Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Is there a shortcut to the Tie command? If I use the cursor to place it above or below a note, I don't have it available to hit the tie command ... if I understand what you are saying? BTW, none of the other suggestions have worked so far ... Dean On Oct 17, 2009, at 11:02 PM, Haroldo

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread Lawrence Yates
In Speedy, place the cursor on the chord - but not on a note of the chord (eg on a c major triad place the cursor on an F) and press = All the notes of the chord will tie over - just tried it. Apologies if I've missed something and this isn't what you mean. cheers, Lawrence --

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
No, that's exactly what I meant. Thank you ... I just tried it and got two out of three to tie ... must be something weird about what I've entered or something ... it's a Hand Bell score if that makes any diff., but I don't know why it should. Thanks for the thought. Dean On Oct 19,

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Ah Ha O Glorious Day, Calucaly .. for some reason, I just tried it again, and it worked. Thanks for all the help ... Dean On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Lawrence Yates wrote: In Speedy, place the cursor on the chord - but not on a note of the chord (eg on a c major triad place the

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread Lawrence Yates
Glad to hear it's sorted. By the way, it's: O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! but I understand the sentiment! Cheers, Lawrence 2009/10/19 Dean M. Estabrook d.e...@comcast.net Ah Ha O Glorious Day, Calucaly .. for some reason, I just tried it again, and it worked. Thanks for all the

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Oct 2009 at 19:43, Lawrence Yates wrote: In Speedy, place the cursor on the chord - but not on a note of the chord (eg on a c major triad place the cursor on an F) and press = All the notes of the chord will tie over - just tried it. Apologies if I've missed something and this isn't

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread John Roberts
In speedy entry (all I ever use), place the cursor at the position of the note stack, but on none of them, press =. If you are on a particular note, you will tie only that one. JR On 10/19/09 1:52 PM, Dean M. Estabrook d.e...@comcast.net wrote: Is there a shortcut to the Tie command? If I

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Ah, yes, music to galumph (sp?) by ... Is that Lewis G. Carrol? Thanks again, Dean On Oct 19, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Lawrence Yates wrote: Glad to hear it's sorted. By the way, it's: O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! but I understand the sentiment! Cheers, Lawrence 2009/10/19 Dean M.

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-19 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Good info ... thanx Dean On Oct 19, 2009, at 11:53 AM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 19 Oct 2009 at 19:43, Lawrence Yates wrote: In Speedy, place the cursor on the chord - but not on a note of the chord (eg on a c major triad place the cursor on an F) and press = All the notes of the chord

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-18 Thread Haroldo Mauro Jr .
To tie all notes of a chord, position the cursor above the top note or below the lowest, then hit the tie command. Harold At 12:42 -0700 17/10/09, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Often when I attempt to tie one chord across a bar line, and the stack has three or more note in it ... only some of the

[Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-17 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Often when I attempt to tie one chord across a bar line, and the stack has three or more note in it ... only some of the notes tie. A) why, and B) how do I fix it? Dean Canto ergo sum And, I'd rather be composing than decomposing Dean M. Estabrook http://deanestabrook.googlepages.com/home

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-17 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Often when I attempt to tie one chord across a bar line, and the stack has three or more note in it ... only some of the notes tie. A) why, and B) how do I fix it? In my experience, the keyboard shortcut to create a tie between two pitches is a toggle: pressing it

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-17 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Well, what you said worked until the part where I try to make the cursor tie all possible notes in the chords. Then, nothing seemed to occur at all. Hmmm Dean On Oct 17, 2009, at 1:09 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Often when I attempt to tie one chord across

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-17 Thread Williams, Jim
Put it inside the chord but not directly on a note. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 17, 2009, at 5:38 PM, Dean M. Estabrook d.e...@comcast.net wrote: Well, what you said worked until the part where I try to make the cursor tie all possible notes in the chords. Then, nothing seemed to occur at

Re: [Finale] Blessed be the ties that bind ... and, why don't some?

2009-10-17 Thread Carl Dershem
Dean M. Estabrook wrote: Well, what you said worked until the part where I try to make the cursor tie all possible notes in the chords. Then, nothing seemed to occur at all. Hmmm Are you sure? Sometimes you have to be zoomed in pretty close to tell. And some notes might have