Re: [Finale] rests in parts and multimeasure rests

2017-12-29 Thread Dick Hauser
The original question is so far beyond my use of the program I was going to delete the whole thread. Glad I didn't, because Robert, that solution is wonderful. I appreciate someone that understands how a database is constructed at a “cellular” level. Dick H OlyWa > On Dec 29, 2017, at

Re: [Finale] rests in parts and multimeasure rests

2017-12-29 Thread Robert Patterson
I think it goes back to Fin07, but I'm not sure. On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 5:09 PM, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: > Just for my own edification, do you know which Finale version they added > that to? > > > *** > J D Thomas > ThomaStudios > > > > > On

Re: [Finale] rests in parts and multimeasure rests

2017-12-29 Thread j...@thomastudios.com
Just for my own edification, do you know which Finale version they added that to? *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Dec 29, 2017, at 3:06 PM, Robert Patterson > wrote: > > They did that to support cues, but it works for hard rests too. >

Re: [Finale] rests in parts and multimeasure rests

2017-12-29 Thread Robert Patterson
They did that to support cues, but it works for hard rests too. On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 5:03 PM, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: > I did not know that Robert. Thanks for the headzup. Learn something new > every day! > > *** > J D Thomas >

Re: [Finale] rests in parts and multimeasure rests

2017-12-29 Thread j...@thomastudios.com
I did not know that Robert. Thanks for the headzup. Learn something new every day! *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Dec 29, 2017, at 2:42 PM, Robert Patterson > wrote: > > You can apply a staff style of "Blank Notation With Rests" to

Re: [Finale] rests in parts and multimeasure rests

2017-12-29 Thread Robert Patterson
You can apply a staff style of "Blank Notation With Rests" to the measures with hard rests where you want mm rests. Finale will then create multimeasure rests there. On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 3:18 PM, dc wrote: > I'm extracting parts from a piece that uses two different full

Re: [Finale] rests in parts and multimeasure rests

2017-12-29 Thread j...@thomastudios.com
You can’t get the multimeasure rests in the parts because you used real rests. Finale is doing what it’s supposed to do. If I understand your question, you want two different multimeasure rests, correct? If so, you can edit individual MMR in the part and change it to another shape you

Re: [Finale] Rests between staves

2016-08-10 Thread SN jef chippewa
one option: move rests PI for one hand, a staff style or manually hide in the other >This must be something I've forgotten. I'm sure I've done this before but >can't remember how. > >I need all identical lefthand/righthand rests in a keyboard part to be >centered between the staves (that is,

[Finale] Rests between staves

2016-08-10 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
Hi all. This must be something I've forgotten. I'm sure I've done this before but can't remember how. I need all identical lefthand/righthand rests in a keyboard part to be centered between the staves (that is, just one rest showing for both hands). Thanks! Dennis

Re: [Finale] Rests

2015-09-04 Thread Douglas Brown
> Is there a way to move rests up or down without having to drag them with > the mouse? Barbara, I've always moved them in Simple Entry with the up/down arrows, but I've never heard of this method, either. I'll have to check it out. Douglas Brown Adjunct Professor, School of Music Wayland

Re: [Finale] Rests

2015-09-03 Thread Giovanni Andreani
Barbara, you could create a staff style to use even in small portions of a bar where you can position rests at your discretion. Giovanni > On 01 Sep 2015, at 23:07, Barbara Touburg wrote: > > On 1-9-2015 23:05, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: >> You could use the Move Rests

Re: [Finale] Rests

2015-09-01 Thread j...@thomastudios.com
You could use the Move Rests plugin, which is especially helpful if you have a large range of measure to move rests in. I use it all the time. J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Sep 1, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote: > > Hello all, > > Is there a way to move rests up

Re: [Finale] Rests

2015-09-01 Thread Barbara Touburg
On 1-9-2015 23:05, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: > You could use the Move Rests plugin, which is especially helpful if you have > a large range of measure to move rests in. I use it all the time. Thanks! I never even knew it existed! ___ Finale mailing

[Finale] Rests

2015-09-01 Thread Barbara Touburg
Hello all, Is there a way to move rests up or down without having to drag them with the mouse? Thanks, Barbara ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to:

Re: [Finale] rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread SN jef chippewa
needs rests ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Andrew Moschou
Actually, no. Piano music can start/stop parts (layers) on a beat by beat basis. This is preferable in non-contrapuntal contexts and is usually perfectly clear. On 14 June 2012 17:51, SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.comwrote: needs rests

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] rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Linda Worsley
Thanks, everyone. Much appreciated! Linda Worsley On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 7:36 AM, Florence + Michael launay-c...@gmx.netwrote: 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

Re: [Finale] rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread John Howell
At 12:02 AM -0400 6/14/12, Linda Worsley wrote: Don't know if this has ever been discussed. I have a client who uses a lot of layers in his piano notation. Very useful, of course (He is using Encore, and gives me pdfs of the Encore scores to enter into Finale.) Not hard, but When he puts the

Re: [Finale] rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Linda Worsley
John, I agree with you on several levels. I don't do a lot of writing for solo piano, and when I do, I usually use the make it clear school of notation. And I hate clutter. So it's nice to know I don't have to pepper the score (not mine, but an intricate and in some ways convoluted, score of a

[Finale] rests in layers

2012-06-13 Thread Linda Worsley
Don't know if this has ever been discussed. I have a client who uses a lot of layers in his piano notation. Very useful, of course (He is using Encore, and gives me pdfs of the Encore scores to enter into Finale.) Not hard, but When he puts the notation in layers, he tends to leave layers

[Finale] rests and copying

2011-12-08 Thread dershem
OK - this is a new one to me. Using FinWin2012, and I have 'enable dotted rests' quantized. That allows dotted eighths, which are needed in this piece. But when I copy a measure with, for example, a quarter, quarter rest and half rest, it pastes as a quarter and a dotted half rest. Why doesn't

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8 or 12/8

2010-05-14 Thread Christopher Smith
In fact, Ross specifically uses this as an example of what NOT to do in 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8. He says quarter rest, eighth note on the same beat in all compound meters EXCEPT 3/8. But never eighth note, quarter rest on the same beat! He also says to use dotted quarter rests and dotted half

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8 or 12/8

2010-05-14 Thread Christopher Smith
On Fri May 14, at FridayMay 14 5:24 AM, dc wrote: Christopher Smith écrit: In fact, Ross specifically uses this as an example of what NOT to do in 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8. He says quarter rest, eighth note on the same beat in all compound meters EXCEPT 3/8. But never eighth note, quarter rest on

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8 or 12/8

2010-05-14 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Christopher responded to Dennis (dc) who wrote, in part: I'm transcribing an 18th century edition that systematically avoids using quarter rests in 6/8 or 12/8 - including on the beat, when there's only one eighth on the last part of the beat preceded by two eighth rests. by citing Ross'

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8 or 12/8

2010-05-14 Thread John Howell
At 11:24 AM +0200 5/14/10, dc wrote: And what's the kosher whole measure rest in 6/8 and 16/8? As far as I know a regular whole rest is ALWAYS the default for a full measure rest no matter what the meter. The only exception I can think of is the old fashioned and thankfully obsolete

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8 or 12/8

2010-05-14 Thread Lawrence Yates
I actually find the stacked up rests can be useful on occasions, especially in older music. I've had two examples of this this week when the number indicating the number of rests was unclear - I very quickly looked at the stacked rests to work out that the unclear number was an 8, not a 6, and

Re: [Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-12 Thread John Howell
At 12:28 PM -0700 3/11/09, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi List, In Common time, I have a pick-up measure of 3 quarter notes. For the instruments who don't play, would you prefer to see: 3 quarter rests 1 quarter rest and 1 half rest Is there a correct answer for this case or is it open to

Re: [Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-12 Thread David W. Fenton
On 11 Mar 2009 at 17:35, John Howell wrote: What I do NOT like is the old fashioned way of having to make sure that a pickup partial-bar is subtracted from the bar at the end of a section, but that's still sometimes used. If there's a repeat, how is that avoidable? Here's an example of

Re: [Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-12 Thread John Howell
At 8:49 PM -0400 3/12/09, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Mar 2009 at 17:35, John Howell wrote: What I do NOT like is the old fashioned way of having to make sure that a pickup partial-bar is subtracted from the bar at the end of a section, but that's still sometimes used. If there's a

Re: [Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-12 Thread David W. Fenton
On 12 Mar 2009 at 21:14, John Howell wrote: At 8:49 PM -0400 3/12/09, David W. Fenton wrote: On 11 Mar 2009 at 17:35, John Howell wrote: What I do NOT like is the old fashioned way of having to make sure that a pickup partial-bar is subtracted from the bar at the end of a section,

Re: [Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-12 Thread Ray Horton
John Howell wrote: What I do NOT like is the old fashioned way of having to make sure that a pickup partial-bar is subtracted from the bar at the end of a section, but that's still sometimes used. It's a good rule, but only for music that might need to be repeated ad lib - anything that

[Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-11 Thread Ryan Beard
Hi List, In Common time, I have a pick-up measure of 3 quarter notes. For the instruments who don't play, would you prefer to see: 3 quarter rests 1 quarter rest and 1 half rest Is there a correct answer for this case or is it open to interpretation? This music will be read by beginners, in

Re: [Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-11 Thread Phil Daley
What about a dotted half rest? At 3/11/2009 02:28 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi List, In Common time, I have a pick-up measure of 3 quarter notes. For the instruments who don't play, would you prefer to see: 3 quarter rests 1 quarter rest and 1 half rest Is there a correct answer for this case or

Re: [Finale] rests in pick up measure

2009-03-11 Thread dhbailey
Ryan Beard wrote: Hi List, In Common time, I have a pick-up measure of 3 quarter notes. For the instruments who don't play, would you prefer to see: 3 quarter rests 1 quarter rest and 1 half rest Is there a correct answer for this case or is it open to interpretation? This music will be

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

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 21, 2008, at 4:10 PM, John Howell wrote: At 4:06 AM -0400 5/21/08, dhbailey wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? As for whether they're advisable

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

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 23, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: Roemer, starting page 103. He NEVER uses dotted rests in any of his examples, Hmm, I wonder if MakeMusic was trying to discourage us from using dotted eighth rests at all in handcopied-looking music by making them so kludgy in 2008?

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

2008-05-23 Thread Christopher Smith
Darcy, I tried that, but it didn't work. I think there is some internal measure that is messed up (there are a few things we can't tweak). The weirdest thing about this bug is that older files open perfectly in 2008, but new ones don't. Christopher On May 21, 2008, at 9:13 PM, Darcy

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

2008-05-22 Thread John Howell
At 4:06 AM -0400 5/21/08, dhbailey wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? As for whether they're advisable or not, that's a different story. I personally

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

2008-05-22 Thread Ryan Beard
Darcy wrote: Except in compound meters, I have no problem with dotted half rests. (I might even consider using a dotted whole rest on beat 1 of a bar of 15/8.) I would have to object to that one. I think whole rests should be reserved for a whole bar of rest--just what the name implies--in

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

2008-05-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 22 May 2008, at 2:47 AM, Ryan Beard wrote: Darcy wrote: Except in compound meters, I have no problem with dotted half rests. (I might even consider using a dotted whole rest on beat 1 of a bar of 15/8.) I would have to object to that one. Hi Ryan, That's why I said I might even

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

2008-05-21 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi Folks, couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I apologize if this is an oft-repeated question. How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? If you tell finale to

Re: [Finale] rests in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 (Bailey's reply part II)

2008-05-21 Thread dhbailey
Christopher Smith wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi Folks, couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I apologize if this is an oft-repeated question. How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? If you tell finale to

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

2008-05-21 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 21, 2008, at 4:06 AM, dhbailey wrote: Christopher Smith wrote: On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi Folks, couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I apologize if this is an oft-repeated question. How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and

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

2008-05-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Yes, and those people are, at best, misguided. Rhythms of any complexity in compound meters are made even more difficult to read (and needlessly so) without dotted rests, which help visually clarify the beat structure. Even in 4/4, dotted half and quarter rests should be avoided, but

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

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

2008-05-21 Thread Ryan Beard
Thanks for the help guys. I changed the quantization settings to allow dotted rests. Now my complaint is that Finale doesn't doesn't handle rests in 9/8 correctly. Try this: Enter a single eighth note at the beginning of the measure, exit out of Speedy and let Finale fill with rests. For me, it

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

2008-05-21 Thread dhbailey
Ryan Beard wrote: Thanks for the help guys. I changed the quantization settings to allow dotted rests. Now my complaint is that Finale doesn't doesn't handle rests in 9/8 correctly. Try this: Enter a single eighth note at the beginning of the measure, exit out of Speedy and let Finale fill

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

2008-05-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 May 2008 at 4:39, Christopher Smith wrote: (BTW, I am of the no dotted rests school, though not hysterically. I sometimes make exceptions for dotted half rests in 12/8 and some composite metres.) In compound meters with dotted half as the beat, I don't see any problem with a dotted

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

2008-05-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi David, Except in compound meters, I have no problem with dotted half rests. (I might even consider using a dotted whole rest on beat 1 of a bar of 15/8.) In simple meters, you are right that the one beat or less rule for dotted rests prevails, although my preference is actually to

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

2008-05-21 Thread David W. Fenton
On 21 May 2008 at 4:34, Darcy James Argue wrote: Even in 4/4, dotted half and quarter rests should be avoided, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with the classic dotted eight rest +sixteenth combo. That's actually much more clear than eight rest + sixteenth rest+ sixteenth note.

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

2008-05-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chris, I haven't tried it, but I'm almost positive that you could fix this by adjusting the FAN for the eighth rest character in Jazz Font. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 21 May 2008, at 4:31 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: On May 21, 2008, at 10:24 AM,

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

2008-05-21 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Chris, What I was suggesting was that you could artificially move the right boundary on the eighth rest character (and other flagged rest characters) too far to the left -- so that it falls in the middle of the rest, or even all the way to the left. This should theoretically affect

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

2008-05-20 Thread Ryan Beard
Hi Folks, couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I apologize if this is an oft-repeated question. How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? If you tell finale to fill a bar with rests, it uses the quarter and eighth rests rather than dotted

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

2008-05-20 Thread Christopher Smith
On May 20, 2008, at 9:29 PM, Ryan Beard wrote: Hi Folks, couldn't find this issue in past threads, so I apologize if this is an oft-repeated question. How do you all feel about using dotted quarters in 6/8, 9/8, 12/8 and dotted halves in 12/8? If you tell finale to fill a bar with rests, it

Re: [Finale] Rests in pick-up measure

2007-03-29 Thread David W. Fenton
On 29 Mar 2007 at 22:01, dc wrote: What rest does one use in a pick-up measure for silent parts? The value of the pick-up, or the default whole measure rest? Surely the value of the pickup, no? Otherwise, how would the reader of the part be able to get the measure count correct? -- David W.

Re: [Finale] Rests in pick-up measure

2007-03-29 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dc / 2007/03/29 / 04:01 PM wrote: What rest does one use in a pick-up measure for silent parts? The value of the pick-up, or the default whole measure rest? The value of the pick-up, or you won't know what you are resting for :-) -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-17 Thread Richard Huggins
From: Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] I absolutely agree with John. I read your explanation (w/diagram) and still couldn't make head nor tail of it. I can't imagine this section going well in rehearsal if you leave it as you describe. Just write it out for everyone, without the

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-17 Thread Christopher BJ Smith
At 3:08 AM -0500 7/17/04, Richard Huggins wrote: From: Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] I absolutely agree with John. I read your explanation (w/diagram) and still couldn't make head nor tail of it. I can't imagine this section going well in rehearsal if you leave it as you describe.

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-17 Thread Richard Huggins
From: Christopher BJ Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, on another unsolicited topic, you can force Finale to space bar 44, tenor staff, correctly. .. You method you went on to explain works great. Kewl...thanks much! Left of stack...where WAS my brain??! From: Aaron Sherber [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-16 Thread John Howell
At 7:04 PM -0500 7/15/04, Richard Huggins wrote: I have a certain 5-measure choral section that involves the choir singing from one stave one time and another stave on the repeat. Because there is a 1st and 2nd ending, that means some measures have nothing in them. Use rests. But from bitter

Re: [Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
HI Richard, I absolutely agree with John. I read your explanation (w/diagram) and still couldn't make head nor tail of it. I can't imagine this section going well in rehearsal if you leave it as you describe. Just write it out for everyone, without the repeat. - Darcy - [EMAIL

[Finale] Rests or blank?

2004-07-15 Thread Richard Huggins
I have a certain 5-measure choral section that involves the choir singing from one stave one time and another stave on the repeat. Because there is a 1st and 2nd ending, that means some measures have nothing in them. Here's diagram, which I hope retains the line breaks: | ms1 |ms2 |