Re: [Finale] OT: French dictionary with syllables

2010-06-18 Thread Mark D Lew
On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Ryan wrote: I'm looking for a good online French dictionary with syllabification. Setting some nursery rhymes and kid's songs and I want to make sure the lyrics are correct. French is one of the harder languages for word division, but there are basic rules

Re: [Finale] OT: Comments on Modern Time Signatures for 1660 Piece -- Addendum

2010-06-18 Thread Howard Weiner
On 18.06.2010 04:29, David W. Fenton wrote: That does raise the question if you think that I've handled the coloration correctly. I would have liked to have used tuplets, but in this particular meter, I just think it would have confused things, so I wrote out the literal note values, instead. It

Re: [Finale] OT: Comments on Modern Time Signatures for 1660 Piece

2010-06-18 Thread Howard Weiner
On 18.06.2010 04:29, David W. Fenton wrote: That does raise the question if you think that I've handled the coloration correctly. I would have liked to have used tuplets, but in this particular meter, I just think it would have confused things, so I wrote out the literal note values,

Re: [Finale] OT: French dictionary with syllables

2010-06-18 Thread Christopher Smith
Keeper! Christopher On Fri Jun 18, at FridayJun 18 2:02 AM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Ryan wrote: I'm looking for a good online French dictionary with syllabification. Setting some nursery rhymes and kid's songs and I want to make sure the lyrics are correct.

Re: [Finale] OT: Comments on Modern Time Signatures for 1660 Piece

2010-06-18 Thread John Howell
At 10:29 PM -0400 6/17/10, David W. Fenton wrote: Yes, of course. I never had a proper course in graduate school on the notation of this period -- I've learned what I know only by doing it myself! That's the only way you CAN learn it, even if you took the Early Notation course! And when it

[Finale] upgrade? and question

2010-06-18 Thread Katherine Hoover
Dear finalelist, I'm working on a fairly new mac with finale 2004. 1. Is it time to upgrade to 2011? 2. I have a score with 4 staves. Is it possible (for formatting) to move a single staff up or down within a single system ? Thanks, Katherine Hoover

Re: [Finale] OT: Comments on Modern Time Signatures for 1660 Piece

2010-06-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Jun 2010 at 10:26, Howard Weiner wrote: On 18.06.2010 04:29, David W. Fenton wrote: That does raise the question if you think that I've handled the coloration correctly. I would have liked to have used tuplets, but in this particular meter, I just think it would have confused

[Finale] Lost Ambience

2010-06-18 Thread Harold Owen
Dear folks, I seem to have lost the Garritan Ambience file. When I look at the offerings for Fx on the Audio Units page it does not show up now for some reason. How can I access it? Hal -- Harold Owen 1375 Olive Street #402, Eugene, OR 97401 mailto:hjo...@uoregon.edu Visit my web site at:

Re: [Finale] OT: Comments on Modern Time Signatures for 1660 Piece

2010-06-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Jun 2010 at 13:07, John Howell wrote: At 10:29 PM -0400 6/17/10, David W. Fenton wrote: Yes, of course. I never had a proper course in graduate school on the notation of this period -- I've learned what I know only by doing it myself! That's the only way you CAN learn it, even if you

Re: [Finale] OT: Comments on Modern Time Signatures for 1660 Piece

2010-06-18 Thread John Howell
At 3:12 PM -0400 6/18/10, David W. Fenton wrote: The early medieval notation is frightfully difficult, since up to Franco, any particular symbol derives its rhythmic meaning from context, and that means it's ambiguous. Well, it's dead easy as long as they follow their own rules, but they

Re: [Finale] upgrade? and question

2010-06-18 Thread dhbailey
Katherine Hoover wrote: Dear finalelist, I'm working on a fairly new mac with finale 2004. 1. Is it time to upgrade to 2011? 2. I have a score with 4 staves. Is it possible (for formatting) to move a single staff up or down within a single system ? 1. Only you can answer if

Re: [Finale] OT: Comments on Modern Time Signatures for 1660 Piece

2010-06-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Jun 2010 at 15:56, John Howell wrote: At 3:12 PM -0400 6/18/10, David W. Fenton wrote: The early medieval notation is frightfully difficult, since up to Franco, any particular symbol derives its rhythmic meaning from context, and that means it's ambiguous. Well, it's dead easy as

[Finale] Message bar in 2011

2010-06-18 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Obviously I upgraded to 2011. Only finished one smaller project so far and have not run into disasters yet. However I am annoyed by a minor detail. As I remember it, previous versions allowed some sort of preference setting, so the Message Bar never showed. Now it pops up every time I open a

[Finale] Call for scores for chamber orchestra

2010-06-18 Thread Patsy Moore
Hello Listers, The UK magazine Classical Music has an article in its most recent issue entitled Contemporary Conundrums, wondering why so few contemporary composers write for the sort of orchestra that's needed for e.g. symphonies by C. P. E. Bach, Haydn or Schubert. It makes the point that

Re: [Finale] Call for scores for chamber orchestra

2010-06-18 Thread Matthew Hindson (gmail)
Note that there is a £500 prize for this competition, but also a £25 entry fee. Presumably they're hoping to get 20+ entries. Matthew On 19/06/10 8:08 AM, Patsy Moore wrote: Hello Listers, The UK magazine Classical Music has an article in its most recent issue entitled Contemporary

Re: [Finale] Call for scores for chamber orchestra

2010-06-18 Thread Christopher Smith
Yeah, kinda like a lottery! Christopher On Sat Jun 19, at SaturdayJun 19 12:28 AM, Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote: Note that there is a £500 prize for this competition, but also a £25 entry fee. Presumably they're hoping to get 20+ entries. Matthew