Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale2012
Count me as one more in the Speedy club. I use Speedy Entry with the qwerty keyboard. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale2012
My setup is MIDI keyboard to my left, perpendicular to the computer keyboard and monitor. Left hand on the MIDI keyboard, right hand on the number keypad makes for very fast note entry. As the MIDI keyboard is full-size 88 keys, I can instantly enter any note in any octave, plus of course when there are multiple notes entered on the same beat it is done in a single step. To each his own, but I'm very fast using my method and like it a lot. -Lee ___ Lee Actor Composer-in-Residence and Assistant Conductor, Palo Alto Philharmonic http://www.leeactor.com -Original Message- From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Taylor Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:25 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale2012 From: "David H. Bailey"To: Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale2012 > I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently > using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the > pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. After using Finale for over 25 years and trying out all methods of note entry, I can say without any doubt that David's method is the fastest and, once you become practised at it, the most accurate. Left hand on the up/down arrows for the pitch and right hand on the number pad keys for the durations. When copying sheet music I now only need to glance at the screen every once in a while and never at my fingers - I can keep my eyes firmly on the original music for long periods and this makes it very fast indeed. There are many keyboard shortcuts and you can set up metatools to make things even faster. Taking my hand away to use a MIDI keyboard would really slow me down, as does using the mouse. Don't be tempted into thinking that scanning music or using Hyperscribe will speed things up, it doesn't. It ends up as a mess which you have to spend even more time cleaning up. > I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up > precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on > projects which have to be "just so" for a particular publisher. Here's where I differ from David and agree with Mike G. It takes a long, long time fiddling with all the settings and making expression and articulation libraries etc, before you get them the way you want. A blank template file stores them all, instantly ready for the next project. I do have one template in a particular style for a publisher, but mostly I use my own "house style". Peter ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale2012
From: "David H. Bailey"To: Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale2012 > I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently > using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the > pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. After using Finale for over 25 years and trying out all methods of note entry, I can say without any doubt that David's method is the fastest and, once you become practised at it, the most accurate. Left hand on the up/down arrows for the pitch and right hand on the number pad keys for the durations. When copying sheet music I now only need to glance at the screen every once in a while and never at my fingers - I can keep my eyes firmly on the original music for long periods and this makes it very fast indeed. There are many keyboard shortcuts and you can set up metatools to make things even faster. Taking my hand away to use a MIDI keyboard would really slow me down, as does using the mouse. Don't be tempted into thinking that scanning music or using Hyperscribe will speed things up, it doesn't. It ends up as a mess which you have to spend even more time cleaning up. > I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up > precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on > projects which have to be "just so" for a particular publisher. Here's where I differ from David and agree with Mike G. It takes a long, long time fiddling with all the settings and making expression and articulation libraries etc, before you get them the way you want. A blank template file stores them all, instantly ready for the next project. I do have one template in a particular style for a publisher, but mostly I use my own "house style". Peter --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
That's funny - I use Speedy also, but I select the value on the QWERTY, then press the pitch on the midi. Maybe you're not using a midi keyboard? So for me, it's note value first, then pitch. However, "pitch first" is great for banjos! I've gotten to be pretty adept at using 2 keyboards. I also have several templates set up for different projects. The main ones are jazz/funk band arrangements (2-5 horns + rhythm), jazz solo transcriptions, and a legit template. Linked parts has been a huge time-saver for me - so much better for my purposes than part extraction. There are no plug-ins for entering notes that I'm aware of, but there are number which are very useful once you've entered notes. I seem to use the JW Plugins every session. GizB Richmond VA |-Original Message- |From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of |Chuck Israels |Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 4:53 PM |To: finale@shsu.edu |Subject: Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012 | |And the biggest reason for my use of Speedy entry is - pitch first, then note value. |I can't wrap my head around the opposite way. Perhaps if Simple were to have |that option, I'd have reason to consider changing. | |Chuck ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
Totally agree. The only difference for me is that I use Speedy with my computer keyboard as a 3-octave keyboard (z-m, a-j, q-u) to select the pitch, rather than arrow keys. Very quick and efficient, and one of the main reasons I haven't been tempted by other notation apps. Aaron. On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Chuck Israelswrote: > And the biggest reason for my use of Speedy entry is - pitch first, then > note value. I can't wrap my head around the opposite way. Perhaps if Simple > were to have that option, I'd have reason to consider changing. > > Chuck > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Mike Greensill > wrote: > > > > I use "speedy" with a midi keyboard and find it's very, very quick for > > entering notes. Apparently the 'powers that be' at Finale much prefer > > "simple" but I just don'y see it myself. My biggest fear is that someday > > they'll dump "speedy". > > > > I use templates that I've created for almost all my projects from a full > > symphony score, to big band, to piano trio. Saves vast amounts of time > and > > everything always looks as you would like it, from the fonts used to > > personal chords suffixes, page layout etc. > > > > Mike G. > > > > www.mikegreensill.com > > > > http://www.shermusic.com/1883217768.php > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:26 AM, David H. Bailey < > dhbaile...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > >>> On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: > >>> As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of > >>> people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to > >>> input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper > >>> sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the > >>> project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi > >>> keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop > >>> manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are > >>> essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin > >> > >> I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently > >> using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the > >> pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a > >> midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using > >> Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is > >> unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get > >> are rests. > >> > >> I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up > >> precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on > > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
And the biggest reason for my use of Speedy entry is - pitch first, then note value. I can't wrap my head around the opposite way. Perhaps if Simple were to have that option, I'd have reason to consider changing. Chuck Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Mike Greensillwrote: > > I use "speedy" with a midi keyboard and find it's very, very quick for > entering notes. Apparently the 'powers that be' at Finale much prefer > "simple" but I just don'y see it myself. My biggest fear is that someday > they'll dump "speedy". > > I use templates that I've created for almost all my projects from a full > symphony score, to big band, to piano trio. Saves vast amounts of time and > everything always looks as you would like it, from the fonts used to > personal chords suffixes, page layout etc. > > Mike G. > > www.mikegreensill.com > > http://www.shermusic.com/1883217768.php > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:26 AM, David H. Bailey > wrote: > >>> On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: >>> As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of >>> people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to >>> input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper >>> sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the >>> project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi >>> keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop >>> manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are >>> essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin >> >> I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently >> using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the >> pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a >> midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using >> Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is >> unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get >> are rests. >> >> I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up >> precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
My experience exactly. Chuck Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Mike Greensillwrote: > > I use "speedy" with a midi keyboard and find it's very, very quick for > entering notes. Apparently the 'powers that be' at Finale much prefer > "simple" but I just don'y see it myself. My biggest fear is that someday > they'll dump "speedy". > > I use templates that I've created for almost all my projects from a full > symphony score, to big band, to piano trio. Saves vast amounts of time and > everything always looks as you would like it, from the fonts used to > personal chords suffixes, page layout etc. > > Mike G. > > www.mikegreensill.com > > http://www.shermusic.com/1883217768.php > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:26 AM, David H. Bailey > wrote: > >>> On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: >>> As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of >>> people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to >>> input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper >>> sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the >>> project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi >>> keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop >>> manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are >>> essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin >> >> I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently >> using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the >> pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a >> midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using >> Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is >> unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get >> are rests. >> >> I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up >> precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
I think many of the people who have used Finale or a while use Speedy, with or without a midi keyboard (in my case it's with). It used to be Make Music's recommended method, and that's what we got used to and developed the habits. Latterly it would seem that Simple entry has been improved considerably, but those of who learned with Speedy and have got use to it are unlikely to change. Try both, and see what works for you. You might find Simple more intuitive. I'm sticking to Speedy. JR On 2/17/16 2:52 PM, Mike Greensill wrote: > I use "speedy" with a midi keyboard and find it's very, very quick for > entering notes. Apparently the 'powers that be' at Finale much prefer > "simple" but I just don'y see it myself. My biggest fear is that someday > they'll dump "speedy". > > I use templates that I've created for almost all my projects from a full > symphony score, to big band, to piano trio. Saves vast amounts of time and > everything always looks as you would like it, from the fonts used to > personal chords suffixes, page layout etc. > > Mike G. > > www.mikegreensill.com > > http://www.shermusic.com/1883217768.php > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:26 AM, David H. Bailey> wrote: > >> On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: >>> As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of >>> people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to >>> input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper >>> sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the >>> project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi >>> keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop >>> manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are >>> essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin >>> >> >> I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently >> using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the >> pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a >> midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using >> Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is >> unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get >> are rests. >> >> I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up >> precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on >> projects which have to be "just so" for a particular publisher. >> >> I don't find plug-ins to be helpful for entering the notation -- they're >> great for things after the initial music entry but I find they get in >> the way when I'm in the music entry phase of a project. >> >> >> -- >> David H. Bailey >> dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com >> http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com >> ___ >> Finale mailing list >> Finale@shsu.edu >> https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale >> >> To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: >> finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu >> > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
I use "speedy" with a midi keyboard and find it's very, very quick for entering notes. Apparently the 'powers that be' at Finale much prefer "simple" but I just don'y see it myself. My biggest fear is that someday they'll dump "speedy". I use templates that I've created for almost all my projects from a full symphony score, to big band, to piano trio. Saves vast amounts of time and everything always looks as you would like it, from the fonts used to personal chords suffixes, page layout etc. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com http://www.shermusic.com/1883217768.php On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:26 AM, David H. Baileywrote: > On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: > > As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of > > people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to > > input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper > > sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the > > project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi > > keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop > > manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are > > essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin > > > > I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently > using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the > pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a > midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using > Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is > unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get > are rests. > > I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up > precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on > projects which have to be "just so" for a particular publisher. > > I don't find plug-ins to be helpful for entering the notation -- they're > great for things after the initial music entry but I find they get in > the way when I'm in the music entry phase of a project. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
I echo David's method almost to the letter. Cheers, Lawrence On 17 February 2016 at 19:26, David H. Baileywrote: > On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: > > As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of > > people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to > > input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper > > sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the > > project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi > > keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop > > manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are > > essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin > > > > I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently > using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the > pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a > midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using > Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is > unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get > are rests. > > I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up > precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on > projects which have to be "just so" for a particular publisher. > > I don't find plug-ins to be helpful for entering the notation -- they're > great for things after the initial music entry but I find they get in > the way when I'm in the music entry phase of a project. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
On 2/17/2016 1:57 PM, Martin Nickless wrote: > As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of > people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to > input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper > sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the > project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi > keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop > manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are > essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin > I use speedy entry -- sometimes with a midi keyboard but more frequently using the computer's keyboard. Arrow keys up and down to select the pitch, number keys to select the rhythm. If you switch between using a midi keyboard and not using a midi keyboard to enter the music using Speedy Entry be sure that the toggle Use Midi Device for input is unchecked if you're using only the computer's keyboard or all you'll get are rests. I don't usually use templates, preferring to set each new document up precisely for that particular project. But then I don't usually work on projects which have to be "just so" for a particular publisher. I don't find plug-ins to be helpful for entering the notation -- they're great for things after the initial music entry but I find they get in the way when I'm in the music entry phase of a project. -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
[Finale] Preferred method for entering notes/etc into finale 2012
As a relative newcomer to finale I would like to seek the opinion of people out there and which means They think is the quickest way to input notation etc into finale on the completion of a Pen and paper sketch Do most people tend to have templates already set up for the project they're about to start on ? I use a laptop and a midi keyboard but when I'm away from home can entering notes on the laptop manually also be a fast process also Last one which plug-ins are essential for speed Very best regards thank you Martin Sent from my iPhone ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
Re: [Finale] Finale failings
Wow, haven’t seen THAT before! Very confusing. > On 17 Feb 2016, at 6:19 pm, Chris Bellwrote: > >> It is interesting to me how different traditions have evolved in >> different parts of the musical universe to accomplish similar ends. >> . . .. . . with no 5th of course. That internal major 7th (E to D#) gives >> the >> chord a lot of "grit" -- very unresolved, and the dom7 adds to the >> un-resolution. If I had to move to a desert island and was allowed to >> take only one chord with me, the 7#9 would be it. But I would probably >> be insane inside of 3 hours (if not already). > > A certain older tradition prevails up here in Sweden of writing the chord as > 7-10 > Also, a Dominant C7(b9) is written C9b. Which sometimes gives variations such > as: C9b5# > > +1 on the "it's interesting" > > / Chris > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: > finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu