Is "display in concert pitch" checked? Uncheck that and the written ranges should be ok.
On Aug 9, 2012, at 5:57 AM, Neal Gittleman <nealg...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Actually D5 (sounding) is the lowest note on a >> modern piccolo, although apparently there were a >> few available in Vienna in the late 19th century >> with low C5. But no piccolo plays below that. > Not talking sounding, talking written (not score-at-concert pitch). The > lowest note the samples play is an octave above the actual lowest note of the > instrument. >> >> For horn it's more complicated. The F horn's >> high C (F5) is a practical limit, but certainly >> not a theoretical limit since that depends >> entirely on the player for ANY brass instrument. >> I agree that it's an artificial limit. (How low >> do the horn samples go?) > If you define (reasonably) high C as the practical limit, the samples end a > 5th below that. >> >> But it does seem strange to NOT extend the sample >> ranges, since it should be so easy to do so even >> if the instruments themselves can't be counted on >> to produce the notes. >> >> John >> >> >> -- >> John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music >> Virginia Tech Department of Music >> School of Performing Arts & Cinema >> College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences >> 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 >> Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 >> (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) >> http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html >> >> "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." >> (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
