Re: [Finale] Why doesn't Finale play the instrument I want?

2010-05-03 Thread Marcello Noia
First stupid question is: did you check that different MIDI channels are set for each instrument and for each layer? Switching to default MIDI device (if you have one installed on your machine, of course) gets the same trouble? Haroldo Mauro Jr. ha scritto: In a score for flute, clarinet,

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

2010-05-03 Thread Lee Actor
If you're still using Finale 2005 or earlier, Jari Williamson's JW Tempo plugin is invaluable: http://tinyurl.com/289buv5. I'm still on Fin2004; has the Tempo tool disappeared? Is the TempoTap feature useful? I'll get on the current upgrade cycle one of these days, but I'd hate to lose the

Re: [Finale] Why doesn't Finale play the instrument I want?

2010-05-03 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr .
It is not he question that is stupid, but this user, who's an idiot. Of course. I've seen it happen before but didn't remember how I had it fixed. I had trumpet in the voice staff, channel 1. Flute and Clarinet were both on channel 1 too. Thank you. Now, I wonder why the midi channel can't be

Re: [Finale] Why doesn't Finale play the instrument I want?

2010-05-03 Thread dhbailey
Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: In a score for flute, clarinet, guitar, piano and double bass, I set midi instrument flute (GM 74) to play the flute staff and midi instrument clarinet (GM 72)to play the clarinet. However I hear only trumpets on both staffs. Guitar sounds right. It is ironic that

Re: [Finale] Why doesn't Finale play the instrument I want?

2010-05-03 Thread Marcello Noia
You're right, same thing for having to create each time a new instrument, assigning it a sound and a different MIDI channel Haroldo Mauro Jr. ha scritto: It is not he question that is stupid, but this user, who's an idiot. Of course. I've seen it happen before but didn't remember how I

[Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Graeme Gerrard
I am putting together some little booklets of recorder music for my fellow players and others. The first 2 booklets are collections of pieces from the Balkans, and a bunch of Breton tunes, i.e. it's folk music. I am doing this in Finale and am trying to keep the notation as succinct and

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mon May 3, at MondayMay 3 8:24 AM, Graeme Gerrard wrote: I am putting together some little booklets of recorder music for my fellow players and others. The first 2 booklets are collections of pieces from the Balkans, and a bunch of Breton tunes, i.e. it's folk music. I am doing this

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread dhbailey
Graeme Gerrard wrote: [snip] Some people seem to like the repeats re - presented in the letter notation: AA BB BB CC AA BB BB CC DD AA BB BB CC The redundancy offends me a bit. What do people think? The redundancy is good or confusing? The answer is a resounding it depends. For people who

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread John Howell
At 10:24 PM +1000 5/3/10, Graeme Gerrard wrote: I am putting together some little booklets of recorder music for my fellow players and others. The first 2 booklets are collections of pieces from the Balkans, and a bunch of Breton tunes, i.e. it's folk music. I am doing this in Finale and am

Re: [Finale] Why doesn't Finale play the instrument I want?

2010-05-03 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr .
At 6:36 -0400 03/05/10, dhbailey wrote: Haroldo Mauro Jr. wrote: In a score for flute, clarinet, guitar, piano and double bass, I set midi instrument flute (GM 74) to play the flute staff and midi instrument clarinet (GM 72)to play the clarinet. However I hear only trumpets on both staffs.

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread David W. Fenton
On 3 May 2010 at 9:13, Christopher Smith wrote: I might be inclined to write the actual MUSIC out as ||: a a b b :|| with the notation Play 3 times over the first section (I would NOT write Repeat 2 times because all performers see is the 2 times and might not actually play it three

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Graeme Gerrard
No. It is just music for recorders - solos, duets, trios of folk music and consorts of 4 5 instruments of medieval and renaissance msuic. The replies support all 3 options! That just means to me that it is an issue perhaps more of experience and maybe personal preference. My least preferred

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Graeme, why don’t you just let the music stream across the screens of the players’ mobile phones? Or across their iPads, when these hit Oz? Klaus --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Graeme Gerrard ggerr...@resonant.com.au wrote: From: Graeme Gerrard ggerr...@resonant.com.au Subject: Re: [Finale] OT - a

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Graeme Gerrard
Ha Klaus! Thanks for suggesting I ask my question here on the Finale list! I'm skipping these clumsy device based technologies and waiting for the retinal projectors. I think the direct brain connections are a while off. On 04/05/2010, at 9:18 AM, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Graeme, why

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Yup, Graeme and I both are on the same recorder list. I forgot it was me suggesting him asking here. My electronic stunt basically was my way of saying, that I don’t agree on the general idea of saving paper. We shouldn’t use paper based on tropical woods, but when there was a saving craze

Re: [Finale] OT - a matter of notation

2010-05-03 Thread John Howell
At 5:22 PM -0700 5/3/10, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Having read Quantz I would be more restrictive about the inner voices improvising unless they are very aware of the harmonic and rhythmic patterns. Which is another way of saying that I did it whenever feeling confident. Hi, Klaus.