Thank you for your suggestions. Michael's solution was perfect: b2, #3, #4, #6, #7 for a harmonic minor scale.
Sincerely, Patricia Spedden ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Haroldo Mauro [[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 04, 2014 9:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Finale] Harmonic Minor That is correct. But it seems that for some reason she had b8 selected instead of #7 in the Key Spelling Dialog. So I figured all she wants is to select #7. Harold On 04/07/2014, at 08:25, Giovanni Andreani wrote: > I thought that just by selecting a minor key the correct use of the sixth and > the seventh degrees would be automatically handled in the correct way > > Giovanni Andreani > >> On 4 Jul 2014, at 12:07, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Humble apologies: I inverted sharps and flats! The default spelling for >> minor keys is: >> >> b2, #3, #4, #6, #7 >> >> That should solve the problem. >> >> Michael >> >>> On 4 Jul 2014, at 06:08, Patricia Spedden <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thank you for taking the time to offer suggestions. >>> >>> I must really be doing something wrong. My dialog box does not even >>> provide the options you suggest--#2, b3, b6, or b7. I tried to send an >>> attachment with a screen shot of my dialog box, but the attachment was too >>> large to send. So, I'll list below the only options available to me in my >>> Edit Major & Minor Key Spellings dialog box: >>> >>> Minor Keys >>> Fixed Scale Step >>> Altered Scale Step >>> Raise #1 #3 #4 #6 #7 >>> Lower b2 b4 b5 b7 b8 >>> >>> The Fixed Scale Step option offers the natural minor scale form, which is >>> what you get when using Default Spelling. I see no way to change the >>> Altered Scale Steps options available to provide the needed 1-½ steps >>> between scale steps 7 & 8 to get the harmonic minor--and as you can see, >>> your suggested #2, b3, & b6 don’t appear to be available. >>> >>> Please advise. >>> >>> Patricia Spedden >>> ________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
