Well stated, Mr. Israels! Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/
>________________________________ > From: Chuck Israels <cisra...@comcast.net> >To: finale@shsu.edu >Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 8:55 AM >Subject: Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin > > >On Sep 22, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Patrick Sheehan <patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> Who needs courtesy accidentals? Such a crutch. Forget it! >> > >Those who value considerate and clear communication with musicians. > >Those who pay for rehearsal time. > >Those who live in a world that extends beyond the diatonic. > >Those who understand that conventions are arrived at by consensus and change >over time and are aware of and respectful of contemporary standards >(especially the more useful ones). > >Those who prefer addressing interpretive nuance over technical distractions. > >Those who respect the degree of preparation and concentration required of >skilled sight readers of complex music and want a significant proportion of >that concentration free to be trained on elements beyond questions of pitch. > >I suppose this list could be lengthened, but that's probably enough. Language >changes. Communication usually tends to become more efficient (i.e. losing the >distinction between "less" and "fewer"; the dropping of pronouns when the verb >makes the "person" clear), and sometimes becomes impoverished as in the >confused and confusing substitution of subjective and objective case as >practiced by otherwise educated contemporary speakers, "They took a photo of >George and I". > >Whatever is going on in contemporary communication, thoughtful choices are >required to make that communication clear and elegant. Awareness of and >respect for the expectations of the recipients of musical notation is part of >the equation and it's not an academic issue, it's a practical one. > >Chuck > > > > > >> Patrick J. M. Sheehan >> Music Director, Instructor: Woodlawn Arts Academy >> P. S. Music >> Host: "The Saturday Blues" on 89.5 WNIJ-FM, 1 pm - 4 pm (CST) & WNIJ.org >> 1-815-973-2317 (m) >> >> patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chuck Israels [mailto:cisra...@comcast.net] >> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:33 AM >> To: finale@shsu.edu >> Subject: Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin >> >> Perfect! Jari to the rescue again. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 20, 2012, at 1:36 AM, Jari Williamsson >> <jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote: >> >>> On 2012-09-20 02:31, Chuck Israels wrote: >>>> The most annoying is that accidentals that >>>> appeared correctly in the file now have parentheses >>>> applied to them necessitating a meticulous process >>>> of removing them - a process that is only slightly >>>> less harrowing than proof reading the file and entering >>>> the cautionary accidentals by hand. Incidentally, my >>>> plugin is set to show no parentheses even on the >>>> cautionary accidentals. >>> >>> I don't use the Cautionary Accidentals plug-in myself, but if you want >>> to remove all the parentheses from your accidentals, you can do that >>> easily in the JW Change (Beta). Accidentals->Parentheses->Hide and apply >>> on the whole document. >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Jari Williamsson >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >Chuck Israels >8831 SE 12th Ave. >Portland, OR 97202-7097 > >land line: (503) 954-2107cell phone: (360) 201-3434 > ><www.chuckisraels.com> ><www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> > >_______________________________________________ >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
