On Sep 14, 2005, at 8:48 AM, dhbailey wrote:
Chuck Israels wrote:
How about regional control of HP styles?
Would others find this helpful?
Chuck
I thought we had this now, with the Apply HP plug-in? Isn't that
how it's supposed to work -- select a region, set HP as you want it
and then apply it, then select a different region, set HP
differently as you wish, then apply it?
Well, shiver me timbers! Dumb me. I must explore this.
Thank you David.
I haven't messed with it, but that's what I thought it was supposed
to do.
Or are you asking for adding HP definition to staff-styles
capability, so we can more easily edit it and apply a staff-style
which would define HP to do something like swing, and then apply a
different staff-style with HP set to play straight, so that Green
Dolphin Street or Night In Tunisia sorts of pieces would work?
Yeah, that's it, but maybe the plug in can do this. I'll try it. I
just didn't know this was available. Staff styles might be a good
way to implement this, as that tool is already set up for partial
measure selection, and that kind of fine control would be a good
thing. There are many circumstances in which a few notes need to
swing, and a few need to be played straight, or a melody needs gentle
swing and eighth notes in a simultaneous bass line need to be
straight. This happens constantly in the kind of music I play and
write, and I have become inured to the fact that Finale's playback
does not express this kind of nuance. Being able to get it closer to
actual jazz musician practice would be helpful in demonstrating
problematic passages to players.
Finale has been an enormous asset to me as I dig deeper into refining
the rhythmic language of my music. I can sometimes imagine more than
I can conveniently translate into notation for others to understand.
Finale allows successive attempts at getting the rhythms right, and
I've learned a lot from the process. Most of the time, it is
possible for me to create understandable notation which will play
back what I am imagining, but to get it really close would require
the kind of control we are discussing here, and it would add to the
luxury of being able to check my work with playback.
I am much more a "notation" guy than a "playback" guy, but Finale's
improvements in this area represent a boon to my productivity.
I will play with the plug in and see what it can do before making any
requests.
thanks again,
Chuck
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David H. Bailey
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