[Finale] Re: Question about parts...

2005-04-11 Thread Jonathan Smith
Hi all! I have recently written a piece in memory of one of my professors that passed away. The piece is for SSATB chorus, harp and flute. I would like to produce a complete set of parts for this work so I can send them back home to Ottawa to the university where I studied with him. What I was

Re: [Finale] TAN: MAC 10.3 QuicKeys

2005-04-11 Thread Gerald Berg
Thanks Jonathan --- the problem was switching layer 1 material to layer 4 but Karen Laloba was kind enough to send me a QK script that gets me underway. Jerry On 10-Apr-05, at 10:46 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: For instance -- changing layers -- I can't get QK to pull down the menu to move layer

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Bob Florence wrote: Are there any books concerning composing and arranging that cover the spiritual and inspirational aspect. I am always interested in the way other writers get there music off of the launching pad. I not concerned about what harmonies to use or what instruments to combine. I

Re: [Finale] OT: Boccherini String Quintets

2005-04-11 Thread rglan
Johannes Gebauer écrit: I am wondering whether someone on this list can help me with this: I am desperately looking for either parts or score or both of the Boccherini String Quintet in D Fandango, G 341. I am not looking for the Guitar quintet version, only for the version scored for 2

[Finale] Word extension frustration

2005-04-11 Thread collegemennonite.org
Dear Readers, I am working on a choral piece in closed vocal scoring, where lyrics areshared by all voices and are located between the SA and TB staves (like a hymn). I have to enter a short phrase of lyrics below the T/B staff. This happens when, for a very short section, the basses have

[Finale] Hyphens not centered

2005-04-11 Thread collegemennonite.org
Dear readers, Sometimes when I manually adjust (left or right) the position of a lyric syllable the hyphen is no longer centered between the two syllables. There is nothing I can do to fix it. Has anyone else had a problem with this and is there a solution? Thanks to anyone who can help!

Re: [Finale] Word extension frustration

2005-04-11 Thread Michael Cook
You can keep the smart extensions turned on. In the Lyrics menu choose Edit Word Extensions. Choose the handle of the offending extension and delete it. You can delete smart lyric extensions as well as unsmart ones! Michael Cook On 11 avr. 05, at 17:34, collegemennonite.org wrote: Dear

Re: [Finale] Word extension frustration

2005-04-11 Thread collegemennonite.org
Michael, I should have mentioned in my post that I have deleted them, however, if I do any kind of adjustments to lyrics anywhere in the piece they reappear. I have automatic updates turned on. Lee - Original Message - From: Michael Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent:

Re: [Finale] Word extension frustration

2005-04-11 Thread Johannes Gebauer
I haven't tried it, but I assume you could just type a hard space on the next syllable, couldn't you? Johannes Michael Cook schrieb: You can keep the smart extensions turned on. In the Lyrics menu choose Edit Word Extensions. Choose the handle of the offending extension and delete it. You can

Re: [Finale] Word extension frustration

2005-04-11 Thread collegemennonite.org
Johannes, No, that doesn't work. Lee - Original Message - From: Johannes Gebauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:02 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Word extension frustration I haven't tried it, but I assume you could just type a hard space on the next

Re: [Finale] Word extension frustration

2005-04-11 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Apr 11, 2005 8:57 AM, Lee Dengler wrote: I should have mentioned in my post that I have deleted them, however, if I do any kind of adjustments to lyrics anywhere in the piece they reappear. I have automatic updates turned on. Sound like you have a few options, then: 1) turn off automatic

[Finale] old Mac font

2005-04-11 Thread Andrew Stiller
I have an old font that, as such fonts will, displays many of the upper-level ASCII characters in unwonted slots in OSX. In particular, the character than formerly resided at opt-sh-2 is no longer there. Where can I find it? NB: I can't use the Keyboard Viewer because the structure of this

[Finale] Re: ot, the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Ken Parsons
There's a two volume series titled Composers on Composing for Band that picks the brains of many fine wind-band composers (Karel Husa, Donald Grantham, Philip Sparke, Eric Whitacre, etc.) on this very topic. They're published by GIA. http://www.giamusic.com/scstore/P-5745.html

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Apr 2005 at 9:52, Raymond Horton wrote: under the section labeled INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY including Brahms declaration that No atheist has ever been or will be a great composer. Well, Brahms was full of shit. -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 11/04/2005 20:42:53 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, Brahms was full of shit. Come on David, get off the fence, do you agree with him or not? All the best, Lawrence "þaes ofereode - þisses swa maeg"http://lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] Word extension frustration

2005-04-11 Thread Christopher Smith
Turn off Automatic Update, and only update the word extensions manually once. That way you can delete the ones you don't want, and if you make edits, they won't come back until you automatically update again, which shouldn't be ever. I prefer TG Tools' iimplementation of word extensions. It seems

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:44 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 9:52, Raymond Horton wrote: under the section labeled INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY including Brahms declaration that No atheist has ever been or will be a great composer. Well, Brahms was full of shit. Gee, David, that's pretty

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I suppose what David says might be true ... but it's nothing a high colonic would not have solved. Dean On Apr 11, 2005, at 1:04 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:44 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 9:52, Raymond Horton wrote: under the section labeled INSPIRATION

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Apr 2005 at 16:04, Christopher Smith wrote: On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:44 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 9:52, Raymond Horton wrote: under the section labeled INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY including Brahms declaration that No atheist has ever been or will be a great

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread tim-cates
On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:21 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 16:04, Christopher Smith wrote: I would expect a more secular discussion from an international forum such as this. really? I would expect civility and respect - not your dogmatic blathering. Thanks for your insight to Bob's

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Apr 2005 at 15:29, tim-cates wrote: On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:21 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 16:04, Christopher Smith wrote: I would expect a more secular discussion from an international forum such as this. really? I would expect civility and respect - not your

Re: Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread richard.bartkus
Could we PLEASE get back to discussions about Hyphens and importing files from Encore ? Personally I don't care what Brahms is full of; peanut butter and jelly would be fine. I joined this list to mitigate my desire to drop kick my laptop because I can't figure out how to change the number of

[Finale] Engraver Font Display in Mac Fin 2004

2005-04-11 Thread John Abram
Hello all, I prefer to use the Engraver font rather than Maestro, and am becoming irritated by the poor display of some characters at most zoom levels - particularly sharp signs. Back on OS 9 I was able to fix the problem by throwing away the TT font (or was it the bitmap, now I'm not sure) but

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 11 Apr 2005, at 5:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS - I don't care if he belived that only crosseyed franciscan monks with eleven toes made the best composers Well, neither do I, when it comes to his music, but being a good composer doesn't mean you're necessarily a good judge of what makes

Re: Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread richard.bartkus
Agreed. It is my humble opinion that it has gotten it's due and we should move on. From: Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/11 Mon PM 05:49:12 EDT To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad On 11 Apr 2005, at 5:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 15:29, tim-cates wrote: On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:21 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Apr 2005 at 16:04, Christopher Smith wrote: I would expect a more secular discussion from an international forum such as this. really? I would expect civility

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Christopher Smith
On Apr 11, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 11 Apr 2005, at 5:17 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS - I don't care if he belived that only crosseyed franciscan monks with eleven toes made the best composers Well, neither do I, when it comes to his music, but being a good composer

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
David W. Fenton wrote: The word spirituality is completely debased in modern discourse, by New Age loonies on the one side and by fundamentalist morons on the other. For a glimpse into the religious-political world of we non-fundamentalist (non-moron) Christians, I heartily recommend: a look

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
OK, if you approve, not only of David's disagreeing with Brahms (nothing wrong with that) but of the less-than-civil tone of his disagreement, (which takes it to a different level) than I will ask you to provide an example of a truly great composer that is an atheist. The only examples we

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 11 Apr 2005, at 7:31 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper. Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae Is she full of shit, too? Oh, yes, absolutely. [And Dworkin too, if nobody minds me speaking ill of the recently deceased.] - Darcy -

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 11 Apr 2005, at 8:41 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: OK, if you approve, not only of David's disagreeing with Brahms (nothing wrong with that) but of the less-than-civil tone of his disagreement, (which takes it to a different level) than I will ask you to provide an example of a truly great

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Raymond Horton
Darcy James Argue wrote: On 11 Apr 2005, at 8:41 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: OK, if you approve, not only of David's disagreeing with Brahms (nothing wrong with that) but of the less-than-civil tone of his disagreement, (which takes it to a different level) than I will ask you to provide an

[Finale] Metronome Marking Playback

2005-04-11 Thread Leigh Daniels
Hi Group, I can't figure out how to get a metronome marking to play back. At the beginning of the piece, I have a marking of quarter = 72. Later there is a metric modulation where the transition is marked quarter = eighth. The measure just before the quarter = eighth marking is a 3/4 measure and

Re: [Finale] ot; the launching pad

2005-04-11 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Yeah, you know, that for someone who hurled epithets and ad hominems at me for being an alleged hate monger a few months ago, the apodictic Mr. Fenton is quick to generalize and homogenize those with whom he does not agree. Dean On Apr 11, 2005, at 4:39 PM, Raymond Horton wrote: David W.

[Finale] Launch...

2005-04-11 Thread keith helgesen
There are several clubs and organisations in UK and OZ where one of the rules is No discussion on Politics or Religion allowed . Im told the Freemasons, for example, is such an organisation. Please- can we align ourselves to this dictum somehow! What a shame to hear people we respect

Re: [Finale] Launch...

2005-04-11 Thread Carl Dershem
keith helgesen wrote: There are several clubs and organisations in UK and OZ where one of the rules is No discussion on Politics or Religion allowed Im told the Freemasons, for example, is such an organisation. Please- can we align ourselves to this dictum somehow! The next step is Catholics

Re: [Finale] Launch...

2005-04-11 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 12 Apr 2005, at 12:26 AM, keith helgesen wrote: The next step is Catholics compose better than Muslims or Protestants or Salvos or Hindus or--- Aaargh! Composers are subject to the same irrational prejudices as everyone else. Many of them have, sadly, been making exactly this kind of