Re: [Finale] Staff Assignment Lists

2008-10-30 Thread Michael Cook
On 30 Oct 2008, at 04:18, Robert Patterson wrote: The most interesting enhancement in the new Fin09a release was staff assignment lists, especially as I had made a lot of noise about Staff Lists after Fin09 came out. MM has upped the number of true staff lists (now renamed Score Lists)

Re: [Finale] A tempo after fermata

2008-10-09 Thread Michael Cook
I agree with you. It's only necessary to put an a tempo after a fermata if there is a rall., rit. or other such tempo change just before it. This becomes very clear in a piece with a lot of fermatas, like the duet between Dorabella and Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte: an a tempo after each

Re: [Finale] Sudden Change in Document Size

2008-10-03 Thread Michael Cook
As John Blane says, it's the Page Format for Score that isn't set correctly. Do this: - Go to a page where all is well. Make sure that a system on this page is selected. - Choose Resize Page (page reduction) The dialog will come up with the value for that page. Make sure that Page X

Re: [Finale] New systems get reduced in linked parts when any other part has been reduced before.

2008-09-24 Thread Michael Cook
I can reproduce this. There is a setting which governs this behaviour: When you use the percentage tool to resize the system in the piano part, there is an option Update Page Format. If this option is checked, the page format for all parts is changed, meaning that any new systems in any

Re: [Finale] Re: Measure numbers in score vs. linked parts

2008-09-03 Thread Michael Cook
On 3 sept. 08, at 19:19, Brian Williams wrote: BTW, I still usually create a separate file for parts because time signatures cannot be invisible on certain staves of the score yet visible on the parts. Yes they can. Create a staff style that hides time signatures, apply it in the score

Re: [Finale] Best way to notate this

2008-09-02 Thread Michael Cook
There's no problem with the notation you describe. Darcy suggests breaking the half into two tied quarters, but I consider this unnecessary. It might even give players the idea of putting a slight accent on the third beat. It's common to have a fermata on a long note in some parts while

Re: [Finale] Any Igorians?

2008-08-11 Thread Michael Cook
The Igor site still exists at http://www.noteheads.com but it hasn't been updated in years (nor has the program). If [EMAIL PROTECTED] doesn't reply, you could try the snail mail address: NoteHeads Sveavägen 61 SE-113 59 Stockholm Sweden or the telphone +46 8 766 44 86 Michael On 11

Re: [Finale] rebaring after a meter change

2008-08-09 Thread Michael Cook
The answer is strange. You need to go to MIDI Quantization settings. In the Quantization Settings dialog, click on More Settings, and then check the option Allow Dotted Rests in Compound Meters. Why do you have to change a setting about rests in a MIDI menu to affect something that has

Re: [Finale] Some comments re Fin09

2008-07-31 Thread Michael Cook
Scott explains well how the new staff lists give us advantages, but not how a piece with many staff lists would create more work for a publisher. I cannot see why this should be so. I am happy with the new behaviour for my own work, since I have always entered dynamics and the like as

Re: [Finale] Mac Finale 2009 quits on launch

2008-07-29 Thread Michael Cook
the installer only gave permission to the Admin account to use Finale. I imagine that an updated installer will be released, but until then the above procedure removes the problem. Michael On 28 juil. 08, at 21:55, Michael Cook wrote: I've installed Finale 2009 on a PowerBook G4

[Finale] Mac Finale 2009 quits on launch

2008-07-28 Thread Michael Cook
I've installed Finale 2009 on a PowerBook G4. In the administrator's account it runs OK, but in any other account (including a brand new test account) it quits when the launch process gets to the point where the MIDI setup window pops up. Here's what I've already tried: - Restart the Mac

Re: [Finale] OT - French Speakers

2008-07-13 Thread Michael Cook
OT is a common abbreviation for Office de Tourisme, so I'm pretty sure that's what she meant. In any case, ot is not a word in French. Michael On 13 Jul 2008, at 14:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The context is, when I asked about where I could get wi-fi internet connection tu peux

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac software for webpage design

2008-07-08 Thread Michael Cook
Apple's iWeb is extremely basic, but it may be enough for your needs. I'm happy with Freeway from http://www.softpress.com : there are two versions, Pro and Express, which you can try as free downloads (limited to a month, I think). Even the Express version gives you more power than iWeb.

Re: [Finale] MacFin08 Preferences Menu Disappears

2008-07-06 Thread Michael Cook
This happens if you click on the Finale 2008 menu while a dialog is open on the screen. A restart seems to be the only cure. On 6 Jul 2008, at 16:18, Robert Patterson wrote: Has anyone else seen the Preference menu (under the Apple Menu) disappear? I've had it happen at least twice now, but

Re: [Finale] Problem with Help files on Mac, Finale 2008b

2008-07-02 Thread Michael Cook
Config Error Code -43. What should I try next? Michael On 29 Jun 2008, at 19:38, Michael Cook wrote: Thanks Christopher. I have just tried trashing the prefs: no luck. I'd already tried setting the folder manually, but that didn't help. If I can't think of anything else I'll do a re-install

Re: [Finale] Problem with Help files on Mac, Finale 2008b

2008-07-02 Thread Michael Cook
in the Browser. It simplifies matters immensely for me;-) Henry Howey From: Michael Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 10:44 AM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Problem with Help files on Mac, Finale 2008b I still can't get

[Finale] Problem with Help files on Mac, Finale 2008b

2008-06-29 Thread Michael Cook
I just moved my second Finale installation from an iBook to a PowerBook. The de-authorization and authorization worked fine and Finale 2008b seems to be working normally, with one exception: I can't access the help files. Each time I try, I get this message: Unable to launch URL: Internet

Re: [Finale] Problem with Help files on Mac, Finale 2008b

2008-06-29 Thread Michael Cook
, Michael Cook wrote: I just moved my second Finale installation from an iBook to a PowerBook. The de-authorization and authorization worked fine and Finale 2008b seems to be working normally, with one exception: I can't access the help files. Each time I try, I get this message: Unable to launch

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8

2008-05-21 Thread Michael Cook
A couple of times I've sent a request to MakeMusic to make the handling of dotted rests more detailed. Like Darcy, I don't want dotted half rests and dotted quarter rests in 4/4, but I do want to use dotted eighth rests. I'd like an option something like allow dotted rests only within

Re: [Finale] beaming in 3/4 - 2nd try

2008-04-02 Thread Michael Cook
On 2 Apr 2008, at 08:03, dc wrote: Thanks to all. Yes, I should have given the context, of course. This is a section of a Lully motet. The source I'm transcribing has all groups of (last) three or four 8ths beamed. Personally, as a performer myself, I think this is perfectly clear. But I'm

Re: [Finale] beaming in 3/4

2008-04-02 Thread Michael Cook
On 1 Apr 2008, at 22:08, Darcy James Argue wrote: I didn't see Michael Cook's original, only Chris's reply, but in response to his comments, my feeling is that beaming is usually (not always, but usually) a poor way to indicate phrasing in modern music. I try to discourage the composers I

Re: [Finale] Copying in 2k8

2008-04-02 Thread Michael Cook
Innstead of shift+option+click use Ctrl+option+click. This will bring up the paste multiple dialog which will alow you to make multiple copies both horizontally and vertically if needed. Michael On 29 Mar 2008, at 20:38, Neal Gittleman wrote: Still fumbling around in 2k8 (Mac)... Used to

Re: [Finale] beaming in 3/4

2008-04-01 Thread Michael Cook
This question come up from time to time. Beaming the three eighth notes together cannot be considered as wrong. Look at serious Urtext editions of Beethoven, Schumann or Chopin, where beaming is reproduced as the composers wrote it: both versions are seen and often corresponds to subtle

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

2008-03-20 Thread Michael Cook
In the Utitilities menu, choose Check Notation Check Elapsed Time... Michael On 20 Mar 2008, at 07:09, Ray Horton wrote: Am I nuts? In 2008a, where has the command to tell how long the piece, or section of the piece, gone? I can't find it anywhere, and the manual is no help.

Re: [Finale] Optimization / spacing problems

2008-02-13 Thread Michael Cook
Once you have de-optimized and dragged the staves into the order you need, use the Sort Staves command in the Staff menu. Fiinale should now treat the top staff as top and the bottom as bottom. Michael On 13 Feb 2008, at 08:15, Brennon Bortz wrote: Hello all, I am respacing measures in

Re: [Finale] OT: OSX backup software suggestions?

2008-02-04 Thread Michael Cook
I'm happy with ChronoSync, which I let run automatically each time I start up the computer. You can also set it to run a particular backup when a particular drive is attached. There's a demo at http:// www.econtechnologies.com/site/Pages/ChronoSync/chrono_overview.html so you could give it

Re: [Finale] OT - Extracting single pages from a multi-page PDF document

2008-01-31 Thread Michael Cook
On a Mac all you need is the system software: 1. Open PDF. 2. Choose print. 3. In the Print dialog choose the page (or page range) you want. 4. Choose Save as PDF. Michael On 31 Jan 2008, at 14:34, Marcello Noia wrote: Hi, not having the whole Adobe PDF software but only the reader, what

Re: [Finale] Clef problem

2008-01-28 Thread Michael Cook
I think the only way to get the effect you want is to use a trick. You could create an empty, zero-width measure (use blank notation to remove the whole-measure rest) at the beginning of the part and put the treble clef in the next measure. Michael On 28 Jan 2008, at 10:47, [EMAIL

Re: [Finale] Repitch tool and grace notes

2008-01-09 Thread Michael Cook
keyboard. Using the Simple tool you have three actions for each note: hold note, hit Enter, hit right arrow. I'll send a message to MakeMusic. On 7 Jan 2008, at 21:36, Christopher Smith wrote: On Jan 7, 2008, at 2:12 PM, Michael Cook wrote: The repitch tool on the Simple palette is a useful time

[Finale] Repitch tool and grace notes

2008-01-07 Thread Michael Cook
The repitch tool on the Simple palette is a useful time saver. I just discovered that it doesn't take grace notes into account. Is this a bug, or just bad design? I'm transcribing a long passage which consists entirely of staccato eighth notes, each eighth note being preceded by an

Re: [Finale] 2008 a is up

2007-12-07 Thread Michael Cook
Hyphens are much improved. As far as I can tell, they are as good as they were before all the problems started in 2006. They no longer disappear too early. Michael On 7 Dec 2007, at 12:00, dc wrote: I notice: Improved placement of lyrics hyphens, especially in tight spacing. Has

Re: [Finale] cautionary accidentals

2007-11-19 Thread Michael Cook
I'd choose 1, f natural, without parentheses. This should remove any confusion or hesitation while sight-reading, especially considering that the barlines are dotted. I don't think it is necessary to draw attention to the false relation between e flat and e natural: this is a common

Re: [Finale] uncommon tuplet

2007-09-19 Thread Michael Cook
Although Finale 3.0 was a big change from previous versions, it was not developed from scratch. As far as I know, Finale has never been redeveloped from scratch. I've only known Finale since version 2.6, so I can't say for sure, but I think some parts of present-day Finale are unchanged

Re: [Finale] Re: Fin 2008 arrived

2007-07-04 Thread Michael Cook
On 4 Jul 2007, at 08:07, dc wrote: I just heard from MM: There are no planned changes to hyphens in Finale 2008. They should function just as they did in Finale 2007c. MM left out a word. This should read: There are no planned changes to hyphens in Finale 2008. They should function

Re: [Finale] OT: Can you spot the fake?

2007-05-06 Thread Michael Cook
I got it right, but I admit I was helped by knowing who conducted the other three extracts: I immediately recognised Norrington and Reiner, and the choice between the other two was reasonably easy. For me the give-aways were the solo clarinet sound and the almost too perfect balance, with

Re: [Finale] Text Block cross-wired

2007-05-05 Thread Michael Cook
I haven't encountered this bug myself, but I wonder if this would work: Create a new, duplicate expression. Replace all instances of the buggy expression with the new one, then delete the buggy one. Then correct the part name if necessary. And complain, complain, complain to Makemusic!

Re: [Finale] Conducting in 12/8

2007-05-01 Thread Michael Cook
12/8 is usually conducted in 4, or if it's extremely slow each beat is subdivided into three. The slow movement of Beethoven's 6th Symphony (Beethoven's MM being dotted quarter = 50) is conducted in 4. 12/8 is never conducted in 3 sets of 4/8: if the measures are rhythmically so divided,

[Finale] OT: Music in the stones of Rosslyn Chapel?

2007-04-30 Thread Michael Cook
For those interested in supposed secret codes and other zany stuff. As reported by the BBC: A father and son team from Edinburgh think they have found a secret piece of music hidden in carvings at a famous medieval chapel in Midlothian. Stuart Mitchell, 41 and his father Tommy, 75, said

Re: [Finale] 2k7 Lyrics hyphens

2007-04-18 Thread Michael Cook
I'll quote myself here: - From 2006b to 2007 (inclusive) all hyphens show, but hyphens between closely-spaced syllables are too far right. - In 2007a and 2007b, many (too many) hyphens disappear and a hyphen at the end of the system is too near to the syllable before it. - In 2007c, too many

[Finale] O.T. Joshua Bell at L'Enfant Plaza

2007-04-08 Thread Michael Cook
If one of the world's finest violinists plays in the entry hall of a Washington Metro station, how many passers-by stop to listen? Here you will find the answer: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/ AR2007040401721.html?hpid=topnews

Re: [Finale] Another hyphen bug in 2007c

2007-04-02 Thread Michael Cook
I couldn't reproduce this one. Could you give exact details of the hyphen settings in document options, or anything else you can think of that might be affecting the hyphens? I'm very interested in keeping track of all the hyphen bugs. Michael On 2 Apr 2007, at 09:08, dc wrote: Just

Re: [Finale] Another hyphen bug in 2007c

2007-04-02 Thread Michael Cook
This seems to happen in all flavours of Finale 2005, 2006 and 2007 (in previous version the extra space at beginning of measure option did not exist). And the only cure I can find is to turn on smart hyphens. Michael On 2 Apr 2007, at 10:41, dc wrote: Michael Cook écrit: I couldn't

Re: [Finale] Another hyphen bug in 2007c

2007-04-02 Thread Michael Cook
On 2 Apr 2007, at 14:10, dc wrote: If I turn on smart hyphens, and check never, what is the difference with the stupid hyphens I use? Good question. I really don't know. I'd just try it and see if it causes any other problems. What to you think of the placement of the first hyphen after

Re: [Finale] FAN Files

2007-03-20 Thread Michael Cook
said, things changed in 2007: now the FAN files are also used for the placement of articulations, ties and non-engraver slurs as well as engraver slurs. Michael On 20 Mar 2007, at 16:36, Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 20.03.2007 Michael Cook wrote: Johannes, try this simple test: - Before

Re: [Finale] turn off spacing of hidden notes in alt. notation?

2007-03-19 Thread Michael Cook
In Document Options Layer options, you can set a particular layer so that it does not affect music spacing. On 19 Mar 2007, at 18:15, Don Hart wrote: Seems like I remember there being a way to turn off the spacing of notes hidden with alternate notation. If so, I can't seem to find it

Re: [Finale] Changing time signature, tempo and note durations

2007-03-16 Thread Michael Cook
perform it. The actual tempo of this movement differs much from performance to performance (Beethoven didn't supply a metronome marking), but there's no doubt that something like quarter=38 would be too fast for this piece. Michael Cook On 15 Mar 2007, at 22:22, Brennon Bortz wrote: I have

Re: [Finale] OT: Mac FTP client

2007-03-14 Thread Michael Cook
I've been using Cyberduck for a couple of years. It's easy to understand, it's only crashed once and it does all I need: highly recommended. Michael On 14 Mar 2007, at 17:22, Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to get a Mac friend of mine going with FTP. Are there any recommended

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007 Mac HYPHENS in lyrics

2007-03-12 Thread Michael Cook
. If you have it, I would recommend going back to 2005b for work with lyrics. Michael Cook On 12 Mar 2007, at 12:44, Christopher Smith wrote: On Mar 12, 2007, at 12:02 AM, Francis Fitzpatrick wrote: Does anyone else still have disappearing hypens in lyrics in Finale 2007? I met a couple

Re: [Finale] Applying edits on linked parts to score.

2007-03-12 Thread Michael Cook
I think this is a good idea. It would be nice if we could select a region of a part with Mass Edit, then apply a command Change score to match part. On 11 Mar 2007, at 23:17, Chuck Israels wrote: Wouldn't it be a good feature to be able to edit in the part and then re-link that edit to

Re: [Finale] French beams

2007-03-10 Thread Michael Cook
French scores, the trend seems to be towards flatter beams, so that the spaces between the beams can fall within spaces between staff lines, meaning that the question of having to erase bits of staff line never arises. To my eyes, this looks better. Michael Cook On 9 Mar 2007, at 22:39

Re: [Finale] Measure spacing and linked parts

2007-03-09 Thread Michael Cook
Yes, measure widths and beat chart changes are considered part of music spacing. In most cases I think this is what we want. But here you have a situation where you'd like at least part of the score spacing to be reflected in the part. You could make a feature request: maybe two options

Re: [Finale] Broken secondary beams

2007-03-08 Thread Michael Cook
It's standard to connect the groups of four 32nd notes with one beam. You can check this out in editions of virtuoso piano music by such composers as Liszt, Ravel, Debussy... On 8 Mar 2007, at 21:06, Aaron Sherber wrote: Hi all, I've got some passages in 2/4 with running 32nd notes, and I

Re: [Finale] Preferences disappearing!

2007-03-07 Thread Michael Cook
Maybe the Preferences file is corrupted. Go to User Library Preferences and trash the Finale 2006 Preferences file. Finale should create a new one, setting all preferences back to factory defaults. Now if you set other preferences, do they stick? On 7 Mar 2007, at 07:21, Brennon Bortz

Re: [Finale] OT: piano part names

2007-03-04 Thread Michael Cook
Have a look here: http://www.concertpitchpiano.com/ DiagramsAndImages.html Michael On 4 Mar 2007, at 04:47, shirling neueweise wrote: does anyone have any links to diagrammes or images of the inside of a piano? i need something (for reference) which names many of the components -

Re: [Finale] German

2007-03-04 Thread Michael Cook
Christopher got most of them. Langsam, jedoch fliebend should be Langsam, jedoch fließend. The correct translation is Slowly, but flowing. I've never seen the word Schlufslied. Could this be a misreading of Schlaflied, meaning lullaby? Michael On 4 Mar 2007, at 13:57, Lawrence David

Re: [Finale] German

2007-03-04 Thread Michael Cook
As literal as possible: When it forgets itself in dust,/ Bear it with patience On 4 Mar 2007, at 18:30, Andrew Stiller wrote: As long as we're on this subject, I'd like to ask the list's German speakers to vet a few lines of a translation of mine. In a 19th-c. oratorio text, the poetry at

Re: [Finale] German

2007-03-04 Thread Michael Cook
Schlufslied is a word I've never come across. My big Duden German dictionary was no help: could you give a source for this word? Michael On 4 Mar 2007, at 19:27, Hans Swinnen wrote: But Schlufslied exists as a Song of the rooster. I don't know the context, neither the age, neither the

Re: [Finale] Left barline question

2007-03-01 Thread Michael Cook
In the editions I use I'm used to seeing neither left barline nor brace in this situation. This doesn't seem to be a hard and fast rule: I have at least one score where a left barline is put on a single optimized staff. But the majority of editors seem to agree: when a system is optimzed

Re: [Finale] Use EDUs for Beat Duration Bug

2007-02-19 Thread Michael Cook
Finale won't accept 2560 EDUs as one note. If you want to use EDUs, put 2048 + 512 in the first box on the bottom. Or, without using EDUs, just create a time signature of 1 over 2 + 8. On 19 Feb 2007, at 07:44, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hey List, Allen, In trying to set up a measure of 5/8

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007c is available

2007-02-18 Thread Michael Cook
: On Feb 17, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Michael Cook wrote: You can take your pick: in 2007 (original version) hyphens never disappear, even in situations where you might want them to. It is also noticeable that when syllables get close together, the hyphens are placed too far to the right. This seems

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007c is available

2007-02-17 Thread Michael Cook
, use 2007 (original). If you prefer having hyphens disappear unless you set the spacing rather wide, use 2007c. If you want hyphens to work as they did in older versions, use an older version! Michael On 17 Feb 2007, at 18:59, dc wrote: Michael Cook écrit: But the disappearing hyphens

Re: [Finale] Finale 2007c is available

2007-02-16 Thread Michael Cook
One hyphen bug is fixed in 2007c: hyphens at the end of a system are no longer too near to the last syllable of the system. But the disappearing hyphens still disappear, so hyphens are still in a bad way: 2007c remains unsuitable for serious publishing with lyrics. Michael On 16 Feb

Re: [Finale] Lyrics Question

2007-02-01 Thread Michael Cook
First thing to try is Edit Update Smart Word Extensions and Hyphens. Note that there is also a setting in Program Options View where you can decide if you want the updating to happen automatically. But I think even with auto-update on there may be situations where you still need to

Re: [Finale] 2007b is out

2007-01-19 Thread Michael Cook
If you've kept a backup copy of the original Finale 2007, it will open the files created with 2007a. On 19 Jan 2007, at 09:40, dc wrote: I was just about to send a message to the list on the question of hyphens, because they are indeed messed up in 2007a: some of them appear on screen but

Re: [Finale] 2007b is out

2007-01-19 Thread Michael Cook
I'm not sure, but I think that hyphens in 2006a work as they do in 2004. In 2006b a new bug appeared, that produced two undesirable effects: 1. When syllables got closer than a certain amount, the hyphens were too far to the right. 2. Hyphens no longer disappeared when the syllables were

Re: [Finale] 2007b is out

2007-01-18 Thread Michael Cook
After I ran the Mac 2007a updater, I ended up with one app called Finale 2007, which on closer inspection was indeed the updated version. I was happy to have kept a backup copy of the original 2007 version: I renamed the updated version Finale 2007a and copied the backup copy of 2007 back

Re: [Finale] OT Mac OSX

2007-01-13 Thread Michael Cook
File Import... should give you the option you need. On 13 Jan 2007, at 14:57, Lawrence David Eden wrote: I want to ask an OT question to my Mac friends on the List. How do I get my old OS9 Mozilla bookmarks into my new OSX Firefox? Firefox looks for IE favorites only. I am hoping that I

Re: [Finale] compound (?) time signature

2007-01-11 Thread Michael Cook
Here are two ways you can show 3/2 next to 6/4: 1. Add an extra empty measure at the beginning of the piece. Give this measure a time signature of 3/2. Apply blank notation to this measure and set its width to zero. Give the next measure a time signature of 6/4. 2. Go to document options

Re: [Finale] Last minute fix

2007-01-08 Thread Michael Cook
Select the multimeasure rest with measure tool, choose Multimeasure Rests Edit... from the Measure menu and adjust the end point. On 8 Jan 2007, at 18:40, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Hi all, Quick one. F2k7. I have a multimeasure rest followed by a measure with a clef change. How do I

Re: [Finale] Adding group in optimized score

2006-12-19 Thread Michael Cook
Select the bottom staff handles, not the top ones. On 19 Dec 2006, at 17:49, dc wrote: I have an optimized score where I've just added a group for Staff System 1. But now I want to add another group to this Staff System 1 only. And when I go to Add group, the group gets marked as Global

Re: [Finale] Smart line bug in 2007a?

2006-12-17 Thread Michael Cook
All measure-attached smart shapes are affected by the same problem: you can unlink vertically, but not horizontally. I haven't noticed any difference between 2007 and 2007a in this respect. On 17 Dec 2006, at 18:14, dc wrote: The following problem seems to have appeared since I installed

Re: [Finale] Adding to the score

2006-12-13 Thread Michael Cook
Go carefully! If the score already has been optimized and carefully laid out, you don't want to mess this up. First, lock the existing measures in their layout. Then work out about how many systems the measures ought to take up. Insert this number of locked systems using the Page Layout

Re: [Finale] large time sigs / +

2006-12-09 Thread Michael Cook
Yes, it seems like an oversight: it ought to be possible to set the vertical position of the plus sign. I can only come up with workarounds, either: 1. You could set the plus sign to a blank character, then add it as an expression. or 2. If you prefer keeping the plus sign as it is, you

Re: [Finale] Four-Mallet Xylo?

2006-11-26 Thread Michael Cook
The percussionists in the orchestra here in Mannheim have no problem with this. On 26 Nov 2006, at 20:53, Darcy James Argue wrote: Hey all, Are most orchestral percussionists comfortable using four mallets (2-mallet grip in each hand) on xylophone? Or is this more of a

Re: [Finale] finale online support

2006-11-10 Thread Michael Cook
Jef, what you describe corresponds (sadly) to my experience as well. I find that the tech support person has not taken the trouble to read through my message, they certainly have not taken the trouble to take their copy of Finale and try the simple steps I have described, and their

Re: [Finale] Closing group barline at the end of a system Text bloc

2006-10-25 Thread Michael Cook
You want group barlines only at the end of each system? I can't think of a way to get that done automatically, but here's a method that might be faster than drawing them by hand: - Set the group to have barlines drawn through staves. Now of course you have many barlines where you don't

Re: [Finale] Hyphen behaviour in 2006 and 2007

2006-10-22 Thread Michael Cook
er... that's the solution I promosed in my original message: ...but the only thing I can think of is to manually replace the hyphen with a space. On 21 Oct 2006, at 22:26, Mark D Lew wrote: But that suggests a possible solution. One could go through the the Edit Lyrics window of the

[Finale] Hyphen behaviour in 2006 and 2007

2006-10-21 Thread Michael Cook
This bug was brought to my attention by somebody who does a lot of vocal score work: In 2005 and previous versions, if two syllables connected by a hyphen are moved close enough together, the hyphen disappears. He has used this in many vocal scores in places where spacing needed to be

Re: [Finale] Piano/Vocal [was a lot of things]

2006-10-21 Thread Michael Cook
Somebody I know who does vocal scores for Bärenreiter usually uses 10pt Times (fixed size) for the lyrics. He has also used 9pt Times, but I find this too small. On 21 Oct 2006, at 08:30, John Roberts wrote: Just an aside question on this general topic. What is considered to be a

Re: [Finale] 2007 part names

2006-10-06 Thread Michael Cook
As far as I can tell, the fastest way is to do as you say: generate all the parts, then delete the ones you don't need. On 6 Oct 2006, at 12:59, dc wrote: dhbailey écrit: You can edit the names of the parts, if they weren't automatically named properly when the parts were created, in the

Re: [Finale] Measure numbers in linked parts

2006-09-30 Thread Michael Cook
If you drag-select with the mouse, making sure that the first thing that is covered by the dragging rectangle is a measure number, only measure numbers should be selected. On 30 Sep 2006, at 14:17, dhbailey wrote: I was just wondering if there was a way to select ONLY the measure number

Re: [Finale] BAK.files

2006-09-30 Thread Michael Cook
Have you tried changing the .BAK extension to .MUS? On 30 Sep 2006, at 17:23, Will Denayer wrote: Thank you everyone, Now it makes sense again. However, I do not seem to be able to open a BAK.file (I can't find it inside Finale and when I click on the icon, Windows says that it cannot open

Re: [Finale] Tan: Henle engraving video

2006-09-24 Thread Michael Cook
The URL points to an 80 MB WMV file, so it might take a while to load: I saved the file to my hard disk and it was well worth the wait. The video was apparently made in 1997 and the engraver is just incredible. On 24 Sep 2006, at 05:56, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I started to open the URL,

Re: [Finale] MacSymbolFonts.txt hell

2006-07-23 Thread Michael Cook
The list tells Finale which fonts it should consider as symbol fonts: all the music notation fonts + Zapf Dingbats, Wingdings, etc. Open it in TextEdit and delete any font that looks like it's a normal text font (such as Times). Michael Cook On 22 juil. 06, at 17:09, Don Hart wrote

Re: [Finale] mid-measure clefs

2006-07-19 Thread Michael Cook
on the handle of the new clef to bring up the context menu which permits you to change this clef to whatever you need. Michael Cook On 18 Jul 2006, at 23:08, Martin Banner wrote: On FinMac 2003a, is it possible to insert two mid-measure clefs? I'm working on an 18th Century Magnificat

Re: [Finale] Redundant accidentals

2006-07-04 Thread Michael Cook
This occurs in older scores. I think it has been abandoned in modern editions: it is certainly not considered necessary and may, as you say, be confusing. Michael Cook On 4 Jul 2006, at 11:49, Lon Price wrote: I recently played through a set of clarinet etudes with a student, and ran

Re: [Finale] Redundant accidentals

2006-07-04 Thread Michael Cook
by the editor, or do I have the choice, etc. etc. until I work out that it must be an F-sharp anyway. Michael Cook On 4 Jul 2006, at 18:42, Chuck Israels wrote: On a similar subject - is there a prevailing opinion on the use of parentheses on courtesy accidentals? I have always used them

Re: [Finale] Comments appreciated

2006-07-01 Thread Michael Cook
if anybody else has something to say about it here first. Michael Cook On 1 Jul 2006, at 06:26, Carl Dershem wrote: Wikipedia is useful for some things, and completely useless for others. In areas where there is very little reason to monkey with what's posted (often technical articles

Re: [Finale] OT tempo changes within rubato - vote now, vote often!

2006-07-01 Thread Michael Cook
will have to reach for a dictionary and even the English speakers may wonder what you mean. Michael Cook On 1 Jul 2006, at 08:11, Don Hart wrote: I'd like to get your vote on the following: what is the best way to indicate a specific variance in tempo *within* a section of music already

Re: [Finale] Hyphens Acting Weird

2006-06-22 Thread Michael Cook
Go to Document Options Lyrics and put a large value (something bigger than the width of a system, for instance) in the Maximum Space Between Hyphens box. Michael Cook On 22 Jun 2006, at 22:10, Jacki Barineau wrote: Hi, Everyone - for some reason suddenly the hyphens separating syllables

Re: [Finale] Plug-in dev. Jazz Tools and Chord Transposer

2006-06-17 Thread Michael Cook
PopCopy looks nice (maybe I'll buy it), but it won't help with copying sections of a Finale file: it will only hold stuff that the Mac system clipboard will hold. Michael On 16 Jun 2006, at 22:44, Eric Dannewitz wrote: If you have a mac, check this out

Re: [Finale] OT. Identification.

2006-06-14 Thread Michael Cook
Keith, try this: http://www.musipedia.org/ Best wishes, Michael Cook On 14 Jun 2006, at 07:32, keith helgesen wrote: Having had no reply or comment on this query (originally sent a few days ago) I can only assume it either didn’t get posted- or nobody really wants to talk to me

Re: [Finale] Tremolo printing bug

2006-06-10 Thread Michael Cook
MM about it, it might help to move this bug higher on the priority list. Michael Cook On 10 Jun 2006, at 03:41, Rich C wrote: I recall a discussion about a bug people were reporting not too long ago with tremolo printing. I discovered just now that the Maestro characters contain

Re: [Finale] Hey! Where did the edit system margins box go?

2006-06-09 Thread Michael Cook
/Preferences). Finale will create a new one when you re-launch it. Best wishes, Michael Cook On 9 Jun 2006, at 07:31, Randolph Peters wrote: I'm on FinMac 2k6c and I just discovered that in the Page Layout Tool, the edit system margins box does not appear. Rather there is a brief flash

Re: [Finale] floating rest problem

2006-06-09 Thread Michael Cook
keys), hide it (press 'H') or delete it. Michael Cook On 9 Jun 2006, at 15:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have received this question from my composer colleague with whom I work on engraving projects with. I can only pass along his own description of the problem because he is using Finale

Re: [Finale] Major Patterson Plug-Ins upgrade

2006-06-03 Thread Michael Cook
Yas. A Universal Binary app. runs on both Intel and pre-Intel Macs. On 3 Jun 2006, at 18:55, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Jun 2, 2006, at 5:04 PM, Robert Patterson wrote: Makemusic announced back in Jan. that Finale 2007 will run natively on Intel Macs. Plugins aside, 2K7 will also run on

Re: [Finale] Layout for ABA form

2006-05-28 Thread Michael Cook
On 28 May 2006, at 19:03, Richard Yates wrote: It is a solo classical guitar transcription of a piano work by Onslow. How is the repeat notated in the original piano piece? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Layout for ABA form

2006-05-28 Thread Michael Cook
backwards, which makes two page turns. If you write it out it will be 4 1/2 pages, which will also need two page turns, no more. Are you strictly limited to a certain number of pages? Michael Cook On 28 May 2006, at 23:39, Richard Yates wrote: It is a solo classical guitar transcription

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-25 Thread Michael Cook
Does Finale 2K3 run on the new Intel Mac? No Does it run on a new G5? Yes ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale on G5

2006-05-24 Thread Michael Cook
Microsoft for an upgrade) and run a load of other aged software if I want to. Michael Cook On 24.05.2006 Phil Daley wrote: A MAC user HAS to upgrade their software every time a new kind of MAC comes out, and they buy one. Windows users can decide to upgrade at their own convenience, even though

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