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Re: [Finale] Sibelius to Finale

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
Richard Yates wrote: Is there any way at all, short of reentering all the notes, of getting a Sibelius score into Finale (even just as MIDI)? Richard Yates It'll cost some money, but if you buy the MusicXML plug-in for Sibelius from www.recordare.com, you can export the music into MusicXML

Re: [Finale] Handwritten fonts

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
Aaron Sherber wrote: At 09:17 PM 03/18/2005, Carl Dershem wrote: I'm glad I'm not the only one that pulls their hair out when they run across this. It looks so professional, it MUST be right! when the parts make no sense at all... Better: When you point out a wrong note in the

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
Jim Williamson wrote: It may not define form and I don't care. However, I've seen it that way a million times and I like it. Jim I see from your e-mail address that you're from Nashville -- I've always heard that Nashville musicians have their own way of doing things, and with the fantastic

Re: [Finale] Handwritten fonts

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
Carl Dershem wrote: John Bell wrote: Computers arrived. One of the first problems I encountered then was that players, given beautifully printed parts, couldn't believe that there was a wrong note there -- it was printed as F# so it must be F#. Some composers and arrangers found that using the

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: Darcy James Argue / 05.3.18 / 05:26 PM wrote: No. Chris and Hiro are, with due respect, not adhering to standard jazz practice here. Ha-ha, Let me ask you this. A 32 bar standard jazz form with two bars of pickup measures, Do you call this a 34 bar form? I still call it 32

Re: [Finale] eMusic Theory

2005-03-19 Thread Matthew Hindson Fastmail Account
Dear all - Maybe a lot of you know about this already, but I found this site, and (so far) it has proved useful to me in my beginning theory class. It allows you to assign pre-designed theory drills that your students can complete on their own time (on their own computers, even), and then you

[Finale] Sibelius into Finale

2005-03-19 Thread john harding
Richard Yates wrote: Is there any way at all, short of reentering all the notes, of getting a Sibelius score into Finale (even just as MIDI)? Richard Yates It'll cost some money, but if you buy the MusicXML plug-in for Sibelius from www.recordare.com, you can export the music into MusicXML

Re: [Finale] Handwritten fonts

2005-03-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 06:37 AM 03/19/2005, dhbailey wrote: Aaron Sherber wrote: Better: When you point out a wrong note in the (Finale-generated) part and are told, No, I checked the score, and it's the same note there. Well, that is a bit more difficult, isn't it? Especially for new works for which there are

[Finale] Re: Justifying Text in Expression Designer

2005-03-19 Thread Rob Deemer
Thanks Noel, I'm not sure that's it...Finale obviously has given us the ability to create multi-line text expressions within the expression designer. The Text menu for the Expression Designer has some, but not all, of the capabilities of the Text Tool and Justification is one of them. I'm just

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 19 Mar 2005, at 12:10 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: I was ready to capitulate on the numbering-all-complete-measures issue, but this went over the edge. You can say Measure numbers have NOTHING TO DO with the form. all you like, but in standard even-numbered forms, especially when written in

Re: [Finale] Re: Justifying Text in Expression Designer

2005-03-19 Thread Christopher Smith
Rob, Justification is not one of the features that staff expressions have, at least, not in the present version of Finale. Yes, I bemoaned that fact, too, and sent off a request to Finale to include justification next time, as that is the last thing you can do in Text expressions that you

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dhbailey / 05.3.19 / 06:31 AM wrote: We definitely travel in different circles -- if I called out Start at measure 7 everybody I've ever worked with would start counting from the first printed measure and count until they got to the 7th printed measure. I would have to say Start at the 7th

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Mar 19, 2005, at 6:31 AM, dhbailey wrote: I've also played from published music where only half of the parts had measure numbers (actual counting numbers) and the other half didn't have anything. I am currently rehearsing for a performance of the _Missa Solemnis_. The chorus and orchestra

Re: [Finale] Sibelius into Finale

2005-03-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 19, 2005, at 7:28 AM, john harding wrote: I'm no Finalist, but I did once save a Sibelius score as MIDI and then open it in Finale. I wanted to see if it would (unlike Sibelius) notate multiple Scotch Snaps correctly, which it did. The formatting seemed to have flown out the window, and

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 19, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 19 Mar 2005, at 12:10 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: I was ready to capitulate on the numbering-all-complete-measures issue, but this went over the edge. You can say Measure numbers have NOTHING TO DO with the form. all you like, but in

[Finale] Re: Justifying Text in Expression Designer

2005-03-19 Thread Harold Owen
Dear Rob, I don't think justification is allowed in text expressions. However, you might be able to use a measure-attached text block instead. In Scroll View double-click and drag a box large enough for the expression. Text will wrap. The bounding box can be adjusted either horizontally or

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Harold Owen
On Mar 19, 2005, at 6:31 AM, dhbailey wrote: I've also played from published music where only half of the parts had measure numbers (actual counting numbers) and the other half didn't have anything. I am currently rehearsing for a performance of the _Missa Solemnis_. The chorus and orchestra

Re: [Finale] Sibelius into Finale

2005-03-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 12:21 PM 03/19/2005, Christopher Smith wrote: OK, I have to ask. What's a Scotch Snap? Sixteenth - dotted eighth. Aaron. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 12:45 PM 3/19/05 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 19 Mar 2005, at 12:19 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: Why? Because consistency is good, and a lack of consistency invites confusion. Or happy creative accidents. :) Happy today, Dennis ___ Finale

[Finale] Tweaking Exported Parts

2005-03-19 Thread Gerry Kirk
Whenever I write an arrangement and then create parts via export, I spend (unnecessary?) time tweaking the individual parts. Specifically, how do I-- --have the name of the instrument appear on all pages following p. 1. --keep spacing of systems consistent after p. 1 --make page breaks appear

Re: [Finale] Tweaking Exported Parts

2005-03-19 Thread Aaron Sherber
At 01:46 PM 03/19/2005, Gerry Kirk wrote: Whenever I write an arrangement and then create parts via export, I spend (unnecessary?) time tweaking the individual parts. Specifically, how do I-- --have the name of the instrument appear on all pages following p. 1. I don't believe there's a good

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Mar 2005 at 0:31, Christopher Smith wrote: On Mar 18, 2005, at 5:22 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: On 18 Mar 2005 at 14:08, Christopher Smith wrote: For that matter, in the example I cited above (BEFORE the revision) I had a pickup measure with 7 eighths in it. I didn't bother making

[Finale] Libraries not backwards compatible?

2005-03-19 Thread John Roberts
I was hoping to make a small library of articulations (simple guitar fingerings) to send to a friend still using Finale 97. A quick experiment seems to indicate that to do even this little thing I would need to create the library in Fin 97 or earlier. Is this indeed the case or is there a way to

Re: [Finale] Re: Justifying Text in Expression Designer

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
In the Windows version, those options aren't even present at all in the expression designer. They may just be relicts of the section of code that the text expression editor shares with the text-tool editor, but not be applicable. I don't see how they could be if the data files are identical

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
A-NO-NE Music wrote: dhbailey / 05.3.19 / 06:31 AM wrote: We definitely travel in different circles -- if I called out Start at measure 7 everybody I've ever worked with would start counting from the first printed measure and count until they got to the 7th printed measure. I would have to

[Finale] Pick-up measures

2005-03-19 Thread Ken Moore
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] David W. Fenton writes: On the other hand, notating it as a full measure with a rest would tend to obscure the upbeatness of the entire measure. Do you have a view on Elgar's Cockaigne overture, the first bar of which starts with three quarter rests? -- Ken Moore

Re: [Finale] editing score and parts

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fairly sure that this is a daft question and that I know the answer already, anyway, here goes. I engraved the score and parts for a work which was recorded for CD today. During the recording session, the composer had second thoughts about a number of things,

Re: [Finale] Tweaking Exported Parts

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
Gerry Kirk wrote: Whenever I write an arrangement and then create parts via export, I spend (unnecessary?) time tweaking the individual parts. Specifically, how do I-- --have the name of the instrument appear on all pages following p. 1. --keep spacing of systems consistent after p. 1 --make

Re: [Finale] Re: Justifying Text in Expression Designer

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
Harold Owen wrote: Dear Rob, I don't think justification is allowed in text expressions. However, you might be able to use a measure-attached text block instead. In Scroll View double-click and drag a box large enough for the expression. Text will wrap. The bounding box can be adjusted either

Re: [Finale] editing score and parts

2005-03-19 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:48:02 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way of linking the score and extracted parts so that the changes I make in the score are reflected in the parts so that I don't have to re-extract them (I don't want to have to re-tweak them) The link isn't going to

Re: [Finale] editing score and parts

2005-03-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Mar 2005 at 16:04, dhbailey wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fairly sure that this is a daft question and that I know the answer already, anyway, here goes. I engraved the score and parts for a work which was recorded for CD today. During the recording session, the

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread dhbailey
Carl Dershem wrote: dhbailey wrote: How do you handle those situations, say with a 6-bar intro, and 2 written-out choruses of a 32 bar song form? If you ask for bar 7, which do you mean: the first bar of the first time through the song-form, or the 7th bar of the first time through the song

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Carl Dershem
dhbailey wrote: How do you handle those situations, say with a 6-bar intro, and 2 written-out choruses of a 32 bar song form? If you ask for bar 7, which do you mean: the first bar of the first time through the song-form, or the 7th bar of the first time through the song form or the 7th bar

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Carl Dershem
dhbailey wrote: Carl Dershem wrote: dhbailey wrote: How do you handle those situations, say with a 6-bar intro, and 2 written-out choruses of a 32 bar song form? If you ask for bar 7, which do you mean: the first bar of the first time through the song-form, or the 7th bar of the first time

Re: [Finale] Pick-up measures

2005-03-19 Thread David W. Fenton
On 19 Mar 2005 at 20:19, Ken Moore wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] David W. Fenton writes: On the other hand, notating it as a full measure with a rest would tend to obscure the upbeatness of the entire measure. Do you have a view on Elgar's Cockaigne overture, the first bar of

Re: [Finale] Libraries not backwards compatible?

2005-03-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 19, 2005, at 3:30 PM, John Roberts wrote: I was hoping to make a small library of articulations (simple guitar fingerings) to send to a friend still using Finale 97. A quick experiment seems to indicate that to do even this little thing I would need to create the library in Fin 97 or

Re: [Finale] editing score and parts

2005-03-19 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
Thanks Christopher (and everyone else who has offered help with this), That sounds like an easier way than doing everything twice. I'll experiment with it and see if any problems appear. There are lots of articulations/bowings added but the notes themselves are unchanged, but the parts

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 19, 2005, at 12:45 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 19 Mar 2005, at 12:19 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: Your point about the New Real Book not having measure numbers illustrates my point even better than it does yours. How, exactly? My point is that proper layout and use of rehearsal

Re: [Finale] Pick-up measures

2005-03-19 Thread Owain Sutton
Ken Moore wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] David W. Fenton writes: On the other hand, notating it as a full measure with a rest would tend to obscure the upbeatness of the entire measure. Do you have a view on Elgar's Cockaigne overture, the first bar of which starts with three quarter

Re: [Finale] editing score and parts

2005-03-19 Thread Owain Sutton
David W. Fenton wrote: Or they aren't even trying. I think Finale, with its unlinked templates and unlinked libaries, is terribly flawed at a basic conceptual level My bet is the first notation software which does that (Sibelius, Finale or the newly developping Notion software ... will

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Owain Sutton
Harold Owen wrote: On Mar 19, 2005, at 6:31 AM, dhbailey wrote: I've also played from published music where only half of the parts had measure numbers (actual counting numbers) and the other half didn't have anything. I am currently rehearsing for a performance of the _Missa Solemnis_. The

Re: [Finale] Pick-up measures

2005-03-19 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 19/03/2005 23:43:10 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In any case, where's the first downbeat of Beethoven 5? If it's impossible to determine, then what should be notated? It's on the first beat of the bar - the very loud quaver rest. All the best,

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread YATESLAWRENCE
In a message dated 19/03/2005 23:45:10 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Slight hijack: Why is it that choirs never seem to be able to use bar numbers, even when provided in their edition? Why do conductors always seem to need to say "Orchestra, from bar 68, choir, from

Re: [Finale] Pick-up measures

2005-03-19 Thread Owain Sutton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 19/03/2005 23:43:10 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In any case, where's the first downbeat of Beethoven 5? If it's impossible to determine, then what should be notated? It's on the first beat of the bar - the very loud quaver

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Raymond Horton
I think you guys should realize that you are arguing a pop vs. serious thing and leave it at that. This discussion rang a bell at rehearsal today. We were rehearsing for a pop concert tonight with The Fifth Dimension (pop group from the 60's - still going strong[?] after all these years,

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Carl Dershem
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sat in the orchestra in front of the ladies of the choir in a gig a while back. One of the many highlights of the rehearsal was when the lady directly behind me turned to her neighbour and referring to the conductor said, Look, he's doing it again - he keeps going

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 19 Mar 2005, at 5:45 PM, Christopher Smith wrote: in a rehearsal. Say to the musicians, I would like the rhythm section to break in bar 3. Which bar are they going to break on, the 3rd bar of the form, or the 3rd full bar (which is the 2nd bar of the form)? If the chart had been properly

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Owain Sutton
Carl Dershem wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sat in the orchestra in front of the ladies of the choir in a gig a while back. One of the many highlights of the rehearsal was when the lady directly behind me turned to her neighbour and referring to the conductor said, Look, he's doing it

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Christopher Smith
On Mar 19, 2005, at 7:24 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Written measure numbers are not usually found on lead sheets anyway. We started this discussion talking about arrangements, and somehow we segued into lead sheets -- two very different situations. OK, I thought we WERE talking about lead

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread A-NO-NE Music
dhbailey / 05.3.19 / 03:50 PM wrote: What do you do with music you haven't written, or arranged, or engraved? Say, when we play standard song, which my band usually use for closing the set, we don't rehears. I mean, it's standard! We know it by heart, and how we begin and end a standard song

Re: [Finale] Tweaking Exported Parts

2005-03-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 19 Mar 2005, at 3:59 PM, dhbailey wrote: As for the name of the instrument appearing on all pages following p. 1, there is no automated way for doing that, Actually, there is: Robert Patterson's Copyists Helper plugin. It will even keep track of the *current* instrument name for doubling

Re: [Finale] pick-up measure

2005-03-19 Thread Darcy James Argue
I AM arguing for consistency. I expect NO pickup measures to be numbered, no matter whether they are complete or not. What's the difference between a complete pickup measure and a one-bar intro? For any of the tunes I cited, is there any question? They are all clearly pickups. None of the tunes

[Finale] Re: Sibelius to Finale

2005-03-19 Thread Michael Good
Hi Richard, As Noel and David have mentioned, you can use MusicXML format to go between Sibelius and Finale. As with MIDI files, you write a MusicXML file from Sibelius, then read the MusicXML into Finale. But you'll get a lot more of the notation details with MusicXML than with MIDI, even with

Re: [Finale] GPO Studio

2005-03-19 Thread John Bell
On 15 Mar 2005, at 14:23, Gerald Berg wrote: John You're in the game now -- the hunt begins in earnest. At this point you have your strings on channels 33-36 Midi channels 1-16 are set for playback in slot 1 (Midi set-up pop down menu) -- channels 17-32 slot 2 etc. -- you can load two players