My only addition to John’s comment would be about the MIDI octave. As far as I can hear, the MIDI Glockenspiel in FinMac 2011 sounds 2 octaves above the written notes. Which kind of shows Finale have the same ideas about Glockenspiel notation as John has.
Klaus --- On Tue, 8/3/10, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > From: John Howell <[email protected]> > Subject: [Finale] Re: 15va treble clef? > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 8:13 PM > At 7:21 PM +0200 8/3/10, Daniel Wolf > wrote: > > I'm copying a score in which the composer requires a > treble clef with a 15 above it for a prominent glockenspiel > part. I can't figure out how to get this with the clef > designer. Finale 2011, Windows machine. Before I > go with ordinary treble clefs and add the 15 as a separate > text, any suggestions would be much appreciated. > > > > > > Daniel Wolf > > My only suggestion would not be much help. For > Glockenspiel or Orchestra Bells (or Crotales) the 15va > transposition is a given and is perfectly understood (much > like the 8va basso for the string bass or the 8va for > xylophone), so indicating it in the clef is redundant and is > never done. > > As I said, that isn't at all helpful. > > John > > > -- John R. Howell _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
