When I print parts, I often do some reformatting I would NOT like in
the original score. However, I often correct or re-arrange some
notes, and it would be very nice to have them automatically corrected
in the score, as well. Also, added articulations and such. Or I find
a faulty lyric in an extracted leadsheet. Wouldn't it be nice if it
was corrected in the full score, as well?
So - the best link, in my opinion, would be to have everything linked
- but not formatting and all things related. Maybe there could be an
option or a diologue box when saving it, as "would you like to update
your changes into the full score?"...
That would be great!
Kurt
At 21:11 14.12.2005, you wrote:
David's post says it all. I especially like :
David W. Fenton wrote:
...
When I was teaching at NYU, I always used to say that the best way
to proofread the materials I was handing out to students was to
make 50 copies of it and then read it -- at that point, every
single error would stand out. Then I'd fix it and toss the original
50. The proofing never seemed to be as effective until I'd
committed to making the photocopies.
I thought I was the only one. Reminds me of the last orchestral
piece I wrote. I painstakenly poured over each part, printed them
and sent them on to the orchestra. Then I was copying them as PDFs
onto a laptop to take with me to the first rehearsal with a small
printer (just in case a part had gotten lost or left at home by
someone). I could not believe my eyes when the first part - piccolo
- popped up with it's first entrance in BASS CLEF and about twenty
leger lines!!!. (When I had inserted a timpani cue I must have
inadvertandly grabbed a few extra bars for the clef.) I corrected
and reprinted it and, just before the rehearsal the next morning
brought it to the player (who had gamely written names above the
notes on the bad part).
Nothing points out mistakes like a printer and on-site use, for some
reason. Dynamic linking wouldn't help in the above situation, but
I do face a huge project in which I have done hundreds of changes to
an orchestral work that has already been performed. I'm not looking
forward to re-extracting the parts, but I have no other choice. The
old parts will help save time, but it will still take days. I will
welcome the future dynamic linking, (or however the score-part
connection will work) with an open checkbook.
Raymond Horton
Louisville Orchestra
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