Re: [Finale] Omit letter J

2012-10-11 Thread Florence + Michael
Put in the marks until you get to the letter J. Control-click on the handle of this expression to make the context menu appear and choose Edit Rehearsal Mark Sequence. You can now restart the sequence at K. The same technique can be used to reset the sequence for a new movement. Michael On 11

Re: [Finale] LARGE TIME SIGNATURES

2012-09-21 Thread Florence + Michael
If you want one time signature for each section, the best way is to create a certain number of systems that only show time signatures. For these systems, you hide everything (staff lines, bar lines, etc.) apart from the time signatures. You set the systems which actually have music in them to

Re: [Finale] Bb clarinet key signatures

2012-07-23 Thread Florence + Michael
As far as the simplify key command in Finale is concerned, 6 sharps is as simple as 6 flats. Combining this command with the correct transposition for producing Gb major in E major sections (a diminished third instead of a major second) should provide you with what you need. If you set the Bb

Re: [Finale] rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Florence + Michael
Yes: only use rests when absolutely necessary for clarity, or when the music is in strict counterpoint. Here's what Elaine Gould writes in her comprehensive guide to music notation, Behind Bars, in the section on part writing for keyboard instruments: Keyboard writing can move from a single

Re: [Finale] How do I insert 2 beats (part of a measure)?

2012-05-01 Thread Florence + Michael
Do you mean that all the music after the place where the two beats are missing is shifted two beats to the left? If that's the case, you can do this: - select all the measures from the one where the two beats are missing to the end of the piece. - drag and drop this selection two beats to the

Re: [Finale] Whole Rests in Blank Notation

2012-04-22 Thread Florence + Michael
On 22 Apr 2012, at 09:54, Steve Parker wrote: It really can be a useful thing! I've never had a problem with signing to someone that the cue I'm giving is their cue rather than their entrance. Steve P. How do you show the musician difference between a cue and an entrance? Michael

Re: [Finale] Wide fermata

2012-02-12 Thread Florence + Michael
with the wide fermata. I'd add dictated since it apparently accompanies dance moves. On 11 Feb 2012, at 19:24, John Howell wrote: At 11:32 AM +0100 2/11/12, Florence + Michael wrote: Wide fermatas are old notation: Mozart used them, for instance. In his operas you can find instances

Re: [Finale] Wide fermata

2012-02-12 Thread Florence + Michael
In the parts it's the same as in the score (at least in the Bärenreiter edition): the violins (who play a dotted half + quarter) have a long fermata extending over the whole measure, the other instruments (who play a quarter on beat one followed by rests) have a long fermata extending over the

Re: [Finale] Wide fermata

2012-02-11 Thread Florence + Michael
Wide fermatas are old notation: Mozart used them, for instance. In his operas you can find instances of wide fermatas over two or more notes. In most cases it's the singer who has several notes while the orchestra holds one note, but there are cases where the fermata extends over more than one

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 the

Re: [Finale] Different Bar Lines in Same Score's Measure

2012-01-18 Thread Florence + Michael
For the moment all I can think of is this: Hide certain bar lines with a staff style, then replace them with graphic bar lines created with the Expression tool. Michael On 18 Jan 2012, at 11:30, Giovanni Andreani wrote: I apologize for the double thread; I'm reposting this message thank's

Re: [Finale] Changing Maestro Default file in Fin12

2012-01-12 Thread Florence + Michael
When I look at the info for my Maestro Default File, the Hide Extension flag is greyed-out, but not set: I think this means that the file simply doesn't have an extension. I'd try omitting the extension. Michael On 12 Jan 2012, at 18:28, Robert Patterson wrote: I am trying to replace the

Re: [Finale] measure width for whole rest (empty) bars

2011-12-30 Thread Florence + Michael
Ryan, This is a limitation of Finale. Whatever value you give for minimum measure width, Finale gives as much space for the default whole measure rest as it would for a whole note. However, you can remedy this with Jari's plug-in: JW Space Empty Rests (hey, why didn't he tell you that?).

Re: [Finale] Notion music notation software for iPad

2011-12-18 Thread Florence + Michael
Apparently Notion for iPad cannot edit lyrics. Here's a comparison between Notion and Symphony Pro: http://techinmusiced.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/a-preliminary-comparison-of-notion-and-symphony-pro/ From that article: Notion 1.0 doesn’t allow for lyrics–but it CAN import lyrics. If you write a

Re: [Finale] rehearsal letters not showing

2011-11-13 Thread Florence + Michael
The answer is probably to be found in the score list for the Rehearsal Marks category. In the Expression Selection dialog, click on Edit Categories to get to the Category Designer. Have a look at the score list for Rehearsal Marks. Michael On 13 Nov 2011, at 10:40, Haroldo Mauro Jr wrote:

Re: [Finale] Fin2012 upgrade

2011-10-23 Thread Florence + Michael
A full install is more than two and a half gigabytes (it's the Garritan sounds that take up most of the space). The installer needs to download those gigabytes from MakeMusic to your computer, taking more or less time depending on your connection speed and how busy the MakeMusic server is. On

Re: [Finale] Scrolling bar by bar in FM2012?

2011-10-16 Thread Florence + Michael
In order to scroll one bar at a time on Mac OS Lion, you can install Smart Scroll. It's free to evaluate from http://marcmoini.com/sx_en.html and I highly recommend it: using the default settings for right/left scrolling you can advance or go back one measure at a time using the keyboard.

Re: [Finale] onward -two remaining questions

2011-09-25 Thread Florence + Michael
Look at the Speedy menu. - If Insert Notes Or Rests is selected, pressing a number key when the cursor is on a note will insert a note before the selected one. - If Insert Notes Or Rests is _not_ selected, Speedy will change the duration of the selected note when a number key is pressed.

Re: [Finale] O.T. 18th century notation question

2011-09-01 Thread Florence + Michael
I've already seen this marking in baroque music: in a string part it denotes a measured Bogenvibrato, a change in intensity (not in pitch), created with the bow. Basically you should play the notes completely legato, in the same bow stroke, with a effect on each note. If it were written in

Re: [Finale] OS X Lion

2011-07-26 Thread Florence + Michael
I find that if I click in the space next to the Number of Beats slider, it moves by one position, increasing or decreasing the number of beats by one. It gets a bit tricky to hit the space when decreasing from three to two beats: in this case, I find it quicker to move the slider left to the

Re: [Finale] OS X Lion

2011-07-21 Thread Florence + Michael
Finale isn't working at all for me with Lion. After downloading and installing Lion, I launched Finale 2011. I got a message saying that Java Runtime was needed. That's normal. Java was downloaded and Finale launched OK. However, now it crashes each time I try to launch it. I'm waiting for a

Re: [Finale] TAN: Mac Scanner Acrobat question

2011-05-26 Thread Florence + Michael
If it used to work with Acrobat and still works with Preview, then it seems likely that the problem is with Acrobat. Have you tried trashing all preferences and .plist files for Acrobat? You could also look for other versions of the driver, from either Epson or Adobe. Michael On 26 May 2011,

Re: [Finale] OT: grace note interpretation in von Weber

2011-05-26 Thread Florence + Michael
Coming before the two note figure it should certainly be a short grace note (see Leopold Mozart's Violinschule or Daniel Gottlob Türk's Klavierschule). In this situation, two sixteenths followed by an eighth would be an unusual rhythm: if Weber had wanted it to sound that way, he would have

Re: [Finale] Horn in B natural

2011-03-11 Thread Florence + Michael
it may well be). Michael On 11 Mar 2011, at 00:06, Ryan wrote: Michael, I think your intervals are off. When I tried your settings, Finale gave me what amounts to Horn in Ab (with the wrong key signature). On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Florence + Michael launay-c...@gmx.netwrote

Re: [Finale] Horn in B natural

2011-03-10 Thread Florence + Michael
If it's a horn in B natural alto, it's written a minor second higher than it sounds. For Finale, this means setting: - Chromatic Transposition - Interval 2 - Alteration -1 If it's a horn in B natural basso, then you'll need to set 9 for the interval. The alteration will still be -1. Also set

Re: [Finale] Ignore barlines

2011-02-26 Thread Florence + Michael
Go to Document Options Notes and Rests and change the value for Spacing Before Music. If you set this to zero, the first note of the measure will be stuck to the barline, so its better to just reduce it to maybe half of the default value. You can also set a negative value for Spacing After

Re: [Finale] dotted notes

2011-02-08 Thread Florence + Michael
I have the Henle Urtext edition of that Nocturne, which should reproduce Chopin's notation: as far as I can see it is the same as in that example. We're discussing dotted notes that share noteheads: you can see some in measures 33 - 35. Another nice example is given the Nocturne in F# minor,

Re: [Finale] dotted notes

2011-02-08 Thread Florence + Michael
noteheads shared by dotted notes. Michael On 8 Feb 2011, at 14:26, David W. Fenton wrote: On 8 Feb 2011 at 10:33, Florence + Michael wrote: I have the Henle Urtext edition of that Nocturne, which should reproduce Chopin's notation: You seem to have a naïve idea about what a Henle Urtext

Re: [Finale] clef change and beaming

2011-02-05 Thread Florence + Michael
If it's possible, make the clef change where a beam already breaks, between two beats or between two phrases. If extremes of range force you to put a clef change in the middle of a beamed group, don't break the beam: it's important to show that the rhythmic grouping continues. If you break the

Re: [Finale] clef change and beaming

2011-02-05 Thread Florence + Michael
to break a beamed group with a clef change. Michael On 5 Feb 2011, at 19:27, John Howell wrote: At 9:54 AM +0100 2/5/11, Florence + Michael wrote: If it's possible, make the clef change where a beam already breaks, between two beats or between two phrases. If extremes of range force you

Re: [Finale] dotted notes

2011-02-04 Thread Florence + Michael
I've seen all those situations. The least common one seems to be two different dotted values: not because people use two noteheads in this situation (they usually don't), but simply because two dotted notes of different values on a unison doesn't happen as often as the other cases. One dotted

Re: [Finale] dotted notes

2011-02-03 Thread Florence + Michael
I recently received my copy of Behind Bars, Elaine Gould's definitive guide to notation. She says that a dotted note and a note without a dot may share a single dotted notehead, unless this makes the rhythms ambiguous, in which case you should use separate noteheads. For the example you give,

Re: [Finale] dotted notes

2011-02-03 Thread Florence + Michael
or less at random or prompted by a particular question. I'll let you all know if I find anything that shocks me, or if I _don't_ find something that I think ought to be in there. For the moment I'm very impressed. Michael On 3 Feb 2011, at 18:05, dc wrote: Florence + Michael écrit: I recently

Re: [Finale] dotted notes

2011-02-03 Thread Florence + Michael
I just leafed through some of my piano music: Henle Urtext, Wiener Urtext, Bärenreiter and other renowned European publishers. Two different valued notes sharing a notehead is a common occurence: putting double noteheads in all those places would clutter up the music unnecessarily. Context is

Re: [Finale] [OT] german for Edited by / Score design

2011-01-31 Thread Florence + Michael
Yes, Herausgegeben von is Edited by. I don't think I've ever seen the engraver credited on a score, but I think Gestaltung is OK. Or you could just say Design, which is also used in German. Michael On 31 Jan 2011, at 06:42, John Howell wrote: At 2:49 AM +0100 1/31/11, SN jef chippewa wrote:

Re: [Finale] OT: historical analogy

2011-01-28 Thread Florence + Michael
On 28 Jan 2011, at 16:49, Robert Patterson wrote: How about all the songs in the fake books. Jazz standards, Beatles, and the like. Yes. Something like Over The Rainbow or Yesterday should fit the bill. MIchael On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Richard Yates rich...@yatesguitar.comwrote:

Re: [Finale] OT: Jazz chord names

2011-01-27 Thread Florence + Michael
These look like what you're after: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/ChordNameFinder.htm http://tools.markabout.com/cspell3.htm I don't know how good they are: maybe some of the the list members will play around with them and give their opinions. Michael On 27 Jan 2011, at 01:55, Matthew Hindson

Re: [Finale] 5 more Mac plug-ins

2011-01-16 Thread Florence + Michael
Great! I tried the Merge Layers, Keep Line and Merge Articulations on my Mac (Intel Core 2 Duo, OS 10.6.6, Finale 2011c ): everything seems fine. Michael On 16 Jan 2011, at 12:23, Jari Williamsson wrote: Hello! These plug-ins are now also ported to the Mac: * JW Topline Notation * JW

Re: [Finale] {Spam} default file (another question)

2011-01-10 Thread Florence + Michael
if the original default files were contained in the application package itself: then the only default files that a particular user could find and edit would be in their own user account. Michael On 10 Jan 2011, at 10:50, David H. Bailey wrote: On 1/9/2011 8:57 AM, Florence + Michael wrote

Re: [Finale] {Spam} default file (another question)

2011-01-09 Thread Florence + Michael
. I don't have to select the page sizes only reselect the doc style. Steve P. On 9 Jan 2011, at 04:21, Florence + Michael launay-c...@gmx.net wrote: The Setup Wizard should open with the page size defined in the default Document Style. Also, if you have changed the page size in any

Re: [Finale] {Spam} default file (another question)

2011-01-09 Thread Florence + Michael
have to deselect then reselect the document style and only then do I get A4 - without touching the page sizes. Any other ideas - there may be some basic, obvious thing I've never learnt. Steve P. On 9 Jan 2011, at 09:53, Florence + Michael wrote: It could be that you also need to edit

Re: [Finale] {Spam} default file (another question)

2011-01-09 Thread Florence + Michael
is automatically selected. Steve On 9 Jan 2011, at 11:06, Florence + Michael wrote: For the moment I don't know, but maybe we can work it out. When you open the setup wizard: - what document style is selected? - what page size is selected? Michael On 9 Jan 2011, at 11:52, Steve Parker

Re: [Finale] {Spam} default file (another question)

2011-01-09 Thread Florence + Michael
In that case, the pagesizes.txt that Finale is using is not the one you edited. The page sizes menu in the Setup Wizard is constructed from the pagesizes.txt file. On Mac, if you're using Finale 2011, you have to edit the file in the library in your user folder, not in the main library.

Re: [Finale] {Spam} default file (another question)

2011-01-09 Thread Florence + Michael
It should default to the first page size in the list. Make sure that this is exactly the same as the one in your document style. Michael On 9 Jan 2011, at 15:59, Steve Parker wrote: In that case, the pagesizes.txt that Finale is using is not the one you edited. The page sizes menu in the

Re: [Finale] Score help

2011-01-09 Thread Florence + Michael
Maybe I can help. How big is the file? Michael On 9 Jan 2011, at 16:10, Steve Parker wrote: Is it possible to send a score file to someone? I have an issue that seems like a bug and a general question. Finally enough of a break in between work to get my chops up.. Steve P.

Re: [Finale] RE: Playback in transposed scores while entering notes

2011-01-08 Thread Florence + Michael
Whether I work with a C score or a transposed one depends on the source I'm using: If I'm given a C score to transcribe, I'll enter the music in a C score. If I'm given a transposed score, I'll enter the music in a transposed score. When I'm working with a transposed score, I would much prefer

Re: [Finale] {Spam} default file (another question)

2011-01-08 Thread Florence + Michael
The Setup Wizard should open with the page size defined in the default Document Style. Also, if you have changed the page size in any particular Document Style, you should see this page size automatically selected when you select that style in the list on the first page of the Setup Wizard.

Re: [Finale] Playback in transposed scores while entering notes

2011-01-03 Thread Florence + Michael
I have the same problem, and no solution. On 3 Jan 2011, at 22:44, Lawrence Yates wrote: I have whinged about this in the past - it's a ** nuisance which means I have to work from a score in C because the sounds Finale plays as I enter notes in a transposing score put me off. I wish it

Re: [Finale] Ossia problems in 2011

2010-12-11 Thread Florence + Michael
Welcome to the joys of ossia measures. The ossia measure is disappearing because you have attached it to the scratch staff. When you double click to create the ossia measure, make sure that you double click on a real staff, one that is not going to be hidden. In the Ossia Measure Designer you

Re: [Finale] Bill Duncan Smart Line question

2010-11-26 Thread Florence + Michael
There's Times+Musical by Matthew Hindson, but it's regular, not bold. If you want to download it (Mac only) from his site, it's free: http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/free-fonts-available-for-download/ Michael On 25 Nov 2010, at 22:34, Chuck Israels wrote: Hi Ryan, I'm not sure you

Re: [Finale] smart shapes and parts

2010-11-24 Thread Florence + Michael
Yes, you're right and it's a pain. The only solution I've found is to do as you say: have a score file and a parts file. I've already said all I could about this to Makemusic, giving examples. Do complain to them as well! Michael On 24 Nov 2010, at 20:25, David Froom wrote: Dear collective

[Finale] OT: historical use of C clefs for voice parts

2010-11-06 Thread Florence + Michael
I recently received the conductor's score of Gounod's Faust (Henschelverlag Berlin, 1972). I was surprised to find C-clefs used for the voice parts in a score this recent: all female voices are written in soprano clef and the tenors in tenor clef. I thought this practice had died out in the

Re: [Finale] OT: historical use of C clefs for voice parts

2010-11-06 Thread Florence + Michael
On 6 Nov 2010, at 19:22, John Howell wrote: Gounod is hardly what I'd call a recent composer, since he died in 1910. And that score is undoubtedly a reprint of a much earlier edition. Of course Gounod isn't a recent composer, but that edition is recent and certainly not a reprint of an

Re: {Spam} Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] {Spam} OT: Historical Horn Notation Question

2010-10-30 Thread Florence + Michael
The last time I had to mark up a set of orchestral parts from a critical Bärenreiter edition of a Mozart opera, there were two sets of horn parts. The horn players told me they preferred to use the parts written as in the original, without key signatures. As to David's original question, I

Re: [Finale] 6 flats instead of 6 sharps

2010-10-30 Thread Florence + Michael
The usual transposition for a Bb instrument is Interval 1 and Key Alter 2, meaning one step up and add two sharps. You need the trumpet part to be written in Gb major, so the settings should be two steps up and enough flats to cancel the four sharps of E major and create the six flats for Gb

Re: [Finale] An Old Font Question

2010-09-17 Thread Florence + Michael
Use Font Book to get rid of duplicate fonts. Michael On 16 Sep 2010, at 22:50, Neal Gittleman wrote: Sorry to retread old ground... I just got a new system (MacBook Pro) and am opening a FinMac2k10 file for the first time. I have that annoying it's-not-the-right-fonts problem that

Re: [Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-26 Thread Florence + Michael
On Aug 25, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Florence + Michael wrote: Look at Document Options - Music Spacing - Spacing Widths. The file is set to use a spacing width table, but the spacing width table is empty. Either load a spacing width table from the libraries, or set the option use these values

Re: [Finale] Corrupted file?

2010-08-24 Thread Florence + Michael
Have a look at measure attributes. It could be that Position Notes is set to Manually (by Dragging). If that's the case, change it to Using Beat-Chart Spacing. Michael On 24 Aug 2010, at 02:06, Richard Huggins wrote: I fear corruption in a file where if I make *any* edit to a measure of

Re: [Finale] document styles?

2010-07-25 Thread Florence + Michael
This is a recognised bug in Finale 2011. The configuration files have a new location in Finale 2011. Finale should copy all the necessary files to ~user/Library/Application Support/MakeMusic/Finale 2011/ but in some cases this doesn't work correctly. To make things worse, there are several

Re: [Finale] Message bar in 2011

2010-06-19 Thread Florence + Michael
The preference setting for the Message Bar is in Program Options New. Michael On 19 Jun 2010, at 04:00, Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre wrote: Obviously I upgraded to 2011. Only finished one smaller project so far and have not run into disasters yet. However I am annoyed by a minor detail. As I

Re: [Finale] Finale 2011 Review

2010-06-04 Thread Florence + Michael
For new music? If you do a lot of music with lyrics, I'd say get it. It is much, much easier and faster to get good lyric spacing with the new version. For me, the upgrade is worth it for this improvement alone. Apart from that, the improvements in the way staff spacing is handled are very

Re: [Finale] What is the name of this piece?

2010-05-01 Thread Florence + Michael
In novels, three asterisks in a row on a line of their own indicate a change of scene, or time passes. Maybe interlude could be another suitable title for the piece in question? Michael On 1 May 2010, at 05:20, Richard Yates wrote: The contents page of Leopoldo Miguez's 12 Pecas

Re: [Finale] composers and new effects

2010-03-17 Thread Florence + Michael
On 17 Mar 2010, at 21:28, Andrew Stiller wrote: There's at least one exception to that. In an early-19th c. French book about the proper pinning of barrel organs, there's a detailed illustration of the pinning for a barrel to play the overture to The Marriage of Figaro. When the

Re: [Finale] extracting a movement

2010-03-11 Thread Florence + Michael
Instead of deleting measures, use the page layout tool to delete systems. Optimization and distances between systems/staves will move with the music. Michael On 11 Mar 2010, at 08:50, dc wrote: What's the easiest way to extract the last movement of a piece to make a separate edition of

Re: [Finale] removing unwanted changes

2010-02-21 Thread Florence + Michael
wrote: Florence + Michael écrit: I don't think removing changes with special tools will help, since the beat charts are irregular in the examples Dennis gave. I had this problem with a file I was sent. I made a new empty template and imported the music from the original file into it: that did

Re: [Finale] removing unwanted changes

2010-02-21 Thread Florence + Michael
document spaced correctly. Michael On 21 Feb 2010, at 19:08, Darcy James Argue wrote: Copy and insert is much more reliable than copy and paste when copying across documents. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://secretsociety.typepad.com On 21 Feb 2010, at 12:58 PM, Florence + Michael wrote: If I

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale Digest, Vol 79, Issue 21

2010-02-21 Thread Florence + Michael
On 21 Feb 2010, at 19:23, David Froom wrote: Hi Dennis, I just tried what I think was wrong. My guess is that your guy did manual spacing with the special tools note mover thing, or he dragged things while in speedy note (it amounts to the same thing). But dragging like this does not

Re: [Finale] importing pdf as graphic

2009-12-28 Thread Florence + Michael
On 28 Dec 2009, at 21:44, David W. Fenton wrote: Do recent versions of Finale allow export to more web-friendly and/or more efficient formats? PNG would be ideal. Finale 2010 for Mac exports EPS, JPEG, PICT PNG and TIFF files. Michael ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] TAN: Is Bratschen Obsolete?

2009-12-17 Thread Florence + Michael
On 16 Dec 2009, at 17:36, John Howell wrote: At 5:56 PM -0800 12/15/09, Ryan wrote: Is the term Bratschen for violas obsolete in German? Would it be better to use Violen? If you like, I could ask on the OrchestraList. Or the ViolaList. I'm certainly not aware of any change from the

Re: [Finale] TAN: Is Bratschen Obsolete?

2009-12-16 Thread Florence + Michael
No, it's not obsolete. Both Bratsche (plural Bratschen) and Viola (plural Violen) are used in German. In spoken German I'm more used to hearing Bratsche; in printed scores I see both terms but I don't know which one is more common. Suit yourself! Michael On 16 Dec 2009, at 02:56, Ryan

Re: [Finale] 2K7 beaming issue

2009-12-10 Thread Florence + Michael
If you click on Apply in the Document Options -Beams dialog, you should immediately see the results of any change you've made: no need to use rebeam or to select part of the document, since these settings affect the whole document. At the top of the dialog, there are four choices for

[Finale] How to get rid of Garritan error message

2009-10-26 Thread Florence + Michael
I just installed Finale 2010 on my Powerbook G4. It doesn't have enough RAM for the Garritan instruments, so I didn't install them. Every time I launch Finale, I get this message. Your serial number is not correct. Please run the Registration Tool to enter the correct serial number for

Re: [Finale] The Finale nail in the coffin

2009-10-02 Thread Florence + Michael
An unsolicited mail offering you OEM software at unbeatable prices is almost certainly a scam. Have a look here: http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/faq/a/softwarescams.htm Michael On 2 Oct 2009, at 19:18, Michael Greensill wrote: I just got an e-mail from some company called OEM software

Re: [Finale] Interesting behavior

2009-09-30 Thread Florence + Michael
Guitar and bass are transposing instruments. I'm sure that if you look at the transposition options in the staff attributes, you'll find that simplify key is checked. Michael On 30 Sep 2009, at 19:40, Carl Dershem wrote: I'm working on a big band piece that has a section in 7 flats (C-

Re: [Finale] staff list doesn't work

2009-07-29 Thread Florence + Michael
I don't know what the error code means: I guess the file is corrupted. I keep all my old versions of Finale, from 3.7 onwards, and never throw out the original versions of older files, since I'm wary of bugs in the process of importing files into newer versions. You could try sending the

Re: [Finale] staff list doesn't work

2009-07-28 Thread Florence + Michael
Strange: I don't know what's causing this. My S and Coda signs only appear on the staves I've defined in the staff list. A handle shows up on each staff, but only the handles on the chosen staves have a sign attached to them. Stupid things to check: 1: In the Text Repeat Assignment

Re: [Finale] Tile pages

2009-07-03 Thread Florence + Michael
I can test this with Preview without a printer attached to the computer. In the Page Setup dialog I set the paper size for Any Printer. In the print dialog there's a menu which usually shows Copies and Pages: when I click on this menu I am able to choose the Finale 2008 option which gives

Re: [Finale] Re: Comparing notation systems

2009-07-02 Thread Florence + Michael
On 1 Jul 2009, at 11:02, Daniel Wolf wrote: Turandot, a nice little program from Hungary, very stable with nice looking out of the box output (very similar in look to EMB editions), suitable for standard classical repertoire. Well-suited for students. However, development stopped at

Re: [Finale] Tile pages

2009-07-01 Thread Florence + Michael
This still works in 2008. When you print the file, you will see that in the Mac print dialog there is a menu which has Finale 2008 as one of the choices. Choose this and you'll see the Tile Pages option. Look up tiling in the user manual for more details. Michael On 1 Jul 2009, at 19:35,

Re: [Finale] Status report

2009-06-14 Thread Florence + Michael
On 14 Jun 2009, at 01:22, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: The only prob I had with the User Manual, is that the Search function did nothing when I tried it. The bug has been acknowledged. It should work if you press Enter instead of clicking on the Search button.

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin2010 announced

2009-05-29 Thread Florence + Michael
I can assure you that Speedy Entry has not been removed from 2010. All other tools (Travis Neville mentioned the Key Signature tool) are there as well. Michael On 29 May 2009, at 19:19, Stephen Lamb wrote: http://www.finalemusic.com/finale/features/enteringnotes/ simplenoteentry.aspx

Re: [Finale] Fin2010 announced

2009-05-28 Thread Florence + Michael
Damn: it seems I live in the wrong country. All I can find for Europe is a 35% discount for Finale users. This means I could buy Sibelius for £386.75. That's about 600 dollars! What's the reason for this huge difference in price between USA and Europe? Michael On 28 May 2009, at 20:41,

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 6

2009-05-22 Thread Florence + Michael
On 21 May 2009, at 22:09, David W. Fenton wrote: On 21 May 2009 at 9:45, Chuck Israels wrote: On May 21, 2009, at 8:54 AM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: the Magnetic layout is all there really is that stands out. I agree, but that seems extraordinarily attractive. I would second that (or, I

Re: [Finale] Sibelius 6

2009-05-22 Thread Florence + Michael
On 22 May 2009, at 19:49, mu...@rgsmithmusic.com mu...@rgsmithmusic.com wrote: Sib 6 answer: The slur now has 6 (I think) control boxes that can pull it in many different directions. You can drag it with a mouse (clumsy) or the arrow keys (elegant), and they can be adjusted independently

Re: [Finale] Key Signatures

2009-02-26 Thread Florence + Michael
Stephen, You can set up staff styles that force the instruments to transpose the other way for just these passages. For trumpets or soprano saxes, create the new staff style and select Transposition. Set Interval to 2 (notes are written two steps higher on the stave than the sounding

[Finale] Mac Finale 2009b crashes on launch

2009-02-18 Thread Florence + Michael
Hello all, I just updated Finale 2009 to 2009b on my Powerbook (I haven't used Finale on the Powerbook for several months). Now Finale crashes on launch: I see the splash screen, I see all the mesages that tell me stuff is loading, the spash screen disappears and then Finale quits. I've

Re: [Finale] Mac Finale 2009b crashes on launch

2009-02-18 Thread Florence + Michael
I realised that I have already experienced this problem and that I in fact know the solution! It happens when I try to use Finale in a non- administrator account. The solution: log in as administrator and change the permissions of the Finale application folder (and everything inside it) to

Re: [Finale] (no subject)

2009-02-13 Thread Florence + Michael
1. In the Speedy menu, remove the check mark by Insert notes or rests. 2. In Speedy Options (under Speedy menu), remove the check mark by Fill with Rests at End of Measure Michael. On 13 Feb 2009, at 01:31, Katherine Hoover wrote: Dear Finalelist, I still need answers to the

Re: [Finale] Keeping dotted notes...

2009-02-10 Thread Florence + Michael
The quantization setting you need is allow dotted rests in compound meters. If this setting is checked, the dotted breves will stay dotted breves. (Yes, I know that 3/1 isn't a compound meter, and that the problem affects notes as well as rests. Go figure. Tell MakeMusic about it: it's

Re: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-19 Thread Florence + Michael
Noel, two questions: 1: What were the exact settings in the Vertical Collision Remover plug-in? 2: Are you on Windows or Mac? Michael On 18 Jan 2009, at 23:04, noel jones wrote: I have, since it was introduced to me by this list, had really good luck using this plugin... I type in

Re: [Finale] Beaming Across Grace Notes

2009-01-18 Thread Florence + Michael
I think it's always been like this. I checked in Finale 2004b: it is also necessary to use the slash key on both the grace note and the eighth note. I think there is also a difference depending on if you create the grace notes as you go along, or if you first write everything as normal

Re: [Finale] Vertical Collision Remover plug-in

2009-01-18 Thread Florence + Michael
The vertical collision remover is a mess. I was very excited about it when it was announced in the beta testing round for 2007 and spent a lot of time testing it and figuring out how the options are meant to work. It was soon clear that even the people at MakeMusic weren't clear about how

[Finale] Re: Apple Works (was Finale 4-Day Super Sale)

2009-01-14 Thread Florence + Michael
The apps in the iWork suite will open Apple Works documents as long as they are word processing (use Pages), spreadsheet (use Numbers) or presentation (use Keynote). I'm not sure what will open draw or paint documents directly: if you use AppleWorks first to incorporate a drawing into a

Re: [Finale] Expressions

2009-01-13 Thread Florence + Michael
Which version of Finale are you using? In 2009 there is no longer a distinction between measure- and note-attached expressions. In older versions, the attachment will depend on the setting chosen in the Expression menu. Michael On 13 Jan 2009, at 18:34, Barbara Touburg wrote: I thought

Re: [Finale] Expressions

2009-01-13 Thread Florence + Michael
Context Sensitive applies to expressions entered with Metatools. If you're using Metatools, the expressions will be entered as measure- attached or note-attached, depending on whether the little note shows on the cursor. If you are entering expressions with double click, the dialog will

Re: [Finale] Expressions

2009-01-13 Thread Florence + Michael
The menu setting has applied only to Metatools since it existed, that is to say since Finale 2000. In earlier versions, there were separate tools for Score Expressions and Staff Expressions, which were combined into one tool in Finale 2000: Score Expressions became measure-attached

Re: [Finale] More notation help

2009-01-12 Thread Florence + Michael
I think the flat beams are fine. Of course you should move the hairpins up. You should also move the staves closer together: not only will this save space, it will look more balanced. Don't forget to move the stem of the second to last note in measure five to the other side of the note.

Re: [Finale] Clef problem

2008-12-17 Thread Florence + Michael
Fake it. Rewrite the notes in an extra layer in the treble clef so they look as they would in bass clef. Of course it won't play back correctly, but it's easy enough to get it looking right on the page Michael Long-time lurker here. I have some piano music which has an octave in the bass

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009B available

2008-12-12 Thread Florence + Michael
On 12 Dec 2008, at 02:36, Allen Fisher wrote: For example, add the tpt solo to the Technique Text group. Down at the bottom of the selection dialog, note the assign button click the little pop-up menu next to it. Create a new assignment list with the staves. Assign to the score Select all of

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009B available

2008-12-12 Thread Florence + Michael
If you want to do this, use one of the techniques Allen describes. It'll mean a change of habit, but once you get used to it you'll find it's just as fast as the old method. In some situations (assigning an expression to a group of contiguous staves, for instance), it's faster. I prefer to

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