David W. Fenton wrote:
On 2 Oct 2006 at 15:23, dc wrote:
Dennis Bathory-Kitsz écrit:
I'm not saying Speedy is preferable for anybody but me, but I know
the Finale keyboard layout so well that I don't even have to look at
the screen as I work (particularly with the added confirmation of
pitches sounding when I enter notes).
I agree with Dennis. I'm a keyboard player and a fast typist, and I
own a MIDI keyboard purchased spefically for use in Finale. But Speedy
entry with the numeric keypad is for me the fastest way of entering
music (unless I can use Hyperscribe, which allows me to practice my
C-clefs at the same time, and which is even faster). I look only at my
source, and count on the sound feedback to spot wrong notes, and
Finale's error beep for wrong rhythms. That being said, the entry of
the music itself represents only a small portion of the work,
timewise.
I'm a fast touch typist, a keyboardist with an undergraduate degree
in piano performance from a famous conservatory and a computer
professional.
I find it far, far easier to enter large amounts of music with a MIDI
keyboard than from the computer keyboard. The shortcuts laid out on
the keyboard for notes don't make any sense to me, so I have never
learned them. Why bother when I can use the keyboard layout that is
ingrained in my muscles from decades of playing the piano?
The equation may be different for different people, but I don't see
the utility in learning the insanely arbitrary keyboard shortcuts,
unless one has no possibility of ever using a MIDI keyboard for
input.
And I long ago concluded that Hyperscribe was utterly useless. I have
top-notch keyboard skills, but it takes way to much time to clean up
the transcription errors that come from the limits of human
perception that are much less precise than those of a computer.
I agree that hyperscribe is utterly useless.
One doesn't have to use the keyboard shortcuts for the pitches to use
only the computer keyboard for speedy entry. Use the cursor keys to
position the cursor and the number keys to place the proper value note.
Extremely simple and I find it far easier than moving my left hand
around on a midi keyboard, for which I am constantly having to take my
eyes off the original manuscript or the monitor when the music has
larger leaps. I'm sure if I practiced that I could get better at it,
but this way I work the same way on my desktop computer which has a midi
keyboard connected to it as when I'm working on my notebook without a
midi keyboard.
And I don't use those silly shortcuts for the pitches.
--
David H. Bailey
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