Re: [Finale] Klezmer music question

2007-09-21 Thread Dick Hauser
On Sep 20, 2007, at 7:14 PM, Ruth H. Randle wrote: I have been given a handwritten piece of Klezmer music to transcribe, called Baym Rebn Sude. There are no chords, just a simple melody line. My problem is this: It has 1 sharp (F) and 2 flats (B and E)! I was told that a) it is a very

RE: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread keith helgesen
Will someone please explain- I words of one syllable please- what Mirroring actually is? In ten years of Finale I've never known- and certainly never used it. Cheers K in OZ Keith Helgesen. Ph: (02) 62910787. Mob 0417-042171 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [Finale] Klezmer music question

2007-09-21 Thread keith helgesen
AFAIK this was *very* occasionally used to indicate a minor key. In this case G minor- completely reinforced by the scale of G minor as quoted in the message. I'm not really familiar with my minor modal variants but I suspect a 'hyper' scale form thus D to D but in G minor. The key sig works by

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread dhbailey
He wasn't using Mirroring in the same sense that Finale has Mirrors. He was just using the term to indicate taking a selected passage and copying it to a different location. Mirrors as Finale uses the term means telling Finale that you want measures 100-120 (for example) to be exact copies of

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.09.2007 dhbailey wrote: He wasn't using Mirroring in the same sense that Finale has Mirrors. He was just using the term to indicate taking a selected passage and copying it to a different location. Sorry David, but I was indeed refering to Mirrors as they are used by Finale. I don't

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 20.09.2007 keith helgesen wrote: Will someone please explain- I words of one syllable please- what Mirroring actually is? In ten years of Finale I've never known- and certainly never used it. In addition to what David has already mentioned: Mirrors, imo, are an extremely useful way in

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sep 21, 2007, at 3:58 AM, dhbailey wrote: Mirrors as Finale uses the term means telling Finale that you want measures 100-120 (for example) to be exact copies of measures 20-40. That way any edits you make in measures 20-40 are immediately copied to measures 100-120. You can't make

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: Johannes Gebauer écrit: I am having problems in 2k7 mirroring passages using the method to shift-option-click on the target measure. This doesn't work with mirroring, it seems, and I am now remembering there was a bug somewhere. Can someone tell me what the workaround was? I just

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.09.2007 dhbailey wrote: You get a mirror when you ctrl-shift-click? All I get is a duplicate set of data which doesn't change when the first data is changed. You have to activate this function in the mass edit menu (up to 2k7, not sure about 2k8). Johannes --

Re: [Finale] Wishlist for Finale 2009

2007-09-21 Thread VivianAR
In a message dated 9/19/07 6:06:31 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And hyphens, please, hyphens!!! I second, third or 200th that one. The hyphen thing is ridiculous! Vivian Vivian Adelberg Rudow Most recent performances: CALL FOR PEACE, Esther Landau, flute plus tape, performance Walden

Re: [Finale] Unexpected Quit on Start

2007-09-21 Thread A-NO-NE Music
Dick Hauser / 07.9.20 / 1:17 AM wrote: We looked at the startup screen and noted that the crash occured when the message initializing midi came up (after the initializing Core Midi) and so started to look at possibilities that something there was amiss. We moved the Plug-in components out

Re: [Finale] Time Signature Issue

2007-09-21 Thread ThomaStudios
Hmm. This is reminiscent of an issue I've encountered many times when adding a Measure Expression. I'll click on the measure, go thru the steps to create the expression, and when I return to the score, no expression. It's actually been attached to another measure on the page, and is

Re: [Finale] Unexpected Quit on Start

2007-09-21 Thread Dick Hauser
On Sep 21, 2007, at 8:32 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: They didn't ask you for the crash log? Why do you not post the crashed thread here as I suggested. I missed that request, Hiro. I offered up the crash log but the tech didn't want it. My initial post included the first bit of it but it's

[Finale] Re: Klezmer question

2007-09-21 Thread Ruth H. Randle
Thank you, Chris, Dick and Keith for your very helpful comments. Your discussions are often way above my head, but I admire the way that listers are always willing to help even with the simplest questions as well. And Chris, your descriptive term D Fraygish is wonderful! Ruth Randle

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread Johannes Gebauer
On 21.09.2007 David W. Fenton wrote: You can't make anything different between the two sets of measures. Er, isn't that what the tilting mirrors were for? I've never used them, but the idea was that you could do certain things that would make the mirror appear different from the original.

Re: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: dhbailey écrit: You get a mirror when you ctrl-shift-click? All I get is a duplicate set of data which doesn't change when the first data is changed. Well, first, you have to go in the Mass Edit menu and tick Mirror if you want a mirror! I said I didn't work with mirrors much.

Re: [Finale] Converting from Sibelius to Finale

2007-09-21 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
On 9/21/07, dc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone tried converting Sibelius 4 files to Finale with the Dolet 3 plug-in? There is no demo version, so I'm wondering how good the conversion is. What are the limitations? What happens to the figured bass, since Finale doesn't have an equivalent

Re: [Finale] Time Signature Issue

2007-09-21 Thread Christopher Smith
I've noticed this particularly when dealing with staves that have been reduced with the Percent Tool (whatever the real name is.) Christopher On 21-Sep-07, at 12:39 PM, ThomaStudios wrote: Hmm. This is reminiscent of an issue I've encountered many times when adding a Measure Expression.

Re: [Finale] Slightly OT: Paper weight

2007-09-21 Thread John Howell
At 8:44 PM -0400 9/18/07, Christopher Smith wrote: On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Adam Taylor wrote: I've seen discussions on this list about binding of score and parts, as well as printing of parts. I was just wondering what weight of paper people here think is the best for printing score and

RE: [Finale] Slightly OT: Paper weight

2007-09-21 Thread Lee Actor
I've seen discussions on this list about binding of score and parts, as well as printing of parts. I was just wondering what weight of paper people here think is the best for printing score and parts for a concert band work. Regular paper just feels too light for me. You are right to think

RE: [Finale] mirroring behaviour

2007-09-21 Thread keith helgesen
Thanks, David, Johannes, Christopher et al. for explanations. I tend to do the sections, then - as David does, cut and paste. I can certainly see the advantage of mirrors in 'change of mind by client etc' situation! Thanks as ever Keith in OZ Keith Helgesen. Ph: (02) 62910787. Mob