In my early days of British Army (Early 50's) the art of handwriting was known as DRYKNACKING. I found this to be widespread in the Armed Forces- Kneller Hall 1956 for instance but I do not know if it was also a "Civvy Street" name. If you were a good, fast 'dryknacker' (don't you hate the word!) you had a ready source of work- since this was before the general availability of photocopiers. A smelly purple spirit system was all that was available anywhere.
My question. Anyone know where the name DRYNACKING came from? Cheers K in OZ Keith Helgesen. Ph: (02) 62910787. Mob 0417-042171 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Sheehan Sent: Monday, 25 June 2007 1:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] New Question Either way has worked for me. I was a pencil-paper-ruler man for many years, and could always look at a section of score and hear it with my mind's eye...remember that, Dr. Deemer? It is beneficial, though, as Mr. Eden says, to have Finale playback your "theories". A brother of mine uses it as that for his jazz and big band transcriptions. At this point in time, it is also MUCH faster for me to generate a score and parts in Finale rather than the old method. However, the paper and pencil method really keeps you on task in vertical alignment, and, if you have good script, keeps you in good practice of neatness in writing and hence, reading. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence David Eden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 7:21 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] New Question > My response is this: > I write and arrange MUCH better using Finale instead of paper and > pencil. I guess my inner ear is just not advanced enough to be able to > write and know exactly how something will sound, so I rely on Finale > playback to test my "theories." > I think that Beethoven and Mozart would have used Finale if it were > available back in their day. > > > > >>The request for new topics plus the fact that there's a Mythbusters >>marathon >>going on got me thinking about confirming or busting a notation myth. I've >>heard many composers state that composing/arranging on paper with pencil >>is >>not only preferable but artistically "better" than composing directly into >>a >>computer notation application. >> >>What are your thoughts? Discuss. >> >>-Rob >> >>-- >>Dr. Rob Deemer >>Composer/Conductor >>www.robdeemer.com >>www.myspace.com/robdeemer >> >>Assistant Professor >>Composition Department Chair >>School of Music >>SUNY-Fredonia >> >>The Composer Next Door >>Producer/Host >>KCSC-FM >>www.thecomposernextdoor.org >>_______________________________________________ >>Finale mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
