Aaron Sherber wrote:
At 08:48 AM 08/29/2004, dhbailey wrote: >But I am fascinated -- I use Speedy Entry all the time but the way I use >it is with my right hand on the cursor keys to place the cursor on the >correct pitch, and my left hand on the top-row number keys to define the >duration. I gave up on the 3-octave layout on the alpha keys of the >computer keyboard in short order.
Well, this just again proves the point that one of the strengths of Finale is the variety of working methods it supports. Even though I'm not a pianist, I got used to the 3-octave layout very quickly and now could not do without it. (And it takes far fewer keystrokes than your method, unless all of the music you enter moves strictly in stepwise fashion. <g>).
Aaron.
I agree about the keystrokes, but I never have to look to see where my hand is, so I can do those keystrokes far faster than I can make sure which octave and which pitch my left hand was on, using the 3-octave layout.
As for my left-hand and the note values, I place my middle finger on the preponderant note value, and can easily work from there without having to look, so I only pay attention to the original I'm working from and what is appearing onscreen, never having to look down at the keyboard.
I definitely agree that Finale has a larger selection than Sibelius in the variety of data entry methods.
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