores are straight reprints of Peters and the like)
Michael Cook
At 9:36 -0400 11/06/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
C'mon Darcy - I can
the
apparent loss of tone is an illusion since, like all matters of
balance, it is instinctively rectified by the players; whereas on the
contrary a certain variation of timbre can indeed be detected and
must surely be a positive gain.
Michael Cook
At 18:47 -0400 12/06/2003, David H. Bailey wrote
be a space so it won't show up on the
page, but it should force Finale to download Petrucci to the printer.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
(By the way, include fonts doesn't work: the fonts just don't get
included. This is an ancient bug: if MakeMusic can't cure it I think
they should at least
of of a good singing teacher.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 22:15 -0400 4/09/2003, Cecil Rigby wrote:
My vote is for flute, mezzo, piano- it just seems *right* to me.
your mileage may vary!
As to range, a good mezzo can go from g-g# below mid C up to around an A or
Bb above C'. Again, YMMV
function (file menu)
to create a page format library. Then load this library into your
score file and extract the parts again.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 15:41 +1000 20/09/2003, helgesen wrote:
I have just read my previous question. In case it's not clear, what I am
after is to reset
The Move Rests plug-in (it's one of the standard ones).
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 8:45 -0400 23/09/2003, Éric Dussault wrote:
Am I overlooking something, or isn't there any way to remove all rests
adjustments in one go for a whole document? There must be something out
there to get the rests
grace notes, make sure that Finale never
spaces that measure again.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 19:06 -0400 22/09/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Using Finale 2003 on a Mac, I find that grace notes are often too
far away from the notes they precede. HOWEVER...after I use special
tools to nudge
if there was a document option that took care of this
automatically. I put this on my last list of feature requests and
I'll put it on the next one: ask for it as well and maybe MakeMusic
will consider putting it on the list of priorities.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 6:58 +0100 7/11/2003, d. collins
to the
right and the 32nd rest to the left so that they exchange positions.
And if you think (as I do) that Finale ought to be able to handle
this with a simple setting in Document Options, write to MakeMusic
about it.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 13:08 +0100 18/11/2003, Ole Buck wrote:
David:
Ok
of the normal staff.
You'll also need to reduce the size of the notes with Mass Edit.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 19:16 +0100 26/11/2003, Giovanni Andreani wrote:
Hello,
is there nya way to reduce for example one measure to 70%, having the others
at 90% all in the same staff, without creating a new
in Simple entry with a keystroke (A in 2002
and 2003; in 2004 you can program your own keystroke).
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 16:08 +1100 28/11/2003, helgesen wrote:
Is there a way- in simple entry, to enter a cautionary diatonic accidental?
Situation is, last quaver bar 3 = F#, first quaver
in that
particular system get respaced.
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Michael Cook
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Hold it! If you use the insert systems command, Finale keeps the
optimization with the music, so there's no need to re-do optimization
for the existing systems. The insert systems command was created
for just this sort of situation.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 16:02 -0500 30/11/2003, David
a plug-in for this.
If you're using 2004, I imagine the quickest way to write the passage
would be to do this: enter the first measure with the correct rhythm,
copy it the required number of times using mass edit, then change the
notes using the repitch tool.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 12
Mark, do you have Finale 2004? If so, you can use the new Repitch
tool in Simple entry to do exactly what you describe but with one
keystroke instead of four: just type the new pitches with the alpha
characters.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 19:34 -0800 11/01/2004, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Jan 11
, there are different tricks: let me
know the exact situation and I can give you a technique to achieve
what you want.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 11:39 -0500 12/01/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Finale List:
Is it possible to reduce the size of individual clefs, time signatures
with the original one,
thus bringing all the reduced-size time signatures onto the correct
position on the staff.
NB You can use the same technique to produce extra large time
signatures that go over more than one staff.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
Michael:
Thanks so much for your help. Yes
time for the display time signature and check the Abbreviate box.
I just tried this out: the non-breaking space left enough room to put
in a time signature at 75%.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 12:39 -0500 13/01/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks to all, in particular Michael Cook for you
time
signature.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 13:04 +0200 6/02/2004, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
Please consider the following: The large wind orchestra score has several
time signature changes. Among these are sections of measures in 5/4 time.
The composer, via dotted barlines within these 5/4
Mass Edit Utilities Explode music will do this. Select:
Split Into 1 Staves
One Note Per Staff
Explode Direction: Top Down
Extra Notes: Discard
Place Music Into: Existing Staves Starting With Staff [name of staff]
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 15:05 +0100 15/02/2004, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
Does
.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 15:29 -0500 17/02/2004, Darcy James Argue wrote:
On 17 Feb 2004, at 08:17 AM, Colin Broom wrote:
The only way I can think to do this is to force the time signature to show,
and its cautionary using the measure tool, then create a staff style that
hides the time
don't need to bother with a plug-in. This also avoids any possible
problems with parentheses. I'm afraid I have no idea why the plug-in
should put parentheses on existing accidentals and I don't know of a
way to automatically remove the parentheses.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 21:51 -0500 20/02
that uses chromatic transposition, the unnecessary accidentals only
show up in the speedy frame.
I don't know why this works like this, but I guess that if you need
chromatic transposition you're stuck with using the plug-in.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 3:41 -0500 21/02/2004, Darcy James Argue
This isn't rare at all: operas are full of words that go across rests
(have a look at a score of Il Barbiere di Siviglia or La
Traviata). It's normal to keep the hyphens going under the rests.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
At 21:54 +0200 22/02/2004, Mr. Liudas Motekaitis wrote:
This is extremely
To get what you want, change the key signature of the middle passage
from Bb minor to Db major. Make sure that Hold notes to original
pitches chromatically is checked.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
Hey folks,
The way Finale treats key sigs seems off to me. Maybe
it's following conventionn, maybe
it to.
- But here's another weird thing: if I add a new staff to the KeyBug
file and turn on independent key signatures for this staff, its key
signature changes to two flats.
I trust you have sent these files to WinSupport: they are certainly corrupted.
Best wishes,
Michael Cook
Can someone
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