I have spent just 90 minutes hands on, and it is already obvious to me that I will save loads of time on layout edits and other little niceties like cautionary accidentals. Things like cautionary accidentals, beaming, notating ties correction, multi-measure rests and many other things happen automatically according to rules you choose.
In addition, the new chord support is much more elaborate and consistent than anything in Finale. Finale separates the information entry from the information presentation. This becomes evident on chords. There is only one "major 7" chord, but once your chords are entered, you are free to choose any of the popular conventions for displaying chord names (e.g. CMaj7, Cma7, CM7, Ctriangle7 etc.) You select the display system and that's how everything displays -- automatically. I have not done a full big band chart from start to finish. I plan to do this next week. That will put Dorico (and me) to the test, as I usually begin with MIDI imports for the Rhy instruments. From what I have seen, Dorico has done a good job of handling MIDI and XML import. One thing that seems goofy with Dorico is the idea that is it hard to turn on chord symbols in a limited way. For example, I typically show all the chords for piano and guitar. I will often do simplified chords (and fewer chords) for bass. And I will show chords for horns only during solos of course. I think this is all possible in Dorico, but I don't think the Dorico folks understand how jazz notation works. This is the one case I have seen where it is probably easier to do it the 1985 way. Quoting Martin Nickless <[email protected]>: > Hi > May I just ask what may seem very simplistic but what difference > does dorico have on somebody i.e. myself that is primarily writing > big band scores and small jazz groups quartets quintets etc > to my mind finale works perfectly well for those type of projects > Martin > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 20 Apr 2018, at 13:17, Robert Patterson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I guess I don't understand how a master page set works. What advantage does >> it bring for working on a few instruments at a time? >> >> On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 5:45 AM, David H. Bailey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> Ooops -- I guess the musician in me was more powerful than the French >>> student. >>> >>> What clef does the "voilà" use? The French violin clef of course. >>> >>> David H. Bailey >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 4/19/2018 9:46 PM, Chuck Israels wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 19, 2018, at 5:18 PM, David H. Bailey <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 4/19/2018 7:58 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: >>>>>> n choose whichever instruments out of the total >>>>> original ensemble one wants to use in any particular "flow." You simply >>>>> select the instruments from the original large ensemble and viola you >>>>> have just what you need in the new flow. >>>> >>>> Unless, David, you happen to need a “voila”. >>>> >>>> :) Chuck >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> David H. Bailey >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Finale mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> Chuck Israels >>>> [email protected] >>>> (360) 201-3434 >>>> >>>> 8831 SE 12th Ave. >>>> Portland OR 97202 >>>> >>>> <chuckisraelsjazz.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Finale mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> David H. Bailey >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: [email protected]
