At 7:56 PM + 1/17/09, Lawrence Yates wrote:
Apologies to all and thanks on behalf of my idiot, cloth eared student.
Having spoken to her teacher, it now seems that the child (aged 18 years!!!)
incorrectly identified the chord as a "DOMINANT 7th" then didn't listen to
what her teacher said in
On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:59 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
Everyone hates the accordion. ;)
(actually, I *love* the accordion)
I understand, and do not judge, but simply cite this, found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accordion (click on 4. Accordion jokes)
The 1954 Edition of Grove's Dictio
On Jan 18, 2009, at 1:11 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 12:16 AM -0500 1/18/09, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
Yeah the 'popular' chord notation (anyone know where this came from
originally?)
Strangely, it came from an adaptation of classical figured b
On 18 Jan 2009 at 22:42, Allen Fisher wrote:
> Up until now I've liked mine too. But the sucker is actually turning
> paper into accordion sheets.
>
> My clients are starting to complain ;-)
Everyone hates the accordion. ;)
(actually, I *love* the accordion)
--
David W. Fenton
Thanks David. I did notice the rollers were getting dirty. I did jam
it when I was having driver problems.
Can't justify replacing this with a less expensive printer. It prints
wide format and cost me about $600.
On Jan 18, 2009, at 6:36 PM, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 18 Jan 2009 at 18:04,
Up until now I've liked mine too. But the sucker is actually turning
paper into accordion sheets.
My clients are starting to complain ;-)
On Jan 18, 2009, at 9:58 PM, Ray Horton wrote:
I love my AP2610 (not everyone on the list with one does). But it
does jam sometimes, usually when the pa
Before you toss the file, send it off to support. We like to get our
hands on these files and figure out what happened.
On Jan 18, 2009, at 8:41 PM, Randolph Peters wrote:
I wrote:
I keep getting this message [The font'" is not available in this
piece.] on a file when I try and copy a measu
I love my AP2610 (not everyone on the list with one does). But it does
jam sometimes, usually when the paper supply gets small. Whenever it
thinks it is jammed but is not (such as when it tries to pick up paper
from a low stack and fails) just find the small door on the top, (near
the back) a
On Jan 18, 2009, at 9:17 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 2:50 PM -0500 1/18/09, David W. Fenton wrote:
Were the chord symbols printed in the publications of Richard
Rodgers' music "his" symbols, or those of an arranger? Frankly, I
strongly doubt that we should attribute them to Rodgers himself.
A
I'm ancient FinMac 2005 but it has been my experience that tuplets only copy
properly with 'partial measure' selection turned off. IOW full measure copy
only.
Gerald Berg
From: Christopher Smith
To: finale@shsu.edu
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:54:56 PM
I wrote:
I keep getting this message [The font'" is not available in this
piece.] on a file when I try and copy a measure
into another one. The message shows up twice in a row and doesn't
go away even when I do select a font.
David Fenton replied:
I don't have a recent version of Finale, b
At 2:50 PM -0500 1/18/09, David W. Fenton wrote:
On 18 Jan 2009 at 13:11, John Howell wrote:
One danger in the early days was that the chord symbols too often
represented the right-hand chord (for the pianist), but did NOT
indicate function or bass note. That was still true as late as the
David W. Fenton wrote:
But there are also things that can't be remedied without a service
call from a tech, which is usually going to run a minimum of $150.
With new laser printers costing $200, it's hard to justify that.
Except that the laser printer giving the problem, a Ricoh AP2610, is
Sorry, but could you translate the note values into North American
terms? I never learned the English system, so I can't follow your
question.
Christopher
On Jan 18, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Stan Lord wrote:
MacFin 2009b
Drum set part:
Copying crotchets on beats 1 and 3 with a semiquaver grac
On 18 Jan 2009 at 18:04, Allen Fisher wrote:
> My laser printer ( a Rico AP2610) pretty much jams every time I try to
> use it.
The causes of this kind of thing that can be remedied:
1. dirty rollers -- open it up and use a cotton swab and rubbing
alcohol to clean them thoroughly.
2. cheap p
Just read it as a regular horn part, in alto clef ;-P -- I was taught
to use clefs to transpose on the fly...
Yep this is right. (I just looked it up...) I hate odd transpositions.
On Jan 18, 2009, at 12:41 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 6:59 PM +0100 1/18/09, Barbara Touburg wrote:
I'm working o
In Fin2k9b, go to Document-->Data Check-->File Maintenance. Do the
full treatment.
Then, run Document-->Data Check-->Font Utilites. Check "Check Document
Fonts Against System Fonts" and click OK. Fix any remaining font
things that come up.
For those with 2k9 initial release or earlier, we
Hi List--
My laser printer ( a Rico AP2610) pretty much jams every time I try to
use it.
I've had the printer for a few years, and it's still got plenty of
toner, so I haven't done a "Maintenance Kit" deal on it. I'm guessing
I'm not worshiping the laser printer gods correctly, or else th
Actually, I don't have a clue.
This is such a powerful, yet frustrating program. I just noticed
that in my situation removing Optimization seemed to help.
Does anyone have a flow chart that shows how this all works?
noel
On Jan 18, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Barbara Touburg wrote:
noel jones wro
noel jones wrote:
I have, since it was introduced to me by this list, had really good luck
using this plugin...
I type in verses of lyrics then:
1. Select PAGE LAYOUT
2. Select OPTIMIZE PAGE SYSTEMS
3. REMOVE Page System Optimization
This gets rid of any adjustments I may have made manually.
I got this yesterday for the first time in fact. And it was found when
copying within a piece, not even between different documents.
Matthew
Randolph Peters wrote:
Has anyone come across this confusing error message?
*
The font'" is not available in this
piece
I have, since it was introduced to me by this list, had really good
luck using this plugin...
I type in verses of lyrics then:
1. Select PAGE LAYOUT
2. Select OPTIMIZE PAGE SYSTEMS
3. REMOVE Page System Optimization
This gets rid of any adjustments I may have made manually.
Then I choose Ver
On 18 Jan 2009 at 15:30, Randolph Peters wrote:
> I keep getting this message on a file when I try and copy a measure
> into another one. The message shows up twice in a row and doesn't go
> away even when I do select a font.
I don't have a recent version of Finale, but if I encountered this
Has anyone come across this confusing error message?
*
The font'" is not available in this
piece.
Select another font or...
Add "" to Finale's font list?
[Cancel] [Add] [Select] buttons
I keep getting this message on a file when
On Jan 18, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Blake Richardson wrote:
In Speedy, you have to hit the / key on the second grace note AND
then on the second eighth note.
Worked like a charm. Thanks much. It was driving me crazy.
And me too - for years! Nice to get another clue into the mystery of
Finale.
When using the default settings, I find it to be excellent for adjusting the
spacing of the staves relative to the lyrics in single page hymns (similar
to a grand staff). But, it does has it shortcomings in more typical music,
like multiple page piano or vocal/piano pieces. Unless you happen to be
Probably a publisher's interpretation of Rodgers' piano/vocal
versions. Rodgers was a fine melodist, but there are many re-
harmonizations (some quite substantial) of his songs that are
stronger, by far, than his versions. Some Tin Pan Alley composers
wrote solid basic harmony and good bas
Forgive me folks..but...this might be as good a place as any to ask.
Might any one of you be piano teachers in the Chicago area? Or..might
any of you know someone wonderful who works with kids (in the Chicago
area)? Please e-mail me offlist.
Thanks,
Dana
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> In Speedy, you have to hit the / key on the second grace note AND
> then on the second eighth note.
Worked like a charm. Thanks much. It was driving me crazy.
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On 18 Jan 2009 at 13:11, John Howell wrote:
> One danger in the early days was that the chord symbols too often
> represented the right-hand chord (for the pianist), but did NOT
> indicate function or bass note. That was still true as late as the
> sheet music of Richard Rodgers, and you can't
On Jan 18, 2009, at 10:11 AM, John Howell wrote:
One danger in the early days was that the chord symbols too often
represented the right-hand chord (for the pianist), but did NOT
indicate function or bass note. That was still true as late as the
sheet music of Richard Rodgers, and you ca
John Howell wrote:
At 6:59 PM +0100 1/18/09, Barbara Touburg wrote:
I'm working on some movements of Mendelssohn's Midsummernightsdream.
He uses Corni in E. I assume these are French horns (normally in F).
I've trouble setting up the transposition correctly. Currently I have
the interval as -4
Robert Patterson wrote:
Interval: 5
Key Alter: -4
If the key is other than 4 sharps, you may want to set Ind. Key Sig on this
staff and set that staff only to E Major. (But my recollection is that it's
in E Major to begin with.)
Thanks a bunch Robert, it sounds a lot better now. And yes, it is
At 6:59 PM +0100 1/18/09, Barbara Touburg wrote:
I'm working on some movements of Mendelssohn's Midsummernightsdream.
He uses Corni in E. I assume these are French horns (normally in F).
I've trouble setting up the transposition correctly. Currently I
have the interval as -4 and the key alter a
Interval: 5
Key Alter: -4
If the key is other than 4 sharps, you may want to set Ind. Key Sig on this
staff and set that staff only to E Major. (But my recollection is that it's
in E Major to begin with.)
On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Barbara Touburg wrote:
> I'm working on some movements of
I'm working on some movements of Mendelssohn's Midsummernightsdream. He
uses Corni in E. I assume these are French horns (normally in F). I've
trouble setting up the transposition correctly. Currently I have the
interval as -4 and the key alter as +4, but it must be wrong, because it
sounds hor
At 12:16 AM -0500 1/18/09, Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
Yeah the 'popular' chord notation (anyone know where this came from
originally?)
Strangely, it came from an adaptation of classical figured bass.
This is why the exception to the "all chord
MacFin 2009b
Drum set part:
Copying crotchets on beats 1 and 3 with a semiquaver gracenote triplet
before 3rd beat.
The 3rd beat crotchet is coming out as a dotted quaver tied to a
semiquaver.
Tried Robert's Mass Copy and got the same result.
We've had this problem for a long time it seem
Ray Horton wrote:
Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
Incidentally, if you want an F#m triad with a D added, you would call
it F#m(b6) in the most standard system. This is the second chord in
the James Bond main theme, in case anyone thinks it is too far
>Richard Yates wrote:
>> NumLock on?
>>
>
>Yes, always.
Then my half-vast expertise is exhausted. Maybe others have some ideas.
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Christopher Smith wrote:
On Jan 17, 2009, at 7:06 PM, Adam Golding wrote:
Yeah the 'popular' chord notation (anyone know where this came from
originally?)
Strangely, it came from an adaptation of classical figured bass. This
is why the exception to the "all chord members are major unless
The vertical collision remover is a mess. I was very excited about it
when it was announced in the beta testing round for 2007 and spent a
lot of time testing it and figuring out how the options are meant to
work. It was soon clear that even the people at MakeMusic weren't
clear about how a
Can someone explain how this plug-in works? It doesn't seem to do
anything over here.
Thanks,
Barbara
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On Jan 18, 2009, at 8:52 AM, dc wrote:
Is there any easy way (a plug-in?) to exchange two parts in a
section of a score (say I soprano 1 and soprano 2) (other than
adding a dummy staff, copying, deleting, etc.).
Just the usual copy paste, but you don't need a dummy staff.
Select the por
Richard Yates wrote:
NumLock on?
Yes, always.
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Darcy James Argue wrote:
If you write the chord symbol F#mi6, then the correct voicing in all
cases is F# A C# D#. There is nothing complicated or ambiguous about it.
Thanks -- I had forgotten that chord nomenclature is
independent of key signature.
That's one of the great things about thi
Christopher Smith wrote:
[snip]
The thing I have to remind all my jazz theory students is that
jazz/popular chord symbols have nothing to do with the key. They are
completely independent.[snip]
Thank you for that very clear statement, which if anybody
ever told me, I have forgotten.
It's go
I think it's always been like this. I checked in Finale 2004b: it is
also necessary to use the slash key on both the grace note and the
eighth note. I think there is also a difference depending on if you
create the grace notes as you go along, or if you first write
everything as normal note
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