Re: [Finale] opaque expressions

2007-06-26 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:09 PM, shirling & neueweise wrote: i just discovered something that made me very happy... how long has it been possible to make expressions have an "opaque" enclosure? They've been around for as long as I can remember. At least since 2000, I think. In the old days I

Re: [Finale] opaque expressions

2007-06-26 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
shirling & neueweise wrote: hm. i figured it out. it obscures note items on the note it is attached to, but only staf elements of other notes as well as barlines. or does anyone know of a good reason for this to function that way? Based upon preliminary investigation, I suspect this an a

Re: [Finale] opaque expressions

2007-06-26 Thread shirling & neueweise
hm. i figured it out. it obscures note items on the note it is attached to, but only staf elements of other notes as well as barlines. f^%$, one more example of incomplete implementation of what is actually a really great tool. or does anyone know of a good reason for this to function tha

Re: [Finale] opaque expressions

2007-06-26 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 05:09 PM 6/26/2007, shirling & neueweise wrote: >really quite intelligent, the opaque background does not obscure >stems, accis or notes. I don't believe that's true. In fact, I have a Fin2k7 score in which note expressions with an opaque background do obscure accis, although the exact cond

Re: [Finale] Condolences

2007-06-26 Thread John Roberts
Let me add my name to the many here who feel for your loss, John, and offer my sympathy and condolences. John Roberts ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] opaque expressions

2007-06-26 Thread shirling & neueweise
i just discovered something that made me very happy... how long has it been possible to make expressions have an "opaque" enclosure? i have always had to create a mini shape expression to sit behind expressions to hide barlines when straddled by the expression. really quite intelligent, the

[Finale] Condolences

2007-06-26 Thread arabushk
John, Condolences on Susie's passing. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re(2): [Finale] Condolences

2007-06-26 Thread Leigh Daniels
So sorry for your loss, John. Take good care. **Leigh ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] chord symbols and spacing

2007-06-26 Thread Christopher Smith
Hmm, that's not exactly the same chord. Bb9sus4 (or Bb9/4) would be played with an Ab. Christopher On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:20 PM, George Galway wrote: Bb9/4 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raimund Lintzen Sent: 26 June 2007 19:40 T

Re: [Finale] chord symbols and spacing

2007-06-26 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:39 PM, Raimund Lintzen wrote: Dear listers, how can I shorten this chord symbol: Bbadd9sus4 The spacing of this one takes too much room. Take a deep breath and pour yourself a stiff drink. Open up the Chord Suffix Editor. To do that (sigh) you select Manual Input f

Re: [Finale] chord symbols and spacing

2007-06-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
"Bbsus(add2)" or "Bbsus4/2" (without the slash and with the "4/2" stacked vertically, like "6/9") is pretty widely used and understood in pop music. But I'm not sure if that's the chord that's actually intended here. "Bb(add9, sus4)" is a bit ambiguous -- it's possible that what's really wa

RE: [Finale] chord symbols and spacing

2007-06-26 Thread George Galway
Bb9/4 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raimund Lintzen Sent: 26 June 2007 19:40 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: [Finale] chord symbols and spacing Dear listers, how can I shorten this chord symbol: Bbadd9sus4 The spacing of this one takes

[Finale] chord symbols and spacing

2007-06-26 Thread Raimund Lintzen
Dear listers, how can I shorten this chord symbol: Bbadd9sus4 The spacing of this one takes too much room. Thank you. Raimund Lintzen ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] [OT] Condolences to Dr. Howell....

2007-06-26 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Oh my one could discern, from the manner in which John occasionally referred to his wife in an oblique praise, that there was a tremendous, loving bond connecting the two souls. All of us, I'm sure, and especially those of us who have lost wives will truly understand and project our t

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 02:19 PM 6/26/2007 -0400, Christopher Smith wrote: > >On Jun 26, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > >> At 11:14 AM 6/26/2007 -0400, Christopher Smith wrote: >> >>> You could also open another window of the same document (under >>> Window>New Window) and drag and drop between the tw

[Finale] Condolences to Dr. Howell....

2007-06-26 Thread Mariposa Symphony Orchestra
John - For all the impersonality of online communities, they do have the ability to transcend mere acquaintance and become something close to common-interest family.Your online family is with you now. Most sincere condolences and deep sympathy to you at this time. Les Les Marsden Founding

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 26, 2007, at 11:35 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: At 11:14 AM 6/26/2007 -0400, Christopher Smith wrote: You could also open another window of the same document (under Window>New Window) and drag and drop between the two windows. That does *not* work, and has the same failure mode --

[Finale] Re: Searchable Finale Archive [hiding email addresses]

2007-06-26 Thread Paul Hayden
David Fenton wrote: On my own web pages, I use a PHP email form so that the user never knows the address the mail is being sent to. This is probably a good idea, but I wonder if these forms are temperamental (I'm not a programmer, so I don't know). I tried the "Contact David Fenton" link on

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 07:43 PM 6/26/2007 +0200, Hans Swinnen wrote: >If the source measure is in "independent time" too, you should also >uncheck the Independent Time in the source staff before copying and >all be fine. That is bizarre, but it works. Thanks! You have to be really careful, though: Uncheck "indep

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Hans Swinnen
If the source measure is in "independent time" too, you should also uncheck the Independent Time in the source staff before copying and all be fine. Hans You will excuse me for any typo's due to a visual handicap Op 26-jun-07, om 17:28 heeft Dennis Bathory-Kitsz het volgende geschrev

[Finale] Condolences

2007-06-26 Thread Randolph Peters
Dear John, My sincere condolences to you. Over the years, your fond references to Susie on the Finale list have been appreciated. Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Ledger line disappears

2007-06-26 Thread Barbara Touburg
Bass clef, low e natural below the staff. I want the notehead to be between brackets, so I change it to character # 241 from the Engraver font and set its size to 95% to accomodate for the narrower notehead in the Maestro font. Guess what: the right half of the ledger line has disappeared! But

Re: [Finale] Condolences

2007-06-26 Thread Chuck Israels
Dear John, My sincere condolences. Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace Bellingham, WA 98225-5836 phone (360) 671-3402 fax (360) 676-6055 www.chuckisraels.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fin

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 11:14 AM 6/26/2007 -0400, Christopher Smith wrote: >But you can imitate drag and drop by selecting the passage, then >scroll to the target measure and opt-click (on Mac that is. On PC it >might be alt-click) I had totally forgotten this function. It's CTL-click, but it does work exactly the

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 04:50 PM 6/26/2007 +0200, Hans Swinnen wrote: >There's a solution: >Paste in your standard time and change your time sig afterwards to >independent. >E.g. if your main time is 3/4 and you would paste a 9/8 content: >paste the content in 3/4 and then change the appropriate measure to >9/8.

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Christopher Smith
On Jun 26, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Hi all, I'm not sure if this has been documented. Copy/paste doesn't seem to work reliably with independent time signatures in use. If I copy a section (either copy or copy to clip file) whose time signatures are independent and then

Re: [Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Hans Swinnen
There's a solution: Paste in your standard time and change your time sig afterwards to independent. E.g. if your main time is 3/4 and you would paste a 9/8 content: paste the content in 3/4 and then change the appropriate measure to 9/8. It works! It's not necessary to avoid clicking "Indepe

Re: [Finale] Condolences

2007-06-26 Thread Darcy James Argue
John, I am so terribly sorry for your loss. My sincerest condolences. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Condolences

2007-06-26 Thread nraspa
John, I was sorry to hear about your loss. Please accept my condolences. Nick Raspa NJR Music Enterprises AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _

[Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Hi all, I'm not sure if this has been documented. Copy/paste doesn't seem to work reliably with independent time signatures in use. If I copy a section (either copy or copy to clip file) whose time signatures are independent and then attempt to paste or insert that copy elsewhere (even with the s

[Finale] Independent time sig copy failure (second of 2 q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Hi all, I'm not sure if this has been documented. Copy/paste doesn't seem to work reliably with independent time signatures in use. If I copy a section (either copy or copy to clip file) whose time signatures are independent and then attempt to paste or insert that copy elsewhere (even with the s

[Finale] Tuplet across break (first of two q's)

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Hi all, Any flexible solutions to beaming tuplets across a barline where there's a system break (while maintaining playback)? Because I'm composing my WAAM pieces almost entirely in Finale, it means that these tuplets get reflowed in and out of system breaks, hanging over into the white space. Th

Re: [Finale] [OT] Condolences to Dr. Howell....

2007-06-26 Thread ThomaStudios
John, My sincere thoughts are with you and your family. I am deeply sorry for your loss. J D Thomas ThomaStudios On Jun 25, 2007, at 10:48 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Friends: Besides this forum, Dr. Howell and I happen to also subscribe to public forum, in which the following was par

Re: [Finale] [OT] Condolences to Dr. Howell....

2007-06-26 Thread Dennis W. Manasco
John -- I am so sorry for your loss. You have my greatest condolence. -=- Dennis Manasco . ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale