On Jan 31, 2006, at 11:29 PM, bill wrote:
I think bass trombonists are cool.
Thanks, man! That makes two; you and my mom!
Christopher
(whose wife is under no illusions about the coolness factor of
musicians of any stripe!)
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I always thought shift was used to bypass dialogs, at least in Finale...
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Christopher Smith /
Well, in this case Shift is the key to hold down to GET the dialogue
box (along with opt, which you have to hold anyway.)
Christopher
On Feb 1, 2006, at 9:17 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote:
I always thought shift was used to bypass dialogs, at least in
Finale...
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On Jan 31, 2006, at 4:13 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
a definition of contemporary which is close to the one you use
describe, that is the sense of contemporary classical composer. I
consider Hovhaness to be in that category, but you do not.
Not quite. He is clearly identifiable as a
The blank measure on the same system won't really work easily because
of the clefs that can't be forced to appear after it.
Dennis
But they can. There's a radio button for that in the Change Clef dialog.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
On Jan 31, 2006, at 8:14 PM, John Howell wrote:
I seriously doubt that the solos were identical each time, given
some of the name brand players, but David does point out a
contradiction in the big band era. Once a song was recorded--and
this goes for sweet jazz, hot jazz, or cool jazz
On Jan 31, 2006, at 2:10 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
So, we are supposed to just ignore things?
In response to my
The way to control such behavior is simply not to respond. At all.
Not to drag this out any further, but you've misunderstood my
recommendation. Ignoring things would mean
Fisher, Allen / 2006/02/01 / 09:17 AM wrote:
I always thought shift was used to bypass dialogs, at least in Finale...
Nope.
Example. Create an expression, then hit OK while Cmd is pressed. You
bypass the rest of the dialog boxes. This has been this way since v1.0
which I paid $1,000 for!
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At 2/1/2006 11:09 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Jan 31, 2006, at 4:13 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
a definition of contemporary which is close to the one you use
describe, that is the sense of contemporary classical composer. I
consider Hovhaness to be in that category, but you do not.
Not
John Howell wrote:
Petrucci was a shrewd (or very lucky) businessman. But, we do not
know who he sold books to, or even how many he sold. And it's most
likely that he chose pre-existing music which he knew would sell well,
and therefore is irrelevant in the context of how composers
On Windows, the shift key is what bypasses dialogs, but it isn't nearly so
convenient as the cmd key on Mac. For example (as of the last time I checked,
c. WinFin03), if you hit shift-enter on Win when designing/assigning a text
expression, it okays all *except the last* dialog box. (On Mac,
One of the choruses I sing in is performing the Beyer edition of the
Mozart Requiem in March. Does anybody know the story behind the
publication of this edition by Kunzelmann? There are two versions of
the vocal score (1983 and 2005) with the same catalog number but quite
different music, far
At 2/1/2006 12:25 PM, Owain Sutton wrote:
I don't accept that the success of Petrucci's innovation is proof that
these books were being bought primarily to use for performances. It's
too big an assumption. I like to draw a parallel with minature scores
of symphonic repertoire - sure, they
dc wrote:
Andrew Stiller écrit:
But they can. There's a radio button for that in the Change Clef dialog.
But that won't work if you want the time sig and the key sig also,
because the clef will appear after them!!!
Dennis
Right. In this particular case, I don't much care if I have
Thanks Florence + Michael and Dennis. Looks straightforward enough.
I use Finale for many hours, every week, but if I don't use a particular
feature for a couple of months I can quickly forget it. I makes me
realize why we find it so functional and others find it so daunting.
My son at
On Feb 1, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
On Jan 31, 2006, at 8:14 PM, John Howell wrote:
I seriously doubt that the solos were identical each time, given some
of the name brand players, but David does point out a contradiction
in the big band era. Once a song was recorded--and
On 31 Jan 2006 at 20:57, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Um, go to the Start Menu, and select run. In the dialogue, type cmd.
This will bring up a DOS prompt. Type chkdsk /f. It will ask you if
you want to do this next time the system starts. Enter YES. Type Exit
Reboot It will do a check of you disk.
On 1 Feb 2006 at 10:22, Michael Good wrote:
This reminds me of a secret re-master in the CD world, where a
record label reissues a CD with a different mastering with the same
catalog number and no external indication of the difference.
Another example is the paperback edition of the Neue
This isn't the first time I have heard such criticisms about Barenreiter's Editions.
Considering the cost of buying their editions, you'd expect top notch work.
Ton Koopman made a few comments about this in his Erato recordings of some of the Mozart Symphonies . Koopman also commented that parts
Well, there's this (which looks like a Win-compatible counterpart to
OS X's Preview):
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
- Darcy
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On 01 Feb 2006, at 3:05 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
I, for one, hate Acrobat
Acrobat reader, older versions, were dogs. The current reader version,
7, works great on Windows XP and Macintosh. It's especially good on the
Mac as the previous version really sucked. It's not slow at all. And
hard to use? It's one of the few programs I've never had to read the
manual to
On Dec 29, 2005, at 5:54 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote:
Well, it's possible to open the Page Setup for each file in sequence
with this script:
batch process folder
execute menu item page setup
save
close
Granted, you will have to manually make the change to each file, but
you won't have to
On 1 Feb 2006 at 15:25, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
This isn't the first time I have heard such criticisms about
Barenreiter's Editions. Considering the cost of buying their editions,
you'd expect top notch work.
When Hogwood recorded them, he used Cliff Eisen's newly-prepared
editions, rather
On Feb 1, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Phil Daley wrote:
In it's strictest sense:
con·tem·po·rar·y
adj. Belonging to the same period of time: a fact documented by two
contemporary sources. Of about the same age. Current; modern:
contemporary trends in design.
Your ideas of what contemporary means
Andrew Stiller écrit:
But they can. There's a radio button for that in the Change Clef
dialog.
But that won't work if you want the time sig and the key sig also,
because the clef will appear after them!!!
Dennis
So introduce an extra blank measure, of very narrow width, with just
the
On 01.02.2006 David W. Fenton wrote:
I don't know why the early symphonies were so poorly done. It's clear
that at the same time those awful editions were being prepared, the
Bach edition was preparing exemplary editions. Perhaps it was just a
bad editor, or that they didn't think anyone would
Raymond Horton wrote:
Thanks Florence + Michael and Dennis. Looks straightforward enough.
I use Finale for many hours, every week, but if I don't use a
particular feature for a couple of months I can quickly forget it.
Here's a trick I have developed in my own use. I now _always_ include
David W. Fenton wrote:
I, for one, hate Acrobat Reader. I think it's incredibly poorly
designed and slow and hard to use. But it's all we've got,
unfortunately.
Not quite. I use the Ghostscript / Ghostview combination quite
satisfactory for most of my purposes.
ns.
Chuck Israels wrote:
In Bill Evans' music, there was far more fixed arrangement than most
people realized, or were willing to admit. Sometimes the stability
of that reliable framework served as a springboard for creativity,
and sometimes it just provided assurance that the shape and
And possibly from the same instrument: IIRC, Bill Evans made one of his
recordings on an instrument owned or used frequently by Glenn Gould, or at
least was photographed sitting at it.
Or is that another myth?
My first mature musical insight was the realisation
bill wrote:
Christopher, I hope you are not offfended by that. Being an ex-lead
trombone player, I always envied the bass. So much cool plumbing! I could
never afford it, but I always loved the sound.
Sorry to be sophomoric, but bass trombones rule...and violists
I think bass trombonists
Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Of course, there is always the joke:
What do you call a Trombone player with a pager?
Optimist
I always heard it:
Q: What's the definition of a cocyekey optimist?
A: A trombone player with a beeper.
cd
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Did anyone notice Bill's unintentional (but true) statement???...look below...
I hope you are not oFFFended
How appropriate for the bass trombone ;-) ;-)
Under no circumstances should anyone infer that I am writing this because I
play the noble and mellow EUPHONIUM--the KING of
Williams, Jim wrote:
Under no circumstances should anyone infer that I am writing this
because I play the noble and mellow EUPHONIUM--the KING of
instrruments--and refuse to play trombone*. I merely revel in the
joys of unintentional grammatical irony.
Hm. My euph is an Olds.
:)
cd
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On 1 Feb 2006 at 22:49, Johannes Gebauer wrote:
I think that critical edition standards have evolved in the early
years of both of these edtions, and what was acceptable then seems
unacceptable now.
Well, the early NMA editions that are so problematic did not meet the
standards set in the
On 1 Feb 2006 at 12:26, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
Acrobat reader, older versions, were dogs. The current reader version,
7, works great on Windows XP and Macintosh. . . .
I have to disagee on Windows. The version 7 reader has overcome the
terrible performance problems of version 6, yes, but it
Yeah, I have been bitten by that one numerous times.
For weeks I wondered what the (*^)*%(^% I was doing wrong--nothing, as it
turns out.
But 7 does seem to be quicker, if less precise.
There's also the problem with the plugins not unloading properly from
memory when the host browsers are
On 02.02.2006 David W. Fenton wrote:
Well, the early NMA editions that are so problematic did not meet the
standards set in the NMA editorial guidelines, either. The NBA
guidelines are even better than the NMA's, which tended to privilege
autograph readings over all other sources even when
Alight, everybody else has had a go -here's mine:
What's the difference between a kipper and a trombone player?
One's greasy and smelly with big bulging eyes and the other's a fish.
Cheers,
Lawrence
"þaes
ofereode - þisses swa maeg"http://lawrenceyates.co.ukDulcian
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