Re: [Finale] Tempo markings turned to trash

2011-06-06 Thread Yateslawrence
That's what it looks like but I don't know how. Nor do I know which font was originally used so that I can re-install it. As I said, to the best of my knowledge I have made no changes. It's all very strange. Cheers, Lawrence Sent from my iPhone On 7 Jun 2011, at 00:23, Klaus Smedegaard

Re: [Finale] New plug-in: JW Change Dynamics

2011-01-22 Thread Yateslawrence
Should I say it or leave it to somebody else? Sent from my iPhone On 22 Jan 2011, at 08:23, Jari Williamsson jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: please send a bug file to me with steps on how to reproduce. ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] stem direction

2009-01-02 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In Finale 2006 it's: tools-advanced tools - special tools - stem direction. But I'm sure there's a much simpler, quicker way but i can' remember it either. Cheers lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] stem direction

2009-01-02 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 02/01/2009 15:38:40 GMT Standard Time, rich...@yatesguitar.com writes: Speedy, L That's the one!!! lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] OT Finale and Sibelius in Linux?

2009-01-01 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi and Happy New Year to all. Someone on another list is asking if Finale and/or Sibelius work in Linux. Anybody know please? Thanks, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

[Finale] Heinichen Horn Concerto

2008-12-18 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Someone on the horn list is asking if anyone knows a source for the score or parts of Heinichen's Concerto in F major which has gorgeous horn parts I am guessing this to mean a concerto for two horns? Has anyone any ideas? Thanks, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: Subject: Re: [Finale] Endings in repeats - advice needed

2008-12-12 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 12/12/2008 21:14:47 GMT Standard Time, steves...@aol.com writes: Also keep in mind your trombone players! Unless playing 1st-position notes, both hands are in-play, as it were... And horn players who, if they take the hand out of the bell to turn pages will

Re: [Finale] Endings in repeats - advice needed

2008-12-10 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I like repeats - it's means I don't have to tax tired and precious brain cells on working out that I'm playing what I just played and sorted out five minutes ago. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Anyone out there?

2008-11-12 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
All the lists to which I belong have been very quiet of late - I was beginning to think it was me. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Horrible Playback, Bookmarks, Copy Errors

2008-10-26 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Everyone replying so far seems to have commented only on the fact that Sibelius has its own problems, but I haven't read any contradiction of the initial premiss that Finale has horrible playback. Is finale playback really that awful (I have no experience of any other programme) or is

Re: [Finale] Notation readability research?

2008-10-22 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I think the worst example of misleading text dynamics I have ever seen appears on a piece set for one of the french horn exams of the Associated Board in the UK. A couple of bars from the end of the penultimate line it says de - . On the last line it says crescendo . I'll leave it to

Re: [Finale] OT: end solo passage in orch

2008-10-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I've seen non solo a few times in this context. Everybody knows what it means. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ** ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Check

2008-10-10 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 10/10/2008 19:28:11 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is anybody out there, or have I been unsubscribed again? You're getting through, but are you receiving? (This sent to list and privately) lawrenceyates.co.uk **

Re: [Finale] Check

2008-10-10 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 10/10/2008 22:57:00 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I see you..but..I wonder, can someone please respond to me? I'm getting messages, but...I'm guessing maybe no one's seeing mine? Receiving (this reply sent to list and privately lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] subscription problem

2008-09-26 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I received your post - have you received this reply? lawrence ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] MAKEMUSIC greed strikes again

2008-09-19 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I'm not sure it's supposed to follow so that a student can fail to keep a steady tempo, more that it can follow rubato and certain expressive changes of tempo (but then again, I've never used it so I don't know what its capabilities are) Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] MAKEMUSIC greed strikes again

2008-09-19 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
and, of course, there are phrases where the soloist may want to pull the speed around within a strict tempo in the accompaniment and if the accompaniment follows, the result is not good. As I said, I've never used it so I don't know what it's capabilities/limitations are. I can only guess

Re: [Finale] Completely OT: Anyone know these lyrics?

2008-09-16 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 16/09/2008 22:10:31 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Fuit viginti anni abhinc hodie, Centurion Piper docuit symphoria ludere, Agebant interior et exterior moris, Sed sponsi sunt subrisum tollere. Tunc licet ad vos tradere, Actores sciebatis pro omnibus his

Re: [Finale] Completely OT: Anyone know these lyrics?

2008-09-16 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
well done! lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] No more speedy?

2008-07-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I am dismayed to read that speedy entry has been dropped since this is the method I use for about 98% of the time. By dropped, do you mean that it is no longer an option at all, or has it been incorparated into something else? Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] OT - French Speakers

2008-07-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 13/07/2008 22:51:50 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the obsolete past tense, third person, of the verb ouïr, (to hear), ..the verb used by that wonderful character, Achille Talon in a phrase which a french friend of mine had as the message on his

Re: [Finale] OT - French Speakers

2008-07-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 14/07/2008 20:36:57 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: J''ouis avec un enivrement sans bornes que vous parlez allegrement la langue qui berca jusqu'hier un passé qui me parait indiciblement lointain.je repands sous vos pas mes hommages emus.

[Finale] OT - French Speakers

2008-07-13 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi, Could anyone please tell me for certain what is meant by a l'ot as in the phrase - tu peux l'avoir a l'ot I'm guessing it means at the Town Hall (hotel de ville)? but really don't know - I've never come across this phrase before, Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

[Finale] French speakers

2008-07-13 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
..or maybe Office de Tourisme? lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT - French Speakers

2008-07-13 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi, The context is, when I asked about where I could get wi-fi internet connection tu peux l'avoir a l'ot I'm coming round to the idea that she means the Office de Tourisme and couldn't be bothered capitalising or abbreviating, rather than using some colloquialism. I'll be seeing

Re: [Finale] OT - French Speakers

2008-07-13 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 13/07/2008 21:09:29 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: it may not be modern French, but is certainly found in Old French. Beatrice may be getting on a bit, but I don't think she's as old as this. Still, thanks anyway. Lawrence (who has settled on

Re: [Finale] Cheap, easy notation apps?

2008-07-06 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Noteworthy Composer - it's limited but it's the one I started on and served me well for a while Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Transposition question in FinMac 2003a

2008-06-01 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Go into the staff tool and on the drop down menu choose define staff styles then new. Set up the transposition as you would when you first setup the staff. Save the style as horn in Eb or whatever. Select the bars to which you wish this to apply and on the drop down menu select apply

[Finale] Transposition question in FinMac 2003a PS

2008-06-01 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I should say that I'm working on WinFin2006 but I seem to remember that this was how I did this when I had Win2003 - I trust that it's the same technique on whatever platform, apologies if it isn't lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing

[Finale] Chord at the barline

2008-05-31 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Something that has puzzled me for some time - with cntrl and sapcebar down when I move the cursor over chords to hear the sound, when I reach a barline Finale plays another chord - why? (and what is it?) This is Winfin2006 Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] mezzo voce

2008-05-30 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Many years ago as a very young teacher I was presented with a pupil whose family had just moved here from italy. He spoke very little English but in my ignorance I expected him to understand all the musical terms - I was sorely disappointed - as you said, the terms simply do not mean the

Re: [Finale] TRill Closing Grace Notes

2008-05-06 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I'm not sure what you mean by attached to the F# I only have WinFin2006c and this is how it works there: I would do this by entering the trill as normal, then selecting the simple entry tool, clicking on the grace note symbol, clicking on the semi-quaver tool (or whatever note length you

Re: [Finale] activating GPO

2008-04-22 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Just in case anyone else has a problem getting GPO to work when they transfer WINFIN 2006 to another computer, the answer is quite simple: There is a download (marked as NEW) on the Finale website (on the downloads page) which sorts everything out for you. All the best, Lawrence

Re: [Finale] simple question

2008-04-18 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 18/04/2008 02:05:42 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yes, in simple it brings up the edit dialog. In speedy (have never seen that before) it makes an edit box on the screen around the notes/rests. I don't know how to use it. I can't seem to click on

Re: [Finale] simple question

2008-04-17 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In simple entry - cntrl + left click and drag it (that's on Winfin2006) Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] simple question

2008-04-17 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 17/04/2008 21:10:24 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: CTRL-Left Click brings up the edit frame dialog. Isn't that only in Speedy entry not simple? Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] simple question

2008-04-17 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 17/04/2008 21:40:46 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You need to be in Speedy Entry. Click the measure, click the rest, (press *,) drag the rest up or down. Yes, that works too but the rest can be moved horizontally too using Speedy. Using simple it

[Finale] activating GPO

2008-04-16 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Could someone please remind me how to activate GPO. I've transferred it to a new computer, it's given me 30 days to activate it, but of course being Winfin2006 the links are no longer valid. I know that you no longer have to register as you did in the old days, but I can't remember how to

[Finale] Scanning

2008-04-05 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I have the standard scanning software supplied with WinFin 2006 which I am using with an Epsom 3490 Photo scanner and have had less than happy results. Are there optimum settings which might improve this? Would anyone care to hazard an opinion as to whether it is the software or hardware

Re: [Finale] Scanning

2008-04-05 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
thanks - I'll try that. The original copy is new and very clean - in fact it was produced by a friend of mine scanned by his Sibelius software (don't know what scanner). The original from which he scanned and produced good results could not be usefully scanned at all by my

Re: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

2008-03-26 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I hate to argue with David, but as a performer I know that playing something in 2/4 and in 2/2 definitely feels different. I'm not sure I have enough brain cells to work out why, or what it is that I do differently, but there is a difference. Sorry. Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

[Finale] how to search list archives? Blue Flash

2008-03-24 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 24/03/2008 20:57:16 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I see that the archives are separated by month and year, and I have no idea how long ago this thread was. Any ideas? I have a similar problem regarding the blue triangular flash which, for some

Re: [Finale] how to search list archives? Blue Flash

2008-03-24 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Thanks John, I've been through the archives too, but can't find anything - the subject line could well be something completely different. I don't use Internet Explorer and it wasn't on the machine on which I first had the problem. I do remember that it was something unusual that caused the

[Finale] Forgotten how to stop Blue and to use GPO

2008-03-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Sorry to trouble you all with this but I'm lost. I have just bought a new computer and have installed Winfin 2006 on it. Could someone please remind me how to: a) get rid of the blue triangle at the left hand side of the screen b) tell Fiale where to look for GPO (it isn't shown as an

[Finale] registering Finale (UK)

2008-03-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Does anyone know the phone number to register Finale in the UK - the system won't let me register online and the phone number provided by the Registration Wizard is un-obtainable. Thanks again, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale

Re: [Finale] registering Finale (UK)

2008-03-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Thanks very much - that sounds more attractive than phoning America. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Duration of work or section

2008-03-20 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 20/03/2008 08:37:49 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There's a mass-edit tool in Fin2008? Where? Erm..sorry. Yet another case of half read a message on my way out to work syndrome. I didn't read the 2008 bit. Sorry if I raised false hopes. Lawrence

[Finale] Making blanks from existing files

2008-03-01 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 01/03/2008 15:43:21 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: was told by tech support that my old method of clearing music out of an old file that I liked the look of to serve as a blank for a new piece was not advised, as it was sure to cause file corruption at

Re: [Finale] Page size with Wizard

2008-02-23 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 23/02/2008 08:08:12 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Lawrence, do you now see A4 at the Garritan instruments opening page? If I understand correctly what you mean by Garritan opening page, then, yes. When I start a new file with the Wizard, the

Re: [Finale] Page size with Wizard

2008-02-22 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 22/02/2008 11:40:34 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The page size is always Letter. I want to change this to show A4 as default. I have exactly the same problem on Winfin2006 and would be grateful for a solution. Cheers, Lawrence

Re: [Finale] Page size with Wizard

2008-02-22 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 22/02/2008 13:18:01 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Windows: Open the file pagesizes.txt (you'll find it in the Component Files folder) with a text editor. Move the whole A4 line on top. Save the file. Restart Finale. Thank you - that's worked!

Re: [Finale] 2008a E Flat Transposition

2008-02-21 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
No, I've had this problem too (and not just in Eb transposition) - it's a pain, although it was suggested that hitting the s key isn't the best way to sharpen a note and that really we should be using the + key instead. I'm not sure I agree - either a shortcut works or it doesn't, I

Re: [Finale] OT: None Finale question for computer buffs

2008-02-20 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi, I've had this happen on three or four computers over the years. Maybe it is something I'm doing then, I just don't know, but a computer lecturer at our local university reckoned it was a common feature. He was the chap who knows how to do it but reckons it's not easy to do for someone

Re: [Finale] OT: None Finale question for computer buffs

2008-02-20 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi David (Fenton), Thanks for your suggestions. I've had this same problem on all my recent computers and so have several people I know (including, as I mentioned, a lecturer in computer studies at a local university). I have not used IE for years and always use Firefox. Two of the

Re: [Finale] F2k8: cue notes in parts but not in score?

2008-02-10 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I can't answer your question but if I may comment - as a conductor I like to know exactly what is cued into the other parts. Maybe this is because I conduct mainly youth and amateur groups where there is the possibility that cues may need to be played. For professional performances I

[Finale] Default File

2008-01-31 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi all, I am using WinFin2006c I want to change the settings (eg bar line width, ledger line width) for the default file which opens every time I create a new file with the file wizard. I thought this was the Maestro Default file (Am I correct in this?) If i am, then could someone

Re: [Finale] Default File

2008-01-31 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Thanks to all - found it in components as suggested. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Clef problem

2008-01-28 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Given that some posts seem not to be getting through, may I re-send my last request just in case: I am using Winfin2006c I have a cello part in bass clef which opens with a violin cue in treble clef (the cue is in layer 3). I want the initial clef to be a bass clef with a small

[Finale] Clef problems

2008-01-25 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi all, I have a cello part in bass clef which opens with a violin cue in treble clef (the cue is in layer 3). I want the initial clef to be a bass clef with a small treble clef in front of the cue. I haven't been able to manage this - when I try to insert a clef it changes the

Re: [Finale] Clef problems

2008-01-25 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Sorry, forgot to mention - I'm in WinFin2006c Thanks, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Re: New Question

2007-06-24 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 24/06/2007 02:51:41 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The French and German bns. sound so radically different that IMO they ought to be considered different instruments. Generally this is probably true, but a great deal can be done by the player. I

Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance

2007-06-02 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
You cannot truly say that you have known hell until you have stayed at the camping municipale and suffered the week of the Cognac blues festival. Every musician should be forced to experience this as part of their education. Yours still in recovery, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960)

2007-05-31 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 31/05/2007 14:57:18 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Your class would have been put in the principal's office ;-) But we were only kids then!!! Later on when we'd grown up we used one lad as a dartboard, another we tortured over a heating radiator and

Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960)

2007-05-30 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
As a child here in Lancashire UK (and elsewhere I'm sure), the term Sissy was the standard word for someone, especially a child or young person, who was soft, or effeminate or who pursued un-manly activities. The lad in our class at school who went for ballet lessons was the archetypal

Re: [Finale] OT: John Cage's first national TV appearance (1960)

2007-05-30 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 30/05/2007 23:46:36 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I was a high jumper in high school, the world record holder in the high jump was Walt Davis, who took ballet classes during the off season to keep his muscles in good shape. Nothing sissy there!!!

Re: [Finale] berlioz notation programme

2007-05-26 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 26/05/2007 08:43:24 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And that's not all!! They also insist on using their own strange words for dog , horse, and just about anything. Believe it or not, they actually have a whole language of their own! This is utterly

Re: [Finale] Removing embedded graphics

2007-05-19 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 19/05/2007 21:15:42 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or, if you leave the left hand page empty, except for the page numbering, everything is obvious. Not really - there's always going to be somebody in the orchestra who wastes valuable rehearsal time by

[Finale] Beer or ale? OT (very)

2007-05-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
But apparently the measurements are different between beer and ale. I have this information from another list: The barrel of beer is to hold 36 gallons, the kilderkin 18 gallons the firkin 9. But the barrel, kilderkin, and firkin of ale are to contain 32, 16, and 8 gallons I say lets

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-12 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 12/05/2007 05:53:39 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Properly the title is AT the White Horse Inn Yes, I think you're right. From what I can remember the plot concerned two underwear manufacturers. As for the goat, this may well have been a sop to the

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 11/05/2007 02:40:01 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bring my goat! Are you sure you didn't mis-hear this - did put on his jacket just after this? The show with the well paid goat was White Horse Inn at the Bolton Octagon Theatre over thirty years

Re: [Finale] Playback question

2007-05-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Could it be something to do with Human Playback? Check your settings and adjust them if necessary. (Custom settings?) Some of the supplied settings include a slow down at the ends of pieces. (Can't check at the moment) Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] OT: goats in opera (was Can you spot the fake?)

2007-05-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 11/05/2007 16:44:46 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ooh, White Horse Inn! I love that score. Wonderful choruses. White Horse Inn was always very special to me - when I was a kid, my grandfather used to sing songs from it all the time. I've never played

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

2007-05-10 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 10/05/2007 02:14:29 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (like the time I went to The Bartered Bride in Bloomington and my companion thrilled to the real chickens on stage). Reminds of the time I played a gig which called a goat on stage. I was appalled

Re: [Finale] PDF creator on Windows

2007-05-09 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I use PDF995 (free version) and have had no problems so far. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: too much notating; was: Hyphenating text underlay

2007-05-07 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 07/05/2007 11:29:02 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: those who simply try to have a pissing contest with an unknown composer (or a conductor they want to ridicule), to show them who is the alpha-dog in the group and try to make the composer look like a

Re: [Finale] Conducting in 12/8

2007-05-03 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I think Cage was more important as an influence than as a composer. That is not to diminish his importance at all. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

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

2007-04-13 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
When I went busking in Hull nobody recognised me. Cheers, Lawrence (starving) lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Split Measure plugin

2007-04-10 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
What an amazing coincidence - I'm am working on exactly such a thing at this very moment. I am working in 2/4 and want a quaver up-beat passage repeated. I got the same error message and have eventually given up and done it by hand. All the best, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk

Re: [Finale] Troms X 4

2007-04-02 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Get hold of some horn quartets there are lots about. Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] O.T.: 2 Vivaldi movies slated to be released

2007-03-27 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 27/03/2007 20:48:45 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, also intriguing (and potentially scandalous) is Kotzwara (the composer of the famous Battle of Prague), Why bother with composers most people don't know - why not just take a composer that

Re: [Finale] O.T.: 2 Vivaldi movies slated to be released

2007-03-27 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 27/03/2007 21:10:53 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Like Horatio Hornblower or Flashman? I'm big fans of both those series, and in fact, they sparked my interest in history from that era. I was thinking more along the lines of Braveheart and The

Re: [Finale] Eighth notes without beams

2007-03-26 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
if it's in 4/4 you could set the time sig as 8/8 and set the use other time signature to 4/4 Cheers, lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] O.T.: 2 Vivaldi movies slated to be released

2007-03-26 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 26/03/2007 22:09:32 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Maybe a remake of *Some Like It Hot.* There's these two guys, see, who are fleeing assassins, and try to disguise themselves off as members of Tony Vivaldi's All-Girl Orchestra... A bit like Nuns on

Re: [Finale] Measure numbering with repeats

2007-03-24 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I find that most conductors don't use the bar (measure) numbers on first and second time bars anyway - they say first time for for the second (or third or fourth or whatever) time Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Measure numbering with repeats

2007-03-22 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 23/03/2007 00:25:02 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: no matter how clear anything is to one party, it will be totally confusing to the other party. And the confused party is usually a woman! :-) Take this true scenario: Who but a woman would

Re: [Finale] horn transposition question

2007-03-20 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
The A written on the fifth line of the bass clef is a very unusual note to find in a part for natural horn (if that's what it is) Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] adding transpositions

2007-03-16 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Hi John, Yes, I can transpose - I'm a horn player - do it every day of my life! :-) It's remembering the formula to put into Finale that stretches my poor addled brain. (It's - Interval: 6 Key Alter: -2) I know that now, but by the time I do it again I'll have forgotten and have to

Re: [Finale] adding transpositions

2007-03-16 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 16/03/2007 21:00:09 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can always select the given transposition to D, which is -1 and 2. Then just put it up an octave: -1 up 7 steps is 6. That sounds like maths to me - I was off school with stomach ache the day they

Re: [Finale] adding transpositions

2007-03-15 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 15/03/2007 17:57:39 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And really, how hard is it to set up D horn in the Staff Transposition Dialog? We're talking about, what, three mouse clicks? Yes, that and a failing brain's ability to remember exactly what the

[Finale] adding transpositions

2007-03-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I very often need to use the horn in D transposition. Is there any way I can add this to the list of transpositions in the staff tool transposition dialogue box? Thanks, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] adding transpositions

2007-03-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 14/03/2007 21:42:17 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You can add them to the file instruments.txt, in the Component Files folder. Sorry, I don't understand how this adds it to the transposition list. It seems only to add it to the instrument list you

Re: [Finale] adding transpositions

2007-03-14 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 14/03/2007 22:27:26 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PLease ignore me, I wrote to quickly! Not at all, thanks for trying anyway. Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Finale GPO instrument ranges

2007-03-12 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 12/03/2007 17:43:54 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: GPO simply drops out when it thinks it's out of range and doesn't render the sample at all (even awkwardly, which is okay for my demos -- better a wrong color than no note). If I remember rightly,

Re: [Finale] setting size of notes in layer 2 (or others)

2007-03-11 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 11/03/2007 00:47:13 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Set your layer to 2. One of the cool things about Show... is that edits applied to the showing layer DO NOT affect other layers. Thanks! The above is something I had no idea about - it makes lots of

[Finale] setting size of notes in layer 2 (or others)

2007-03-10 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I have a piece where I need all the notes in layer 2 to be 75% of the standard note size in layer 1. In a previous version of Finale I thought I was able to globally set the size of notes in layers. I can find no mention of this in the 2006 help file. Can it still be done without having

Re: [Finale] How much can I quote?

2007-03-06 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
And of course Mahler's famous quote from The Sound of Music in the finale of his first symphony - Soh, a needle pulling thread Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Rights for recorded tunes and arrangements?

2007-03-06 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 06/03/2007 19:26:51 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I'm REALLY curious about is how you're going to represent the register break that's at the heart of yodeling instrumentally!!) Tchaikovsky came close in the crossing horn octaves in the 5/4 movt

Re: [Finale] malapropism alert!

2007-03-05 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
or maybe he extended a contracted protracted illness? Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Crescendo on sustained note

2007-02-26 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
I get a crescendo on a sustained note just by adding a crescendo haripin. (with Human playback enabled) I'm using winfin2006c Cheers, Lawrence lawrenceyates.co.uk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: spam [Finale] very TAN

2007-02-18 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
A friend and I went into a local restaurant. We were the only customers there and we asked if they would turn down the background music which was so loud as to make conversation all but impossible. They turned down the music.until we had ordered our meal, then they turned it back up

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