[Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread Don Hart
Hi all, Does anyone have a positioning setting for a 3-slash tremelo, (in evpus if convenient) that works for both stemmed and non-stemmed notes? I've always used two separate articulations and meta assignments and was just wondering if it's possible to eliminate a few keystrokes. Thanks in adva

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
not possible, since the centre point is right / centre of the notehead according to context, you will have to set a separate tremolo for whole notes. the default positioning is end of stem, i adjusted all mine to be positioned from the notehead, measn less fussing in the end, and tremolo po

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread Christopher Smith
Strictly speaking, the tremolo on eighth notes is supposed to be TWO slashes (the beam is the first slash), so I haven't run into this problem. I also use the Bill Duncan single, double and triple slashes, which position very well for me (except on stems that have been shortened because of

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread Christopher Smith
Sorry, I misread "stemmed" for "beamed." Chalk it up to senior brain. But I still have Bill Duncan's Articulations font that has a separate 3-slash tremolo for whole notes that is slightly wider. Saves a lot of problems. Christopher On Fri Aug 20, at FridayAug 20 12:50 PM, Christopher Smi

[Finale] Test

2010-08-20 Thread GERALD BERG
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Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread Don Hart
Thanks, Jef. Basically what I've been doing, but I'll check out your numbers and see how everything looks. I didn't think it could be boiled down to using one tremelo but all of a sudden it seemed like a good idea to ask here. BTW, where do you select positioning from the notehead? I never real

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-20 Thread GERALD BERG
  I wrote a  piece entitled I'll Get It In My Lunch in 1981 for double woodwind quintet in which a single note played by 1 instrument is echoed rhythmically by its duplicate situated on the opposite side of the room.  The pattern rotates from low to high -- i.e. Bassoon 1/Bassoon 2 then FH1/FH2

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread SN jef chippewa
BTW, where do you select positioning from the notehead? bottom right section of dialogue, Position: Always on Note Side ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread Don Hart
Hi Christopher, String players have told me two slashes on an 8th (one on a 16th, etc.) indicate a measured tremelo, and three slashes indicate unmeasured. In slower tempos, with more beams, I suppose the part would start looking pretty busy so I guess you could write "unmeasured" on the part. D

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread Christopher Smith
With total respect for you and your string-playing colleagues, but I think you are mistaken according to traditional practice. Kurt Stone says that from 2 (in fast tempos) to 4 (in slow tempos) slashes can be used to convey an unmeasured tremolo, and while he doesn't say it in text, he has

[Finale] FinMac 2010 Playback not working

2010-08-20 Thread Anne McGinty
Help, please. Playback worked and now playback does not work. Yesterday it worked. Today it played back approx. 26 measures, 7 staves, 7 instruments and then it froze. Since then, absolutely no sound with MIDI. Preferences were trashed. Multiple restarts, including a Safe Boot to repair permiss

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread John Howell
At 3:23 PM -0500 8/20/10, Don Hart wrote: Hi Christopher, String players have told me two slashes on an 8th (one on a 16th, etc.) indicate a measured tremelo, and three slashes indicate unmeasured. In slower tempos, with more beams, I suppose the part would start looking pretty busy so I guess

Re: [Finale] tremelo positioning

2010-08-20 Thread Don Hart
Hi Christopher, I just checked and Gardner Read also agrees. Not that I don't trust you. :) I used to notate tremelos this way until a question came up in a session a few years back and the guidelines I mentioned earlier were offered to me. Thanks for the clarification. DH On Fri, Aug 20, 2