Not necessarily......For example, when I am writing out something, I
frequently go through and block out chords, then go back and do the
duration. And speedy also lets me play or even keep sounding the chord
before and lets me play/mess around with different voicings before
putting them into the score.
Finale is flexible enough to allow that, and that is why I continue to
use it despite the fact that the company seems to have its head up
its.......yeah
On 5/31/09 5:43 PM, John Howell wrote:
I fully realize that different people have different ways of working,
but I find this particular argument (duration before pitch or pitch
before duration) rather amusing. In hand copying (remember doing
THAT, anyone?!!), you do both simultaneously, placing a note on a line
or space and making it black or white, and then finish up the
details. And that goes clear back to monks with featers! Any
computer program breaks that down and requires doing one and then the
other. Big deal! The human mind is really a bit more flexible that
that.
I used Mosaic for years, and I honestly can't remember the order for
entry. Duration first, I think, using the number keys, then pitch
entry (which would make it more similar to Sibelius), but I honestly
can't remember how the pitch was entered, except that mousing it (as
always) was the least desirable option. (So soon we forget!!) But I
can't remember getting emotionally involved about it, either.
John
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