Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread David W. Fenton
On 22 Mar 2010 at 23:22, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > > Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular > > situation, I see no issue with it, and that's an ABA where the 2nd > > ending starts the B section, and 1st ending is the FINE for the > > repeat of the

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
David W. Fenton wrote: Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular situation, I see no issue with it, and that's an ABA where the 2nd ending starts the B section, and 1st ending is the FINE for the repeat of the A section. I just don't see how that's confusing at all. Then agai

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread David W. Fenton
On 22 Mar 2010 at 17:11, dhbailey wrote: > Perhaps if you were to explain more fully the road map for > the work in question, we could offer better insight to help > you make the music the clearest. Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular situation, I see no issue with it,

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: I have a piece with three endings, where 1 & 3 are identical. Is it kosher to put them both under the same bracket, say, with 1. & 3. and then 2. Thanks, I've seen it done, but I do agree with Darcy that the answer should be no. The main reason is that the road map issues ca

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
dc wrote: I have a piece with three endings, where 1 & 3 are identical. Is it kosher to put them both under the same bracket, say, with 1. & 3. and then 2. Depends upon the context. I've seen it done this way in brass band parts produced in an era when labor and paper were expensive, but t

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Christopher Smith
Oooo... I don't think so. While I have given multiple numbers to endings before, it is very strange to have the FIRST box be the last box, and have to skip over material to go on. Now, if there is a FINE at the end of the 3rd ending, I would do it, but not otherwise. In fact, I wouldn't n

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
No. (IMO.) Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 22 Mar 2010, at 4:33 PM, dc wrote: > I have a piece with three endings, where 1 & 3 are identical. Is it kosher to > put them both under the same bracket, say, with > > 1. & 3. > > and then > > 2. > > Thanks, > > De

Re: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Martin, Though you don't specify what you're using to produce the prefatory material, if you're using a word processor, you may well find that there is a mechanism within the word processor for generating a symbol. In Wordperfect, three of the available symbols which can be inserted into a do

RE: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Yates
In Word I went to Insert--> symbol and found it. That slot says that Alt+0206 also places that character but when I do that a slightly different natural sign is inserted. I don't know why that is. In Word, Font--> Character Spacing can adjust up or down, also. > And what character(s) should I typ

Re: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread John Blane
opt-shift-D On Mar 22, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Martin Banner wrote: And what character(s) should I type in to get the natural sign? On Mar 22, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Richard Yates wrote: Use MaestroTimes, not Maestro. Martin Banner mban...@hvc.rr.com http://www.alliancemusic.com/peopledeta

Re: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Mon, March 22, 2010 3:52 pm, Martin Banner wrote: > And what character(s) should I type in to get the natural sign? For future reference, there's an easy font called MusiQwik. I use this font for short classroom-style examples that don't req

Re: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Martin Banner
And what character(s) should I type in to get the natural sign? On Mar 22, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Richard Yates wrote: Use MaestroTimes, not Maestro. Martin Banner mban...@hvc.rr.com http://www.alliancemusic.com/peopledetails.cfm?iPeopleID=22 http://hinshawmusic.com/search_results.php?

RE: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Richard Yates
Use MaestroTimes, not Maestro. > -Original Message- > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu > [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Banner > Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:21 AM > To: Finale > Subject: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file > > I am writing an ed

RE: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Williams, Jim
I'm coming late to this thread...but has anyone mentioned the Bach font? From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Jari Williamsson [jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:54 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Su

Re: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Jari Williamsson
Martin Banner wrote: I am writing an editorial preface for one of my editions and want to put a natural sign in a paragraph. When I use maestro font and "n", I get the natural sign, but it appears lower than the rest of the text. I have tried increasing the size of the font(no good, still too l

Re: [Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 3/22/2010 2:21 PM, Martin Banner wrote: When I use maestro font and "n", I get the natural sign, but it appears lower than the rest of the text. I have tried increasing the size of the font(no good, still too low), as well as using superscript (too high above the rest of the text). Any suggest

[Finale] placing a natural sign in microsoft word file

2010-03-22 Thread Martin Banner
I am writing an editorial preface for one of my editions and want to put a natural sign in a paragraph. When I use maestro font and "n", I get the natural sign, but it appears lower than the rest of the text. I have tried increasing the size of the font(no good, still too low), as well as u

Re: [Finale] copying part layout to another linked part

2010-03-22 Thread Chuck Israels
Never tried that - no idea - a little afraid of experimenting with that. An explanation of that is probably in Tobias' documentation. On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Ryan wrote: > Big DUH on my part. I forgot to Update Layout (Command U). And, just like > most situations, I did that step IMMEDIAT

Re: [Finale] copying part layout to another linked part

2010-03-22 Thread Ryan
Big DUH on my part. I forgot to Update Layout (Command U). And, just like most situations, I did that step IMMEDIATELY after writing the list! Thanks for the response. Regarding this Plug-in: Does anyone know what is changed when you choose "Miscellaneous Document Settings" under the Settings tab?

Re: [Finale] copying part layout to another linked part

2010-03-22 Thread Chuck Israels
Ryan, This works for me, though occasionally I have to click the paste twice, or go back and copy the layout from the originally chosen part another time. The only time I have trouble otherwise is when Finale loses its Automatic Update Layout preference (that does happen from time to time), an

Re: [Finale] copying part layout to another linked part

2010-03-22 Thread Ryan
Oh no! It worked once on one part, but it's not working when I try to transfer it to a second part. Any idea what could be going on? I've double checked that I've got the appropriate boxes checked, but nothing seems to be changing when I click "paste." On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Chuck Israel

Re: [Finale] copying part layout to another linked part

2010-03-22 Thread Chuck Israels
On Mar 21, 2010, at 5:56 PM, Ryan wrote: > Wow this is great. But can I still bill for the time it WOULD have taken me? > ha. Depends on whether or not you take the CEO's of Lehman Brothers as your model! > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: > >> Hi Ryan, >> >> There i