Re: [Finale] Slightly OT: Tuba Transposition

2010-05-13 Thread Jonathan Smith
In which case it would be wise to include a treble clef E flat part (transposed up a sixth plus an octave) in addition to the other parts. Jonathan Ah but in this case, I wouldn't want a tuba sound to play sax music. I'm better off supplying a real transposed tuba part. (The Bari Sax and T

Re: [Finale] Organ music page size

2010-05-13 Thread timothy key price
Wow, knowing how difficult it is to keep one's place in a normal sized score, reducing the size to this extent would make it very difficult for me, beyond just the challenge of the performance. Because I seem to need a more normal staff size, I do not usually reduce music, but equal

RE: [Finale] Organ music page size

2010-05-13 Thread Guy Hayden
Adding to what you have already read here, I add a comment concerning landscape orientation over portrait. Organ music desks are often placed at eye level due to the number of manuals and controls that are usually above them and below the desk. If the music is portrait then the top of the page ca

Re: [Finale] Organ music page size

2010-05-13 Thread timothy key price
As organist often have to play anything that they are given, the music stand is often filled with books, loose sheets, and all of various sizes. We manage just fine. Personally, legal or not, I will copy as many pieces as I can into an 8 1/2 x 11 format and put them in plastic sheets in a n