Bill, I, too, have had a confusing time with the major and minor transpositions, etc. until I encountered an instructor whose rule of thumb is to ignore the minor key signatures and work with the major as though they are simply numbers of sharps or numbers of flats which seems to avoid the awkwardness of major or minor.
Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ >________________________________ > From: bill sinclair <billsi...@aol.com> >To: finale@shsu.edu >Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:36 AM >Subject: [Finale] Awkward key signature menu > >They have a really awkward feature that I wish would be fixed - - - > >When you request a key signature, it makes a distinction between a >major key and a minor key with the exact same pattern of sharps and >flats. For example, they call C minor a DIFFERENT key signature than E >flat major. > >Why even give it a name? There should be only 15 choices 1-7 sharps, >1-7 flats or NONE. Instead they make you do about 30 choices. you have >the 12 keys, but there are TWO name for 3 of them. > >This creates a lot of confusion. Whether you transpose the notes or not >should be a option which is checked or unchecked. Instead they call it >"other." There are lots of situations where you want to change the key >signature, but keep the note pitches the same. > >This could be put on a greatly simplified menu. For example: >1) no of sharps or flats, and >2) what kind it is: sharp or flat, or non-standard. >3) three check boxes: No tranpose, enharmonic, or diatonic. > >By non-standard I mean a melodic minor for example. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
