Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread kaub001
I do see the notation (1,3) in choral music. Not often, and maybe it's dependent on the publishing house. While it's reasonably clear, for the environment of a church choir setting, where sight-reading can unfortunately become the norm, I find this confusing. I once had to read through an

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread dhbailey
David W. Fenton wrote: On 22 Mar 2010 at 17:11, dhbailey wrote: Perhaps if you were to explain more fully the road map for the work in question, we could offer better insight to help you make the music the clearest. Maybe it's my early music background, but for one particular situation, I

Re: [Finale] repeats again (rondeau)

2010-03-23 Thread dhbailey
dc wrote: What's the clearest way to write an |:A:|BACA piece if I don't write out in full the three A sections (to avoid page turns). The original simply has Da Capo at the end of B and C, and a fermata on the last note of A. People with experience in the music of the period you're

[Finale] Re: OT Time Signatures in MS Word documents

2010-03-23 Thread Michael Lawlor
Thanks Howard, The Bach fonts are quick and easy to use (and free). Michael Lawlor From: Howard Weiner h.wei...@online.de Subject: Re: [Finale] OT Time Signatures in MS Word documents To: finale@shsu.edu Message-ID: 4ba64c66.3090...@online.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread John Howell
At 9:33 PM +0100 3/22/10, dc wrote: I have a piece with three endings, where 1 3 are identical. Is it kosher to put them both under the same bracket, say, with 1. 3. and then 2. Thanks, Dennis I would say not, unless what follows 3 is exactly what follows 1. The purpose of multiple

RE: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread Mike McGowan
Many of the old marches (certainly the ragtime marches) used an unusual repeat system: the first strain has a first ending, second ending which moves to the 2nd strain, and a fine' ending. After the third strain, one will D.S. back to the first strain and take the fine' ending. Although this seems

Re: [Finale] repeats and endings

2010-03-23 Thread dhbailey
Mike McGowan wrote: Many of the old marches (certainly the ragtime marches) used an unusual repeat system: the first strain has a first ending, second ending which moves to the 2nd strain, and a fine' ending. After the third strain, one will D.S. back to the first strain and take the fine'

Re: [Finale] repeats again (rondeau)

2010-03-23 Thread John Howell
At 9:13 AM +0100 3/23/10, dc wrote: What's the clearest way to write an |:A:|BACA piece if I don't write out in full the three A sections (to avoid page turns). The original simply has Da Capo at the end of B and C, and a fermata on the last note of A. Thanks, Dennis Ah!! The famous

[Finale] Page layout for Marimba music

2010-03-23 Thread Adam Taylor
Never having played the marimba (due to being a clarinettist), or having had access to a marimba player in the last ten years, I am now faced with printing a piece to send to a marimbist in the US. I'm currently unsure of how they prefer their music to be laid out for solo work. The piece is

Re: [Finale] Page layout for Marimba music

2010-03-23 Thread John Howell
At 12:35 PM -0300 3/23/10, Adam Taylor wrote: Never having played the marimba (due to being a clarinettist), or having had access to a marimba player in the last ten years, I am now faced with printing a piece to send to a marimbist in the US. I'm currently unsure of how they prefer their

Re: [Finale] repeats again (rondeau)

2010-03-23 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Mar 2010 at 6:34, dhbailey wrote: dc wrote: What's the clearest way to write an |:A:|BACA piece if I don't write out in full the three A sections (to avoid page turns). The original simply has Da Capo at the end of B and C, and a fermata on the last note of A. People with

Re: [Finale] repeats again (rondeau)

2010-03-23 Thread Kim Patrick Clow
Hi alI: About a year ago, I showed a copy of one of my Graupner editions to my former supervisior (Ph.D. in musicology from Columbia)-- where I duplicated the autograph score (i.e. no written out repeats of the A section, and Da Capos under each section). He has no idea how to read the movement,

Re: [Finale] repeats again (rondeau)

2010-03-23 Thread David W. Fenton
On 23 Mar 2010 at 13:30, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: About a year ago, I showed a copy of one of my Graupner editions to my former supervisior (Ph.D. in musicology from Columbia)-- where I duplicated the autograph score (i.e. no written out repeats of the A section, and Da Capos under each

Re: [Finale] Page layout for Marimba music

2010-03-23 Thread Andrew Stiller
On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:56 PM, John Howell wrote: For questions like this I turn to How to Write for Percussion by Samuel Z Solomon. He ... points out that it's important to know the instrument you're writing for (ALWAYS a good idea!), since they vary from 4-octave to 5-octave instruments.

Re: [Finale] Page layout for Marimba music

2010-03-23 Thread John Howell
At 4:11 PM -0400 3/23/10, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Mar 23, 2010, at 12:56 PM, John Howell wrote: For questions like this I turn to How to Write for Percussion by Samuel Z Solomon. He ... points out that it's important to know the instrument you're writing for (ALWAYS a good idea!), since