[Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Thu, June 14, 2012 7:36 am, Florence + Michael wrote: Here's what Elaine Gould writes To keep the stave as uncluttered as possible Just curious: Do you use 'stave' for the singular form? It sounds odd to me, even though it's apparently correct. I hadn't heard this singular form until

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Phil Daley
At 6/14/2012 08:14 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Thu, June 14, 2012 7:36 am, Florence + Michael wrote: Here's what Elaine Gould writes To keep the stave as uncluttered as possible Just curious: Do you use 'stave' for the singular form? It sounds odd to me, even though it's

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread David H. Bailey
I believe it is British in usage -- I've seen it in a number of e-mails to the Sibelius group, which seems to have a much larger British contingent of users than does Finale. David H. Bailey On 6/14/2012 8:14 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Thu, June 14, 2012 7:36 am, Florence + Michael

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread John Howell
At 8:14 AM -0400 6/14/12, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Thu, June 14, 2012 7:36 am, Florence + Michael wrote: Here's what Elaine Gould writes To keep the stave as uncluttered as possible Just curious: Do you use 'stave' for the singular form? It sounds odd to me, even though it's apparently

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Raymond Horton
I insist on using the word staff - I also insist that all members of my stave use it. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:30 AM, dc den...@free.fr wrote: Le

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread David H. Bailey
On 6/14/2012 1:59 PM, John Howell wrote: At 8:14 AM -0400 6/14/12, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: On Thu, June 14, 2012 7:36 am, Florence + Michael wrote: Here's what Elaine Gould writes To keep the stave as uncluttered as possible Just curious: Do you use 'stave' for the singular form? It

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Lawrence
Because a singular line is a stave and the plural is staves. :-) Cheers, Lawrence (in England) Sent from my iPhone On 14 Jun 2012, at 07:46 PM, David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com wrote: On 6/14/2012 1:59 PM, John Howell wrote: At 8:14 AM -0400 6/14/12, Dennis

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Phil Daley
At 6/14/2012 02:46 PM, David H. Bailey wrote: Since we're on lexicography, can anybody explain why sharps, flats and naturals are called accidentals? Because they cause accidents when playing??? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread Williams, Jim
With all this talk of staves, I am tempted to whip out my euphonium play Roll Out the Barrel. Would that stave off an impending disaster? Jim stave is also a verb, remember! Williams Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Jun 14, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Lawrence

Re: [Finale] staff-stave usage, was: Re: rests in layers

2012-06-14 Thread John Howell
At 2:46 PM -0400 6/14/12, David H. Bailey wrote: On the other hand, if there are multiple groups of people working for an organization, they are pluralized to be staffs. Again for the use of the word staff as a wooden stick, the plural is staffs. So why, if the singular for a line of music is a