I could not agree more. Chuck
On May 1, 2013, at 10:48 PM, Darcy James Argue <[email protected]> wrote: > Best workaround — turn off chord playback globally, create your own piano > realization, and put it in a hidden layer. > > Finale's chord symbol playback is TERRIBLE — chord-to-chord voice-leading is > completely ignored. The fact that it doesn't work with HP is honestly the > least of it. Just write a simple piano part and hide the notation. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > On May 2, 2013, at 1:19 AM, Craig Parmerlee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK, this is probably a bug that has no fix, and maybe I'm the only >> person in the world who thinks this is important. >> >> When writing for jazz piano, I usually just put in enough notes to >> suggest a style and let the piano player use his own comping skills, >> which are almost always better than anything I would write out. So I >> depend on the chords in the playback -- not for a realistic comping >> sound, but just as a check on the harmonic framework to make sure the >> other instruments are compatible. >> >> For a long time, I've been angry at HP because the swing values came out >> inconsistently. I just figured out what was happening was that my >> manually entered notes are swinging as they should, but HP ignores the >> swing values for any chords that are on offbeats. Obviously if I write a >> chord on an eight note offbeat, that is expected to swing just like >> notes fully written out. But HP doesn't seem to work that way. >> >> I wonder if anybody else has seen this. And I am really hoping there is >> some easy solution I have overlooked. >> >> My solution for now is to edit any of the chord definitions for chords >> entered on offbeats and make them not play at all. That is better than >> playing with bad timing. >> >> Any better workarounds? >> >> Thanks. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > Chuck Israels 8831 SE 12th Ave. Portland, OR 97202-7097 land line: (503) 954-2107 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 <www.chuckisraelsjazz.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
