Re: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread mickeygarr01
Hi, User since 2006 b) rarely Mike Garrett, Finale 2010 -Original Message- From: Noel Stoutenburg To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Sat, May 1, 2010 11:55 am Subject: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted) Friends An enquiring mind wants to know: Do you use executable smart shapes a)

Re: [Finale] Triple time (was Tuplets Default)

2010-05-01 Thread David W. Fenton
On 1 May 2010 at 15:16, John Howell wrote: > I was not referring to time signatures, but to note values, and > Beethoven's slow movements drawn with many 32nd and 64th notes as well > as 16ths certainly qualify in MY book! (The kind of movements that > give a violist backache!!) > > That's what

Re: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread David W. Fenton
On 1 May 2010 at 11:55, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > Do you use executable smart shapes > > a) never > b) rarely > c) occasionally > d) frequently I used to use them in my early days of producing MIDI files from my scores of piano quartets and quintets. I used only ritards, not anything else, and

Re: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread Cecil Rigby
occasionally- but only if a sound file is requested as part of the client's project. -Cecil Rigby Do you use executable smart shapes a) never b) rarely c) occasionally d) frequently ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mail

Re: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread Mark D Lew
Do you use executable smart shapes a) never b) rarely c) occasionally d) frequently Never for me. I do very little with playback. mdl ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] layers and spacing

2010-05-01 Thread JRB
There is chechbox in the doc opt - accidentals that deals with cross- layers collisions JB Sent from my iPhone using my thumbs w/out a spellchecker On May 1, 2010, at 12:02 PM, J D Thomas wrote: Not on any version up to FinMac 2K7. Beyond that, dunno. J D Thomas ThomaStudios On May 1, 20

Re: [Finale] Triple time (was Tuplets Default)

2010-05-01 Thread John Howell
At 12:06 PM -0500 5/1/10, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Friends, where Dr. Howell writes, (It's Beethoven who started using little bitty note values on a regular basis.) I have to respectfully disagree with the statement as written. "Little bitty" note values predate Beethoven by some considerable

Re: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread Rich Caldwell
Executable shapes? Or are there "smart" ones now that are different? Either way: a) never Actually, I tinkered with it a little a long time ago, before human playback and automatic interpretation of rits and ralls, but don't find much of a use for it now. I don't bother trying to get very ac

[Finale] Re: Sibelius to Finale?

2010-05-01 Thread Michael Good
Hi Bonnie, As J D and Eric have mentioned, the Dolet 5 for Sibelius plug-in exports MusicXML files from Sibelius 6 that Finale can read. It is available for purchase from: http://store.recordare.com/dolet5sib.html The Dolet 5 for Finale plug-in does have a 10-day trial, but the Sibelius plug-i

Re: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread Chuck Israels
Don't even know what they are, so I don't know if I use them or not! Chuck On May 1, 2010, at 9:55 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > Friends > > An enquiring mind wants to know: > > Do you use executable smart shapes > > a) never > b) rarely > c) occasionally > d) frequently > > ns > > > >

Re: [Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread dershem
On 5/1/2010 9:55 AM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Friends An enquiring mind wants to know: Do you use executable smart shapes a) never b) rarely c) occasionally d) frequently ns I'm nice to my smart shapes, and NEVER execute them! Even when they've been naughty. I use smart shapes a lot, but

Re: [Finale] layers and spacing

2010-05-01 Thread J D Thomas
Not on any version up to FinMac 2K7. Beyond that, dunno. J D Thomas ThomaStudios On May 1, 2010, at 9:57 AM, dc wrote: Is there any way to avoid collisions of accidentals when the notes are in two different layers? (Two sharps a third apart, for instance)? Thanks, Dennis

Re: [Finale] Triple time (was Tuplets Default)

2010-05-01 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Friends, where Dr. Howell writes, (It's Beethoven who started using little bitty note values on a regular basis.) I have to respectfully disagree with the statement as written. "Little bitty" note values predate Beethoven by some considerable degree. Bach regularly uses little bitty values,

[Finale] Finale Poll (X-posted)

2010-05-01 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Friends An enquiring mind wants to know: Do you use executable smart shapes a) never b) rarely c) occasionally d) frequently ns ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Triple time (was Tuplets Default)

2010-05-01 Thread Ray Horton
I agree with you, Christopher. I'm not certain if I was ever more than approximating on the tuplet version. I may have had it cold, but it didn't feel cold. I could bring the 12/8 version to a rehearsal to ask someone else to play - I wouldn't want to bring the other one in. But, I haven

RE: [Finale] What is the name of this piece?

2010-05-01 Thread Richard Yates
> -Original Message- > From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu > [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Noel Stoutenburg > Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 7:49 AM > To: finale@shsu.edu > Subject: Re: [Finale] What is the name of this piece? > > Richard Yates wrote: > > The contents page of L

Re: [Finale] Triple time (was Tuplets Default)

2010-05-01 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sat May 1, at SaturdayMay 1 12:37 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: The first bass line in _Trance_ is actually notated by the composer in simple meter, with incomplete tuplets: http://bit.ly/cLyInh But it could also be notated in compound meter: http://bit.ly/azarmk Both notations have the

Re: [Finale] What is the name of this piece?

2010-05-01 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Richard Yates wrote: The contents page of Leopoldo Miguez's 12 Pecas Caracteristicas looks like this: http://www.yatesguitar.com/misc/MiguezTOC.jpg What is the title of piece #8? I seem to very vaguely recall this being a symbol for something (but my brain may be making that up!). I don't k

Re: [Finale] What is the name of this piece?

2010-05-01 Thread Florence + Michael
In novels, three asterisks in a row on a line of their own indicate a change of scene, or "time passes". Maybe "interlude" could be another suitable title for the piece in question? Michael On 1 May 2010, at 05:20, Richard Yates wrote: > The contents page of Leopoldo Miguez's 12 Pecas Caracter