Re: [Finale]

2004-04-23 Thread Raymond Horton
Which story? RH - Original Message - From: "Christopher BJ Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] > At 8:04 PM -0400 4/23/04, Christopher BJ Smith wrote: > >At 7:27 PM -0400 4/23/04, Darcy James Argue wrote: > >>An a

Re: [Finale] Chase from first measure not working correctly

2004-05-10 Thread Raymond Horton
- Original Message - From: "Jim Mays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > In other words, "Chase from the first measure" doesn't seem to work as > advertised. > Never has, has it? Frustrating. RH ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.

Re: [Finale] Trombone clef in early music

2004-05-14 Thread Raymond Horton
I teach tenor clef, Bb treble clef, and usually alto clef to all my high school students. We do a little C treble, too. With some we do F horn treble, but that gets a little rebellion sometimes. RH - Original Message - From: "David H. Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[Finale] Playback in Fin2004

2004-05-01 Thread Raymond Horton
As a Windows 2004B user I hesitate to offer any advice to Mac complainees, but to those who are staying away from 2004 because of playback hangs: Human playback is tricky and seems to be both processor- and memory- hungry. It can be both remarkable and aggravating. But you don't have to be afraid

Re: [Finale] Re: Clefs

2004-05-15 Thread Raymond Horton
Cellists don't use alto. Bass, tenor, and occasional uses 8ba treble. Horns read bass clef, two different ways. Doublebasses read bass, treble and, tenor (all 8ba). Of course, nobody else matches trombone's four clefs. But horns and trumpets have transpositions all over the place, of course. T

Re: [Finale] WinFin 2004

2004-04-27 Thread Raymond Horton
out of the many that have been improved. It is not perfect. But it is a grand move ahead. Except for the Lyric extensions. I still miss the plugin. But I can get around it. Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger, Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra - Original Message - From: "David

Re: [Finale] Grace notes aren't v-aligning in layers

2004-04-28 Thread Raymond Horton
This will probably restart some of the discussions to which you refer, but some styles dictate that all grace note stems should be up. See the flute and picc grace notes in Stravinsky's "Le Sacre." RH - Original Message - From: "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Se

Re: [Finale] How do I stop playback re-articulation for tied notes?

2004-06-10 Thread Raymond Horton
Don't use the slur tool for ties! Use it for slurs! In Simple Entry, use the Tie thingie near the bottom (shows two notes tied together). Even better: in Speedy Entry (Speedy is always better), use the equal sign to tie forward, Ctrl= to tie backwards. Ray Horton - Original Message -

Re: [Finale] It's not only Fin and Sib!

2004-06-12 Thread Raymond Horton
I'd want to hear more about the limitations. Ease of use is great, but Finale is easy, most of the time. I imagine Sibelius is, too, most of the time. It's the times it's NOT easy to use that is the problem. If Overture is an easier to use, but more limited program, I'd like to hear more about

Re: [Finale] To beam or not to beam? (was: Basic guide to vocal

2004-06-22 Thread Raymond Horton
Like it or not, folks, Harold is exactly right about the British convention with the tied eighths. The music makes that clear. And Guy, if you are avoiding all choral music with modern beams, you are missing a LOT of good music. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of

Re: [Finale] Finale 2005 development cycle?

2004-06-25 Thread Raymond Horton
I agree. I have WinFin2003 and 2004b both loaded on my machine, and I vastly prefer 2004. The tremendous improvements in the Expression editor, the possibilities with Human Playback are just two areas I can't imagine giving up now that I'm used to having them. When I use 2003, (to make a file f

Re: [Finale] Articulation tool

2004-06-27 Thread Raymond Horton
Then, for the last 5 or 10 months, you've both missed the delightful possibilities of Human Playback, the ability to make a wav file for a CD in seconds, plus all the major improvements in text blocks, expressions, all because you've been scared off by reports of a few bugs that haven't slowed many

Re: [Finale] OT: typographic standards

2004-07-07 Thread Raymond Horton
"Rendezvous?" Great word. Great possibilities. Quite romantic. RBH - Original Message - From: "Mark D Lew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: typographic standards > On Jul 7, 2004, at 5:28 PM, Christopher Smi

Re: [Finale] playing it in

2004-07-09 Thread Raymond Horton
> 4) Finale's quantization routine (as most quantization routines are) is > very strict -- if you set it to recognize nothing smaller than 16th > notes, that's what you'll get, even if the organist plays a 32nd-note > run. On the other hand, if you set it to recognize 32nd notes, it may > well int

Re: [Finale] Accidentals in twelve-tone music...

2004-07-18 Thread Raymond Horton
You are getting too concerned here about a very small matter. The oboe line is very simple to read as is, with the F# - F nat. Use enharmonics when they make sense or make the line significantly easier, but no need to make things MORE complicated. Ray Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra

Re: [Finale] Accidentals in twelve-tone music...

2004-07-18 Thread Raymond Horton
I _strongly_ doubt that the composer's thoughts will translate differently through the performer written as a augmented 2nd rather than a minor 3rd. This would be easy to test. Set up performers behind a screen, have them play several examples, notated several different ways, played by several di

Re: [Finale] "Crazy For You" full score?

2004-07-23 Thread Raymond Horton
easily on somebody's computer. Nobody cares. Raymond Horton, Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra >... The orchestral parts for "My Fair Lady" > are--surpise!--actually typeset, but still have lots of errors and a > great many notations that do NOT match the piano-conduct

Re: [Finale] "Crazy For You" full score?

2004-07-23 Thread Raymond Horton
You" full score? > At 5:50 PM -0400 7/23/04, Raymond Horton wrote: > >I've played "My Fair Lady" twice - once in high school, with the old MS > >parts, and once, about ten years ago, with the Kentucky Opera Association > >(as a regular opera production in

Re: [Finale] [OT] international pitch nomenclature--muddying thewaters

2004-07-25 Thread Raymond Horton
Some intentionally label larger bore Eb tubas EEb. It makes no sense relative to pitch nomenclature, but is an effort to differentiate bore size only. Undoubtedly ill-advised, causing more confusion than eliminating. Ray Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra (and proud owner of a nice litt

Re: [Finale] Re: [OT] international pitch nomenclature

2004-07-26 Thread Raymond Horton
reatise on Instrumentation_) wrote that they were better played on euphonium. Another exception are the Buccine parts in Respighi's _Pines of Rome_, usually played on trombone, that are also in Bb Bass Clef. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra - Original Message - From:

Re: [Finale] Re: [OT] international pitch nomenclature

2004-07-26 Thread Raymond Horton
risk of confusing the player as to whether the part is in concert pitch or not, so it should be made clear: "Tuba 1 (F - concert pitch); Tuba 2 (C)" but the players may, of course, choose different instruments anyway! Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra > John

Re: [Finale] [OT] international pitch nomenclature (transposing instruments tangent)

2004-07-27 Thread Raymond Horton
Right! I had forgotten about the "Bb Bass Saxhorn" French tradition. All those old solos from Alphonse Leduc came with a concert pitch bass clef part, a Bb bass clef part, and some with a Bb treble part also. (Tell me, do the string bass players really play those solos sounding an octave lower?)

Re: [Finale] free pdf writer

2004-07-29 Thread Raymond Horton
I hadn't seen this before. It works great! Last night I spent 10 minutes altering a file to send it as a TIF in a MSWord doc. That results in a file that doesn't look great, and not everyone can successfully open. Today I spent 10 seconds making a much better-looking PDF that anyone can open.

Re: [Finale] free pdf writer

2004-07-29 Thread Raymond Horton
Both Finale files and MSWord doc files, saved first as PDFs using CuteWriter, print great for me. Ray Horton > At 06:56 AM 7/29/04 -0400, Phil Daley wrote: > > > >Don't know how good it is. >Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [Finale] Notation advice

2004-08-06 Thread Raymond Horton
> Raymond Horton writes: > > > Repeating the threes doesn't matter either way, nobody > > misreads those, and they're easier to leave in in Finale than to take out. > >Jari Williamsson write: > > First, why should the music output be controlled by what'

Re: [Finale] change channel

2004-08-23 Thread Raymond Horton
Thanks Linda! I, for one, would tend to forget all about assigning different channels to different layers. That is much easier. Particularly, the biggest limitation of changing channels with expressions is that on playback from the middle of a piece the staff would inevitably be on the wrong cha

Re: [Finale] Arrangement, Orchestration or Transcription?

2004-08-25 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: On 25 Aug 2004 at 11:41, Andrew Stiller wrote: What about piano to concert band? What would you call that (other than the generic "arrangement"? -- David W. Fenton The term "bandstration" has been in widespread use for over 40 years. And you're advocating the u

Re: [Finale] Page turn symbol/notation?

2004-08-27 Thread Raymond Horton
ut PLEASE not V.S. when it's not. The players really do complain about that every time it is used incorrectly. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] div wind parts

2005-05-02 Thread Raymond Horton
the lower part. The easiest thing for me to do is to just play 2nd and not say anything about it. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 10:34 AM 5/2/05 -0400, John Howell wrote: If they're essentially homophonic, one staff should work. If they

Re: [Finale] TAN: treble clef in 18th century cello parts

2005-05-03 Thread Raymond Horton
n published parts changed it to tenor clef). (Signing off to try GPO with the new DIMS (now up to 2 Gig total) that just arrived on my doorstep. I'm so excited!) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@

Re: [Finale] TAN: treble clef in 18th century cello part

2005-05-03 Thread Raymond Horton
Sure, send both. I'll give you my email privately. My son is quite accomplished, although not really a history buff on the instrument, but I see knowledgeable bass players daily who may know the work. Please give the full context again, as i was dozing the first time around. Once, as a high

Re: [Finale] Treble clef in Cb part

2005-05-05 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: If the 15ba performance is forced on modern players by the notes available to them, then I really think they oughtn't play the damned thing! It really does sound that bad! I seriously doubt this. Modern bass players can play things that bass players 200 years ago wou

Re: [Finale] OT: HYMNS vs PRAISE CHORUSES, PART 2

2005-05-17 Thread Raymond Horton
Phil Daley wrote: An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church. He cam home and his wife asked him how it was. "Well," said the farmer, "It was good. They did something different, however. They sang praise choruses instead of hymns." This one is best if you dem

Re: [Finale] Where is GPO Studio?

2005-06-13 Thread Raymond Horton
hing else, all in one continuous install. I chose the option to install everything when given the choice, early in the installation procedure. Perhaps Garritan is now selling GPO without the "Extra Programs" disk? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, (occasional arranger, composer) Louisvil

[Finale] half rests in 6/4?

2005-06-28 Thread Raymond Horton
I know that it is generally felt that one should not, in the best of company, use half rests in 3/4 time. How about 6/4? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, occasional arranger and composer Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] half rests in 6/4? - back to the original question, please!

2005-06-29 Thread Raymond Horton
see a half rest in 3/4 in a published work, but it is a rule that is often broken. I don't know if this is the same type of situation. Please don't let me down this time, folks! Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu htt

Re: [Finale] half rests in 6/4?

2005-06-29 Thread Raymond Horton
Chuck Israels wrote: On Jun 29, 2005, at 6:45 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: (the "I want to live in America" effect I don't remember how Bernstein wrote this, but I'd write it with one combined time signature 6/8 and 3/4 and think that that was pretty clear. It seems cluttered to change ti

Re: [Finale] half rests in 6/4? - back to the original question, please!

2005-06-29 Thread Raymond Horton
You are correct that the question was answered, once, but I was hoping for a consensus. Thanks for the summary. RBH Darcy James Argue wrote: On 29 Jun 2005, at 9:28 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: And, so far, my question hasn't been answered with any degree of consensus by the exper

Re: [Finale] half rests in 6/4?

2005-06-29 Thread Raymond Horton
It is quite proper to use a 3/2 bar in the middle of a 4/4 work, using a quarter note pulse, with the intention of keeping the quarter note pulse but the 3/2 divided 2+2+2. This is done quite correctly and frequently, not constantly. But that does not keep it from being very confusing to the

Re: [Finale] Hey! What's wrong with Creston's 12/12?

2005-07-07 Thread Raymond Horton
tion, and would require total explanation from conductor or composer (or ms) before any player comprehension could begin. (Man, I sound like a curmudgeon!) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, occasional composer and arranger, Louisville Orchestra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A sincere thank you for

Re: [Finale] [Tan] Take it down!

2005-07-12 Thread Raymond Horton
ke objecting to internet search engines. Searchable online list archives benefit everyone. If you're *that* concerned about copyright, then don't post here. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY Fourthed. Much ado about not t

Re: [Finale] Finale 2006 upgrade price

2005-07-13 Thread Raymond Horton
on this upgrade? Thanks for any help. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, occasional arranger and composer, Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Dare I?? O.T.

2005-07-14 Thread Raymond Horton
Joel Sears wrote: In a jazz context, "That band really sucks" means a band that's so bad it can't blow. No other meaning. Joel Sears On Jul 14, 2005, at 6:15 AM, dhbailey wrote: Okay, what's the term for words which are originally antonyms but which in certain situations mean t

Re: [Finale] Blowing O.T.

2005-07-14 Thread Raymond Horton
en "phat" and "fat". Sorry, but a quick check of Internet slang dictionaries do not agree with you that the slang "blow" is only short for "blow chunks." It seems to be as a verb most often connected with oral sex, as a noun with cocaine. Only farther down the li

Re: [Finale] Finale Sondfont and GPO, but not at the same time? (was "Makemusic's reply to my

2005-07-16 Thread Raymond Horton
Why wouldn't one be able to? I can use GPO and the Finale sound font simultaneously on WinFin2005, although the Finale sound font will not record into the GPO recorder (which makes sense, I suppose). After all the complaining about WHAT! - NO SAXOPHONES, I just was playing with adding s

Re: [Finale] GPO and string harmonics

2005-07-16 Thread Raymond Horton
GPO will include string harmonics. On the website, it looks like the "Garritan Orchestral Strings" does not, though. Does anyone know? Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailma

Re: [Finale] Blowing O.T.

2005-07-16 Thread Raymond Horton
Crystal, even though I still think your name is most certainly Phat (I believe I gushed about it once before), I really doubt that derivation. I'd be willing to bet cold cash that the word came first. RBH Crystal Premo wrote: I'm quite sure that the "pretty hot and tempting" explanation is n

Re: OFFLIST [Finale] GPO and string harmonics

2005-07-17 Thread Raymond Horton
Darcy James Argue wrote: Oh, oops. I guess that wasn't offlist after all... Sorry, MakeMusic people... - Darcy Well, the whole cat should be out of the bag soon, right? It sounds exciting. (BTW, David Froom was the one who asked the question, but thanks for the info anyway!). RBH __

Re: [Finale] Blowing O.T.

2005-07-18 Thread Raymond Horton
In the USAF band in the late '50s, one's instrument was referred to as one's "axe" for no discernable reason, It was (still is?) widespread jazz terminology--like "gig." Still is. RBH ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Blowing O.T.

2005-07-18 Thread Raymond Horton
Perhaps, but that might be supposing too much. I would think it's just a term for a tool of the trade. (Personally, I heard "axe" years before I ever heard of "woodshedding.") RBH dhbailey wrote: Raymond Horton wrote: In the USAF band in the late '50s,

Re: [Finale] Blowing O.T. - now "axe" and "chops"

2005-07-19 Thread Raymond Horton
I know a percussionist who talks about "keeping his chops in shape." RBH >>> Not a clue as to the origins of 'ax' in any case. >> >> Well, is "chops" a clue? > > >Maybe... but then what happens when you're talking about sax players? >;) Are you saying sax players don't have chops??

Re: [Finale] OT: Countertenor barred from Texas All-State Choir- damaging the instrument?

2005-07-21 Thread Raymond Horton
John Bell wrote: On 22 Jul 2005, at 01:50, Chuck Israels wrote: "Association spokeswoman Amy Lear said the group enacted the rule two years ago because of concerns that girls auditioning for tenor parts were hurting their voices by singing too low. If these old wives tales were true, more o

Re: [Finale] OT: Countertenor barred from Texas All-State Choir

2005-07-24 Thread Raymond Horton
... Eustazio was also a castrato originally. (I think the part is cut altogether in later edition.) mdl Ouch! ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Countertenor barred... OT (and long)

2005-07-24 Thread Raymond Horton
Perhaps, but about 1966 or 67 I remember that the NY Phil still had but one female non-harpist (a bass player). Raymond Horton Louisville Orchestra John Howell wrote: At 6:02 PM -0400 7/23/05, David W. Fenton wrote: I remember reading somewhere recently about the change in orchestras

Re: [Finale] Fin2006 first impressions

2005-07-28 Thread Raymond Horton
, and was always grateful to get back to Finale.) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist arranger, composer Louisville Orchestra Dan Carno wrote: At 12:02 PM 7/28/2005, you wrote: Of course, if you don't care about playback, then these features may not be of interest, but most users do care

Re: [Finale] Click Tracks with GPO

2005-07-30 Thread Raymond Horton
why. I still visit the old machine (err, and my daughter, too, of course), and the pieces I wrote on that machine sound better on it that any other setup. But I'd have to say that, overall, GPO has passed it in quality by mile. Raymond Horton David W. Fenton wrote: ... And let m

Re: [Finale] FinMac2006/GPO : How the hell do I....?

2005-08-01 Thread Raymond Horton
ecessary with GPO - I've done this in the pre-GPO past for putting a flute double in a piccolo staff. ) Hope this helps! Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist occasional arranger, composer Louisville Orchestra Darcy wrote: In GPO Full, these keyswitches are always in the octave immediatel

Re: [Finale] Is upgrading worth it?

2005-08-02 Thread Raymond Horton
ase a Mac comes walking through the door for some strange reason). Anyone have an idea when I might receive it? Raymond Horton ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT Euphonium Players On List

2005-08-03 Thread Raymond Horton
. Raymond Horton, Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Jonathan Smith wrote: Keeping up the 'Beautiful sound' I'm sure! I know Tyler Turner plays Euph and Peter Wilson who used to post to the list a while back. Just for interest, any other Euphonium players out there? And

Re: [Finale] Is upgrading worth it?

2005-08-03 Thread Raymond Horton
ase a Mac comes walking through the door for some strange reason). Anyone have an idea when I might receive it? Raymond Horton For everyone on the edge of their chair (you're out there, right?) I found out the answer to my own question. For some reason or another, my on-line order had not

Re: [Finale] OT Euphonium Players On List

2005-08-03 Thread Raymond Horton
Hi Dean, Is that the compensating one with four front action valves? I was investigating that one for a handicapped student I had, who couldn't use his left hand. Ray Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Yes, I have a lovely Wilson (sp?) Canadian Brass model, but I don't play it nearly enough. Me

Re: [Finale] OT Euphonium Players On List

2005-08-03 Thread Raymond Horton
My appologies - thought I sent this as private. Hi Dean, Is that the compensating one with four front action valves? ... ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: orchestra piece

2005-08-09 Thread Raymond Horton
gs would divide more like 12.10.8) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] US copyright question

2005-09-03 Thread Raymond Horton
Thanks to David for bringing in the name Schirmer. I assumed, but wasn't sure. Yellow I got, but the green threw me. (more later) David W. Fenton wrote: ... And many of those Schirmer editions, ... Now, if you want a publisher who is dishonest, try the one with the PINK covers. . . N

Re: [Finale] US copyright question - now OT color-coding unfairness

2005-09-03 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: That would be Kalmus, of course. Ray adds: Thanks for the first part of that sentence, David. The "of course" was not appropriate in this instance, of course! I have played as many or more bad Kalmus editions as any one else on this list. Take a look at the ba

Re: [Finale] US copyright question - now OT color-coding unfairness

2005-09-03 Thread Raymond Horton
Raymond Horton wrote: ... it gives me tremendous satisfaction to see those signs there with all the different shades of green and brown on them, but with GREEN and BROWN spelled out in the middle for the 20 or 25% percent of males who are color-deficient. I meant to check that figure

Re: [Finale] US copyright question - now OT color-coding unfairness

2005-09-03 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: The quality of some Kalmus editions is quite high, because until the last decade or so, they were all reprints of someone else's edition, most public domain, but sometimes including foreign editions that are arguably still copyrighted. ... Kalmus never did that kind of

Re: [Finale] US copyright question - now OT color-coding unfairness

2005-09-04 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: I had forgotten about the green Kalmus covers -- I never owned any of those myself, but did use many of them from teachers. Then there are the newer eggshell green glossy covers (the orchestral score series), and I'd forgotten about those. I have no memory of brown Kalmu

Re: [Finale] US copyright question - now editions

2005-09-04 Thread Raymond Horton
Ray Horton wrote: The only parts they dislike more are the old french parts with the backward quarter rests for eighth rests and other difficulties. John Howell wrote: Actually it's backward eight rests for quarter rests. We ran into that with the Saint-Saëns A Minor Cello Concerto last s

Re: [Finale] ties/accidentals over system breaks

2005-09-08 Thread Raymond Horton
Darcy James Argue écrit: I had the opposite instinct -- that a parenthesized courtesy accidental on a tied note at the beginning of a measure would not carry through the measure But what if you don't use parentheses? Then it would carry through. One more reason for not having them... Denni

Re: [Finale] The "lesser-Known Corners"

2005-09-17 Thread Raymond Horton
can be a little faster, and it can also be a change of pace to keep one from getting bored when entering notes. I also hardly ever use any of the plugins, most of which don't do anything I need. I use several of the plugins quite regularly. Anybody ever use MicNotator? Raymond Hort

Re: [Finale] Staff Paper?

2005-10-04 Thread Raymond Horton
Carlberg Jones wrote: Greetings - Without going into it myself, will someone please tell me if Finale can print just staff paper, no clefs, bar lines, etc., to user defined specifications? Thanks very much for answering this mundane question. Regards, Carlberg Absolutely! Do you need in

Re: [Finale] Staff Paper?

2005-10-05 Thread Raymond Horton
dhbailey wrote: Actually, I was wondering what sound lemmings make... The sound lemmings make is: "I vote for Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." No, that's the sound of a can of worms being opened... ___ Finale mailing list Finale@

Re: [Finale] Working with lyrics - now OT: Cleveland

2005-10-06 Thread Raymond Horton
I never lived there, but I second that emotion - Cleveland is a great town. Ray Horton. David W. Fenton wrote: On 6 Oct 2005 at 8:13, Chuck Israels wrote: OT: I lived in Cleveland Heights from 1946 to 1952, and I like Cleveland too. Here's another former Clevelander checking i

Re: [Finale] Scary bug! loose a file? or lose a file?

2005-10-19 Thread Raymond Horton
Hey folks, Please forgive me. I hesitate to do this, because I am certainly not the best speller here, nor anywhere else -and I don't have the world's best vocabulary, either, but I am going to point out a very common word mistake that I see more and more, (and not just on this forum, to be

Re: [Finale] Scary bug! loose a file? or lose a file?

2005-10-20 Thread Raymond Horton
John Howell wrote: At 12:35 AM -0400 10/20/05, Raymond Horton wrote: Hey folks, One can not "loose" a file. One can "lose" a file. Well, one can, of course, "loose" a file containing a virus or trojan horse, meaning to turn it loose to do its thing. But of

Re: [Finale] RE: bass clarinet [going TAN]

2005-10-21 Thread Raymond Horton
their instrument before they can play, they will often be left out. (One can also save a gig for those first hectic minutes when another guy's car has broken down somewhere. etc...) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist Louisville Orchestra keith helgesen wrote: Some years ago, as a high school ba

Re: [Finale] changing clefs in bass clarinet

2005-10-22 Thread Raymond Horton
John Bell wrote: There are a number of grey (or gray) areas in the field of instrumental transpositions. For instance, when I write a harmonic for double bass, I notate it at actual pitch in the treble clef. For all I know, this may be an out-of-date convention and I should be damned like S

Re: [Finale] changing clefs in bass clarinet

2005-10-22 Thread Raymond Horton
Lon Price wrote: As a woodwind player, the only practical reason that I can see for writing the bass clef for bass clar. is the avoidance of a lot of ledger lines. As a clarinet player, I'm used to seeing 3 ledger lines below the staff, and 4 above. With the modern bass clar.'s abilit

Re: [Finale] homophones (was changing clefs) now TAN grammar again

2005-10-22 Thread Raymond Horton
n this list after my earlier post - I don't want to loose face.) RBH. Christopher Smith wrote: On Oct 22, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: it really reeks havoc with the score spacing. Since I know from your recent posts that you are the kind of guy who hates to use the wron

Re: [Finale] Right-left page annoyance

2011-10-22 Thread Raymond Horton
but if I'm writing for quick segues I plan those as well. I don't usually do single charts for pops, etc, so YMMV.) Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1

Re: [Finale] Right-left page annoyance

2011-10-23 Thread Raymond Horton
Of course it is easy to change. (The only lister who implied it was not hasn't actually used Finale since sometime in the late 50s.) I still prefer, as a general rule, odd pages on the right, etc. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN

Re: [Finale] Page turns for parts

2011-11-04 Thread Raymond Horton
cannot find a place for a page turn on a brass part, chances are quite high that you are writing too much for the brass. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:18 PM

Re: [Finale] Page turns for parts

2011-11-05 Thread Raymond Horton
agree 100% about Hal Leonard and small stave size - really a problem. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:27 PM, John Howell wrote: > That's true, BUT I wo

[Finale] {Fraud?} {Disarmed} Re: Page turns for parts

2011-11-05 Thread Raymond Horton
My very first pro orchestra gig, as an 18-year old sub, had a harmon + left hand wah-wah passage with one low Db in the middle of several non-valve notes. Fortunately I remembered false tones and faked it in 6th. It's on a recording that was just re-released on Itunes. Raymond Horton

Re: [Finale] Since it has been quiet I have a question...

2011-11-08 Thread Raymond Horton
pt, line spacing and cussing with only C to C- results. There must be a better way! Thanks Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Lawrence Yates wrote: > Has t

Re: [Finale] Since it has been quiet I have a question...

2011-11-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Thanks, Mark. Sorry to be slow in acknowledging your response - usually there are more than one, and I acknowledge/discuss them all at once. Your method is better than what I was doing, but can I trust those two items will stay together in proper position? Raymond Horton On Wed, Nov 9, 2011

Re: [Finale] rehearsal letters not showing

2011-11-13 Thread Raymond Horton
Or simply check "top staff" for parts, then you won't have to concern yourself with it again. On Nov 13, 2011 7:26 AM, "Haroldo Mauro Jr" wrote: > Of course! The new instruments had to be added to the score list. Thank > you! > Harold > > > > At 12:18 +0100 13/11/11, Jari Williamsson wrote: > >On

Re: [Finale] measufre number panic

2011-11-30 Thread Raymond Horton
numbers you want to display is different then the actual page number, change "justification" or "alignment" to whatever you want, and, especially, use "Frame attributes" to determine which pages (to blank page one) and to position them right and left (using "right

Re: [Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-02 Thread Raymond Horton
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Richard Huggins wrote: > > .. A fast key combo would make SUCH a difference! > Along with that, the ability to use arrow keys and a key combo to > cause the next word to be entered, thus eliminating mouse positioning, > would be glorious. Lastly would someone > pl

Re: [Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-02 Thread Raymond Horton
I've wanted this for years! Thank you so much! Raymond Horton > > For hyphenation, I use this website: > > http://juiciobrennan.com/hyphenator/ > > You have to check the results, as it doesn't always return what you think is > right ("bless-ed" in

Re: [Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-04 Thread Raymond Horton
xcellent advice - I agree 100%. And every time I think I know the rules I am surprised by some exception. I try to find authoritative sources whenever possible. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arr

Re: [Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-04 Thread Raymond Horton
ng it normally - not so with harmony. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: > On Dec 4, 2011, at 8:58 AM, Raymond Horton wrote: > &g

Re: [Finale] Click Assignment

2011-12-04 Thread Raymond Horton
saddened to see a new engraving of it that eliminated them, as well as a few other features-not-bugs. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 11:26 PM, Mark D Lew

Re: [Finale] Printing the size of a stamp

2011-12-08 Thread Raymond Horton
could not get it to go away. The only solution then was to print to a PDF file using CutePDF. What version and platform are you? Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Thu, Dec 8, 2011

Re: [Finale] Printing the size of a stamp

2011-12-08 Thread Raymond Horton
Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote: > Raymond Horton wrote: > > ... > > > > Some have said it has something to do with mul

Re: [Finale] Printing the size of a stamp

2011-12-08 Thread Raymond Horton
, 15. The third attempt for those last several pages, printed back to back, worked fine. At no time did I change any printer settings or anything in the Finale file. In the previous times this has hit I ruled out printer settings, also. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Mini

Re: [Finale] Staff attributes question

2011-12-10 Thread Raymond Horton
An easy fix would be a "New Staff (with Setup Wizard)." Then copy everything. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 12:39 AM, Barbara Levy wrote: &g

Re: [Finale] Removing horizontal adjustments in spacing

2012-01-16 Thread Raymond Horton
Another way: Go to Document. / Document Options / Music Spacing by Manual Positioning, select "clear." Then, with Selection Tool, select the area you want, or Ctrl-A for the whole document, and re-space with Ctrl-4 or Ctrl-5, .. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestr

Re: [Finale] spacing bug?

2012-01-18 Thread Raymond Horton
WinFin 2011.r2 It behaves exactly as you describe. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Ryan wrote: > Finale 2012a > MacOS 10.5.8 > > Can

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