Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread dhbailey
- Original Message - From: Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:23 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts? On 15 Nov 2005, at 2:25 PM, Peter Taylor wrote: The same, but the Cmd key becomes the Ctrl key. For copying

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi David, The idea is for me to know this stuff in advance. It looks bad when someone is paying me for a Finale lesson and I have to consult the help file. I'm also working on some handouts for group lessons/ workshops. I guess I should just dig around the installation DVD looking for the

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Thanks, Dennis, but I might as well just install Fin2006 for Virtual PC (which I should have done in the first place). Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY On 16 Nov 2005, at 6:09 AM, dc wrote: Darcy James Argue écrit: I guess I should

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Ah, here's a related question -- I'm running Windows 98 under Virtual PC, both because it's the only version of Windows I own, and because anything more recent performs rather horribly in emulation. Finale 2006 seemed to install okay under Windows 98, but then when I tried to launch it, it

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 06:49 AM 11/16/05 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote: The system requirements says it requires Windows 98 Special Edition. What's that? Is that a paid upgrade from vanilla Windows 98? Second Edition. It actually was a significant (yes, paid) upgrade, including native support for USB and lots of

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Phil Daley
At 11/16/2005 06:49 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Finale 2006 seemed to install okay under Windows 98, but then when I tried to launch it, it said it's missing a DLL and refuses to start. The system requirements says it requires Windows 98 Special Edition. What's that? Is that a paid upgrade

[Finale] independant time signature woes

2005-11-16 Thread LGS-Europe
Dear collected wisdom I've arranged a song by Debussy. Vocal part in 4/4, accompaniment in 12/8. I've given the vocal staff an independant time signature. Notation looks good, but ... 1) playback is a mess (I don't mind, but still, it would have been nice to have an aural check) 2)

Re: [Finale] Question for Sibelius user

2005-11-16 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 15, 2005, at 8:03 PM, Aaron Sherber wrote: At 06:25 PM 11/15/2005, Richard Smith wrote: But the client needs the work in Finale. Do any of you know a way to select a single note and reassign it's layer. I have only been able to select individual beats or partial measures. Any help is

Re: [Finale] Question for Sibelius user

2005-11-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
On 16 Nov 2005, at 7:52 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: I think he means choose one note of a CHORD and assign it to another layer. No, there is no way to do this in Finale without a lot of kludging. Explode to Layers. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com

[Finale] OT: Viola literature

2005-11-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Just curious what everyone considers the best/most important works for viola in the past hundred years or so. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Question for Sibelius user

2005-11-16 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 16, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: On 16 Nov 2005, at 7:52 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: I think he means choose one note of a CHORD and assign it to another layer. No, there is no way to do this in Finale without a lot of kludging. Explode to Layers. Heh heh, yes

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread A-NO-NE Music
David W. Fenton / 2005/11/15 / 02:40 PM wrote: Isn't Ctrl almost always the replacement for the Option key? Nope. Opt = Alt. As far as keyboard mapping goes, very inconveniently, WindowsKey is equivalent to Cmd key. The problem is not all the laptops has WindowsKey. Because of this, most of

Re: [Finale] What is GRP:Orff Instruments?

2005-11-16 Thread Gerald Berg
Well he was put in that position because he replaced a Jew. That's worth pondering. Jerry On 15-Nov-05, at 9:03 PM, John Howell wrote: At 6:29 PM + 11/15/05, Javier Ruiz wrote: And the author of the charming Catulli Carmina... It is a pity that the poor Orff chose the wrong side

Re: [Finale] OT: Viola literature

2005-11-16 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 16, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Just curious what everyone considers the best/most important works for viola in the past hundred years or so. - Darcy My knowledge is a little out of date, but in more-or-less chronological order: Brahms wrote some sonatas in the

RE: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Fisher, Allen
Typically, Ctrl = cmd Most of the time opt is replaced by alt (there are several exceptions). Control on mac = right-click on win (although if you plug a two button mouse in on mac it works the same...) Darcy--If you need the keycuts pdf for win, I can get it. -Original Message-

RE: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Fisher, Allen
Which DLL? Do a google search and drop the DLL into the Windows\System32 (or system) folder... We technically don't support Win98 vanilla (we don't test it), but I wouldn't be surprised if it did work passibly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: [Finale] What is GRP:Orff Instruments?

2005-11-16 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Nov 15, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Javier Ruiz wrote: And the author of the charming Catulli Carmina... It is a pity that the poor Orff chose the wrong side during the WWII. As far as I can tell (and it is surprisingly difficult to find any information about this), Orff's only crime was failing

Re: [Finale] OT: Viola literature

2005-11-16 Thread Owain Sutton
On Nov 16, 2005, at 8:22 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Just curious what everyone considers the best/most important works for viola in the past hundred years or so. - Darcy A few good or excellent pieces in no particular order: Schnittke concerto Walton concerto Shostakovich sonata

Re: [Finale] What is GRP:Orff Instruments?

2005-11-16 Thread Gerald Berg
Well this is gradually moving towards something I would like to see discussed out of Orff's music but let's wait. Very hard to find info. I forget where (it may have been an side bar in one of History's channels series entitled Hitler's Henchmen). At any rate the university where he became

RE: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Phil Daley
At 11/16/2005 11:46 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: Which DLL? Do a google search and drop the DLL into the Windows\System32 (or system) folder... We technically don't support Win98 vanilla (we don't test it), but I wouldn't be surprised if it did work passibly. IMO, I would be surprised if the

Re: [Finale] OT: Viola literature

2005-11-16 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Herold (sp?) In Italy Dean On Nov 16, 2005, at 5:22 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Just curious what everyone considers the best/most important works for viola in the past hundred years or so. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://secretsociety.typepad.com Brooklyn, NY

[Finale] Upgrade question follow-up

2005-11-16 Thread williamspencer
Hi there: I originally wrote this the other day: Though I cannot afford to do so yet, I am wondering about upgrading from my version (FinMac 2000c) which won't even run in Classic but requires I boot in OS9. I have a sense that the current version for Macintosh is rather buggy, and so I'd like

[Finale] Viola music

2005-11-16 Thread williamspencer
The viola is my favorite string instrument! I am surprised and a bit disappointed that nobody has mentioned Vaughan Williams's Flos Campi, a great andastonishing score and one of the best things he did. Hindedmith's Der Schwanendreher is top-class too. *** Bill Spencer in NH

[Finale] Time signature change

2005-11-16 Thread Chuck Israels
I'm wondering if there's a way to avoid a problem I've created for myself in the past. I'm working on an arrangement of a piece notated in 4/4 that really is better understood in cut time (like many Cole Porter songs), but I've done it in 4/4, and if I use the time signature tool to use

Re: [Finale] Time signature change

2005-11-16 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 11/16/05, Chuck Israels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on an arrangement of a piece notated in 4/4 that really is better understood in cut time (like many Cole Porter songs), but I've done it in 4/4, and if I use the time signature tool to use another time signature for display,

[Finale] OT: Viola literature

2005-11-16 Thread Ken Moore
At 08:22 AM 11/16/05 -0500, Darcy James Argue wrote: Just curious what everyone considers the best/most important works for viola in the past hundred years or so. 1) I always enjoy the Walton concerto. 2) The Hindemith Trauermusik is very attractive. 3) The most important works with a

Re: [Finale] Time signature change

2005-11-16 Thread Chuck Israels
On Nov 16, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 11/16/05, Chuck Israels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on an arrangement of a piece notated in 4/4 that really is better understood in cut time (like many Cole Porter songs), but I've done it in 4/4, and if I use the time signature

Re: [Finale] Upgrade question follow-up

2005-11-16 Thread Christopher Smith
On Nov 16, 2005, at 1:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there: I originally wrote this the other day:   Though I cannot afford to do so yet, I am wondering about upgrading from my version (FinMac 2000c) which won't even run in Classic but requires I boot in OS9. I have a sense that the

[Finale] Early music clefs

2005-11-16 Thread Kevin Riehle
In preparingmodern editions of Hassler motets (or any other early music), it would be helpful to notate the original clefs with the voice parts at the beginning margin of each staff, just ahead of the permanent clefs. How do you do that? Kevin RiehleKevin Riehle artistic director CANTARE Houston,

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Nov 2005 at 7:06, Phil Daley wrote: At 11/16/2005 06:49 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: Finale 2006 seemed to install okay under Windows 98, but then when I tried to launch it, it said it's missing a DLL and refuses to start. The system requirements says it requires Windows 98

RE: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Nov 2005 at 12:44, Phil Daley wrote: At 11/16/2005 11:46 AM, Fisher, Allen wrote: Which DLL? Do a google search and drop the DLL into the Windows\System32 (or system) folder... We technically don't support Win98 vanilla (we don't test it), but I wouldn't be surprised if it did

Re: [Finale] Early music clefs

2005-11-16 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 11/16/05, Kevin Riehle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In preparing modern editions of Hassler motets (or any other early music), it would be helpful to notate the original clefs with the voice parts at the beginning margin of each staff, just ahead of the permanent clefs. How do you do that?

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
At 04:13 PM 11/16/05 -0500, David W. Fenton wrote: Unfortunately, I don't believe there was any upgrade to Win98SE (from Win98), free or pay. There were Win98SE full and upgrade versions available off the shelf. I bought my 98SE upgrade at Staples. It would upgrade Win 3.x, 95/a/b/c or 98.

Re: [Finale] Early music clefs

2005-11-16 Thread Owain Sutton
Kevin Riehle wrote: In preparing modern editions of Hassler motets (or any other early music), it would be helpful to notate the original clefs with the voice parts at the beginning margin of each staff, just ahead of the permanent clefs. How do you do that? Kevin Riehle The way I do

Re: [Finale] Early music clefs

2005-11-16 Thread Barbara Touburg
Compliments, Dennis! Beautifully done. Which font do you use for the lyrics? There's a nice ligature st in the last measure. dc wrote: See for example: www.philomela.net/sp/grandi_deus_qui_nos.htm Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Early music clefs

2005-11-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Nov 2005 at 22:23, dc wrote: See for example: www.philomela.net/sp/grandi_deus_qui_nos.htm I've said it before, but every time I see one of your editions I just marvel at how beautiful they look! -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Okay, I found and loaded the DLL online, and put it in the VPC shared folder (the only way to transfer files between the VPC side and the Mac side). However, switching to VPC, the file doesn't show up. I suspect there's some kind of Win98 setting that makes DLL files invisible -- is my

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Never mind, I found the option. I installed the DLL just as Allen said and it works! Unfortunately, Finale requires an additional installation license for the VPC version, and I'm already maxed out. I'll have to ask someone at MM about that. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Finale] Wandering tempo markings

2005-11-16 Thread Fred Hoeptner
Hi: On windows Finale 2004, after extracting parts, I need to place the tempo marking (such as quarter note = 50 - 54) at the beginning of the extracted parts. This I can easily do using the expression tool and the Maestro character set. However, the marking will not stay in place. As I

[Finale] Text Issue

2005-11-16 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
I'm doing an arrangement where in the Sop and Altos share one staff, and the Tenors and Basses another. At points, polyphony within a given staff takes place. No prob entering the different rhythms of the second part via a different layer. However, is there a way to have a different text

Re: [Finale] Text Issue

2005-11-16 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 11/16/05, Dean M. Estabrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 2nd layer, for example, will not accept a text of its own ... unless there is a technique of which I presently know not. The second layer *will* take a lyric; you just have to have Layer 2 selected at the bottom-left of the screen.

Re: [Finale] Text Issue

2005-11-16 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Well, I had 2nd layer selected, but it didn't work. H DEan On Nov 16, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 11/16/05, Dean M. Estabrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 2nd layer, for example, will not accept a text of its own ... unless there is a technique of which I presently know

Re: [Finale] Text Issue

2005-11-16 Thread Brad Beyenhof
On 11/16/05, Dean M. Estabrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 16, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Brad Beyenhof wrote: On 11/16/05, Dean M. Estabrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The 2nd layer, for example, will not accept a text of its own ... unless there is a technique of which I presently know not. The

Re: [Finale] Windows Shortcuts?

2005-11-16 Thread David W. Fenton
On 16 Nov 2005 at 17:18, Darcy James Argue wrote: I found and loaded the DLL online, and put it in the VPC shared folder (the only way to transfer files between the VPC side and the Mac side). However, switching to VPC, the file doesn't show up. I suspect there's some kind of Win98 setting

[Finale] Printing bug

2005-11-16 Thread John Bell
In FinMac2K6 I experienced several times the bug causing Finale to unexpectedly quit when trying to print. This bug seems to me to be even more virulent in FinMac2K6a -- I find it impossible to use any printer presets. Darcy suggested deleting all the presets. I did that, then rebuilt

Re: [Finale] Printing bug

2005-11-16 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Oh, well, now we start seeing widespread reports to quote MacSupport. MacSupport's solution was to export pages as EPS. Whatever. Finale 2006a is stable on one of my mac systems, and totally crashes on my MiniMac. Yet, today, it crashed 3 times, then was totally stable. I believe

Re: [Finale] Early music clefs

2005-11-16 Thread Kevin Riehle
Thanks, very much! Kevindc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin Riehle écrit:In preparing modern editions of Hassler motets (or any other early music), it would be helpful to notate the original clefs with the voice parts at the beginning margin of each staff, just ahead of the permanent clefs. How do

[Finale] Page Format for Parts

2005-11-16 Thread John Bell
FinMac 2006a (but it has always been this way): This isn't exactly a bug, but it seems to me to be a flaw in the program. When I write a score, I usually want one Page Size and set of margins etc for score, and another for parts. I can make a template that holds all these parameters, but

Re: [Finale] Early music clefs

2005-11-16 Thread Kevin Riehle
Thank you very much! Kevindc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin Riehle écrit:In preparing modern editions of Hassler motets (or any other early music), it would be helpful to notate the original clefs with the voice parts at the beginning margin of each staff, just ahead of the permanent clefs. How do