[Finale] OT: paper

2010-06-09 Thread Ryan
Last year when I found out that my preferred paper was being discontinued, I asked my supplier to get me as much as she could find in the chain's stores. Well, I've now gone through all that stock and I need a new brand (unless she can find me some more). I was using a 60 lb vellum offset. Thick e

Re: [Finale] Band and Chorus

2010-06-09 Thread John Howell
At 9:39 PM -0700 6/8/10, Ryan wrote: Where should the chorus be placed in a score for concert band? Below the brass and above the percussion? I don't think there's any "should" about it. At least I've never seen any rule. That would be following orchestra practice, but I wouldn't like the r

Re: [Finale] where did auto harmonize go?

2010-06-09 Thread Christopher Smith
No, they dumped it a few versions ago. It didn't work for a couple of versions on the Mac platform, then they just officially dropped it. If you can find someone with the Windows version, you can send it over and have them do it, and then you get it back. Christopher On 9-Jun-10, at 9-Jun

[Finale] where did auto harmonize go?

2010-06-09 Thread Mark McCarron
I upgraded my mac to a macpro OS 10.6.3. I'm usinf Finale 2010b.r1. I can't find the auto harmonize plug in. Mark McCarron ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Dotted notes getting changed to ties

2010-06-09 Thread Christopher Smith
When you rebar music, it always adopts Finale's default beat divisions, according to the metre. If you change the metre into Composite... then enter something like 1 beat unit on top, then however many beats you need in EDUs (1024 EDUs per quarter note, or 4096 per whole note; you'll have t

RE: [Finale] Dotted notes getting changed to ties

2010-06-09 Thread Peter A. Day
Thanks Christopher, That works, but if I am reducing the number of beats in a measure, then the extras are out in no-man's land, rather than being put into a new measure of their own. Is there a way to get them back? I am working on Byzantine chant, un-metered, so I input the notes and then organ

Re: [Finale] Dotted notes getting changed to ties

2010-06-09 Thread Christopher Smith
Unclick the box "rebar music?" before you hit OK. Christopher On Wed Jun 9, at WednesdayJun 9 9:52 AM, Peter A. Day wrote: In Finale 2008, dotted notes are being changed to tied notes within the same measure after changing the meter. Is there a setting that I can change to prevent this?

[Finale] Dotted notes getting changed to ties

2010-06-09 Thread Peter A. Day
In Finale 2008, dotted notes are being changed to tied notes within the same measure after changing the meter. Is there a setting that I can change to prevent this? Thanks, Peter A. Day 12 Morgan Drive Hooksett, NH 03106-1633 ___ Fina

Re: [Finale] Band and Chorus

2010-06-09 Thread dhbailey
Ryan wrote: Where should the chorus be placed in a score for concert band? Below the brass and above the percussion? There is no standard for placement of chorus in band scores. As a conductor, I've seen the chorus placed at the top of the score, the bottom of the score, and in the middle,