Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread Lawrence David Eden
What is "baseball bat notation" I am assuming that it is the musical note that I used to hear when Mickey Mantle hit a home run.but I could be wrong. :-) >Regardless of the direction "on the viola, with conviction and passion", a >question that needs to be answered is "exactly what

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread Darcy James Argue
Context would seem to suggest "the most vulnerable part." I think my own inclination would be to aim squarely for the bridge, at least for the first "note." Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 4 Feb 2012, at 4:06 PM, Whittall, Geoff wrote: > Regardless of the direc

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread Whittall, Geoff
Regardless of the direction "on the viola, with conviction and passion", a question that needs to be answered is "exactly what [part of the viola] is being hit?" If a composer doesn't give clear directions about how exactly to do something, there is no reason for a potential performer to believe th

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread John Howell
At 11:00 AM +0100 2/4/12, Florence + Michael wrote: >There's also a recording of the piece, which >could give additional insight into the >composer's wishes. Go to the link originally >given: >http://www.marcgosselin.fr/compositeur/pour-instruments.html >and click on the playback arrow next to

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread John Howell
At 12:55 PM +0100 2/4/12, SN jef chippewa wrote: >hey john, here is the original >cheers, >jef Thanks, jef! Now that I've seen the score, I'm no further along in understanding the composer's intention, obvious as it may seem, and therefore in interpreting the notational questions. And I'm a

[Finale] [OT] trying to purchase non-existant (?) mac adobe standard upgrade

2012-02-04 Thread SN jef chippewa
does anyone know where i can get the latest adobe standard version (9?) for mac? on the adobe website all i can access is the windows version X ($139) and updates to standard 9, but not the software for standard 9 itself. http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.html the apple store offers only

[Finale] Tempo marks ignored in FM2012a.r3

2012-02-04 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
OS X 10.7.3 I am working on something as simple as a medley of 6 settings of ‘All people that on earth do dwell’. Dowland oldest, Bach in between, and Danish hymnal newest. Same theme, but quite varying meters in 2, 3, 4, and 6. I want the tempi being related to each other with 42 as the lowest

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread SN jef chippewa
hey john, here is the original cheers, jef >click on "ouvrir" (opens PDF) for the piece "fantasme" (6th in the list) >http://www.marcgosselin.fr/compositeur/pour-instruments.html > >i'm thinking the baseball bat would be best notated on a single >line, and actually normal noteheads could be use

Re: [Finale] [OT] what is correct baseball bat notation?

2012-02-04 Thread Florence + Michael
There's also a recording of the piece, which could give additional insight into the composer's wishes. Go to the link originally given: http://www.marcgosselin.fr/compositeur/pour-instruments.html and click on the playback arrow next to "Fantasme" (as already stated, "ouvrir" will open a PDF of t