Re: [Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread Williams, Jim
Sure...glad to help. I see some logic to it now--in D9(flat), the flat 9 is indeed flat--e flat. For E9(natural), the flat 9 is F natural. Still odd. ;-0 Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Dec 26, 2012, at 1:03 AM, "dershem" wrote: > On 12/25/2012 9:54 PM, Williams, Jim wro

Re: [Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread dershem
On 12/25/2012 9:54 PM, Williams, Jim wrote: > Yeah...interesting indeed. Never seen that before. > You've described the chords correctly as 7(b9), so why not go with what the > parts are saying? > Jim > > Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. Thanks, Jim. I appreciate the feedback

Re: [Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread Williams, Jim
Yeah...interesting indeed. Never seen that before. You've described the chords correctly as 7(b9), so why not go with what the parts are saying? Jim Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Dec 26, 2012, at 12:49 AM, "dershem" wrote: > On 12/25/2012 9:09 PM, Williams, Jim wrote:

Re: [Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread dershem
On 12/25/2012 9:09 PM, Williams, Jim wrote: > What do the parts tell you? > > Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. First one is a D9 - D, F#, A, C, Eb. D7(b9)? Second is an E9 - E, G#, B, D, F E7(b9)? Both have that b7, b9, but both have M3, so not minor 9 chords. Interesti

Re: [Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread Williams, Jim
What do the parts tell you? Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Dec 26, 2012, at 12:07 AM, "Don Hart" wrote: > Hi Carl - I've never seen that either. My first guess would be that the 7th > is assumed and the parenthesized comments concern the ninth in each chord. > Which cha

Re: [Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread dershem
On 12/25/2012 9:07 PM, Don Hart wrote: > Hi Carl - I've never seen that either. My first guess would be that the 7th > is assumed and the parenthesized comments concern the ninth in each chord. > Which chart/arranger? - Don Hart The Marke Winsten arrangement of "Artistry in Rhythm". Not a bad c

Re: [Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread Don Hart
Hi Carl - I've never seen that either. My first guess would be that the 7th is assumed and the parenthesized comments concern the ninth in each chord. Which chart/arranger? - Don Hart On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 9:42 PM, dershem wrote: > I'm putting an old Kenton chart into Finale (always have a s

[Finale] Question on chords

2012-12-25 Thread dershem
I'm putting an old Kenton chart into Finale (always have a safety copy in case some bozo loses or destroys a part!) and have found some chord markings that are new to me. Measure 1 is D9(flat) Measure 6 is E9(natural) This might be how it was done back in the day, but .. how would these be m

Re: [Finale] Clefs in linked parts

2012-12-25 Thread Robert Patterson
All of them require workarounds. The 8va thing I would to with an octave transposing staff style (in the part). For different clefs on a shared staff, you could try changing the instrument of the part only. That, or using a transposing staff style that imposes the clef you want. Many times I hav

[Finale] Clefs in linked parts

2012-12-25 Thread Lee Actor
Is it really true that the clef in a part can't be unlinked from the clef in the score? There's a legitimate need for this, e.g., a bassoon or trombone staff shared by 2 parts, both of which in the score are in tenor clef (to save space), but the lower voice in the part should be in bass clef (for