Re: [Finale] Score system divider plugin crash

2012-09-22 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-09-21 23:35, Darcy James Argue wrote: Have any of you ever gotten a document into a state where invoking Finale's Score System Divider plugin crashes the application? It's happened to me a few times with certain documents and I haven't been able to figure out what the problem is, nor

Re: [Finale] OT: current German spelling

2012-09-22 Thread Johannes Gebauer
Am 21.09.12 11:56, schrieb Eric Fiedler: And only Mäßig/mäßig is correct today. That some publishers still manage to get it wrong is typical of the situation today. The matter really is not that simple: In Swiss German there is not ß (Eszett) at all. Now you might think that this is not

Re: [Finale] OT: current German spelling

2012-09-22 Thread SN jef chippewa
my conclusion to your comments is that one would be expected to use ß, since the music is almost certainly german or somehow related to the german or austrian contributions to music history pre-1919. or, if swiss, then yeah ss would be the way to go. there is simply no justification to to

[Finale] Another chord question

2012-09-22 Thread Steve Parker
How can I set the Am/D slash to 'Under Root' as a default? Thanks, Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Chord Font Questions

2012-09-22 Thread Steve Parker
Having decided to recreate my font libary from the ground up I've hit a couple of questions: How to I specify that the 'b' in Eb or Bb is closer to the E or B? I can get the other symbols as close as I like but is it possible to specify that the 'ø' say in Aø is closer to the 'A' than in Abø

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Patrick Sheehan
Who needs courtesy accidentals? Such a crutch. Forget it! Patrick J. M. Sheehan Music Director, Instructor: Woodlawn Arts Academy P. S. Music Host: The Saturday Blues on 89.5 WNIJ-FM, 1 pm - 4 pm (CST) WNIJ.org 1-815-973-2317 (m) patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com -Original Message- From:

[Finale] Score system divider plugin crash

2012-09-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Have any of you ever gotten a document into a state where invoking Finale's Score System Divider plugin crashes the application? It's happened to me a few times with certain documents and I haven't been able to figure out what the problem is, nor figure out a way to get the document

[Finale] Score system divider plugin crash

2012-09-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi all, Have any of you ever gotten a document into a state where invoking Finale's Score System Divider plugin crashes the application? It's happened to me a few times with certain documents and I haven't been able to figure out what the problem is, nor figure out a way to get the document

[Finale] Yet another chord question

2012-09-22 Thread Steve Parker
How can I permanently set the default chord baseline? Thanks again! Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-09-22 14:52, Patrick Sheehan wrote: Who needs courtesy accidentals? Musicians. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Michael Mathew
Patrick, Your lackadaisical attitude towards cautionary accidentals will lead to many misinterpretations of your music.  I find that the cautionary accidentals leave little to speculation as to whether a note continues to be a flat , natural, or sharp and eliminates major confusion for the

Re: [Finale] Score system divider plugin crash

2012-09-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Apologies to the list for the duplicate messages! Apple Mail in 10.8.1 is evidently a little wonky. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 22 Sep 2012, at 9:44 AM, Darcy James Argue djar...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi all, Have any of you ever gotten a document into a

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Phil Daley
At 9/22/2012 11:01 AM, Michael Mathew wrote: Patrick, Your lackadaisical attitude towards cautionary accidentals will lead to many misinterpretations of your music. Cautionary accidentals are necessary to avoid any confusion about the pitch of a note, thank you very much! Don't be lazy!

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Chuck Israels
On Sep 22, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Patrick Sheehan patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com wrote: Who needs courtesy accidentals? Such a crutch. Forget it! Those who value considerate and clear communication with musicians. Those who pay for rehearsal time. Those who live in a world that extends beyond

Re: [Finale] Chord Font Questions

2012-09-22 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sat Sep 22, at SaturdaySep 22 6:33 AM, Steve Parker wrote: Having decided to recreate my font libary from the ground up I've hit a couple of questions: How to I specify that the 'b' in Eb or Bb is closer to the E or B? As far as I know, this is hard-coded into the font as kerning

Re: [Finale] Another chord question

2012-09-22 Thread Christopher Smith
I'm not sure I know what you are talking about. Do you mean you want a slash chord to be C — E instead of C/E? That is done by hitting a different character for the slash. Experiment with the different configurations that slash shift backslash, or | and underscore (shift hyphen) give

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Michael Mathew
Dear Patrick, On a more positive note, I have seen many published scores of music written in the last hundred years wherein the particular notation conventions that are in play are displayed on separate first pages of the published music that leave little to speculation. This is a more useful

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Michael Mathew
Well stated, Mr. Israels! Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: Chuck Israels cisra...@comcast.net To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 8:55 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [Finale] Chord Font Questions

2012-09-22 Thread Steve Parker
I'd found this solution but it is made much less useful by the transposition hashes. Thanks for your help with the other questions too. I was on Mac OS7 the last time I messed around defining fonts.. I'll probably live with a compromise for now till I have a spare week. ;-) Steve P. On 22

Re: [Finale] Another chord question

2012-09-22 Thread Steve Parker
Ah.. stupidly I did know how to do this.. What I was asking then was how to use the slash as the shortcut for a different character.. of course no need. I prefer the bass to be below - scans more neatly to me. I know the alternate root or polychord distinction but in practise I would never

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread John Howell
At 7:52 AM -0500 9/22/12, Patrick Sheehan wrote: Who needs courtesy accidentals? Such a crutch. Forget it! Bach for one, but what did HE know?! John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts Cinema College of Liberal Arts

Re: [Finale] erratic cautionary accidental plugin

2012-09-22 Thread Michael Mathew
And HE had kids!   mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: John Howell john.how...@vt.edu To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Finale] erratic

[Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread Linda Worsley
I am having a lot of trouble with text blocks (which I really, really need for a current project). It only lets me enter them about half the time, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Sometimes I double click on a place in the score (with text tool open) and it lets me enter it, move

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread SN jef chippewa
sorry linda, don't have a solution/answer, but in any case, wouldn't it be easier to use text expressions? unless you absolutely need centred or justified texts, the expresison tool has lots of powerful settings that can automate your life for you...

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread Jari Williamsson
If you really need to enter measure-attached text blocks, make sure to use Scroll View. Best regards, Jari Williamsson On 2012-09-22 22:13, Linda Worsley wrote: I am having a lot of trouble with text blocks (which I really, really need for a current project). It only lets me enter them

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Linda, I answered this for you last time you asked. If you double-click with the text tool and nothing happens, you need to redraw the screen (shortcut is cmd-R on Mac). You will see the handle for the empty text box you just created -- double-click on the handle to edit. And please

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Also, Jef is right that there is absolutely no reason to be using measure-attached text blocks, they are entirely obsolete. You should use the expression tool for that. You should only ever use the text tool for page-attached text blocks. Switching to the expression tool for measure-attached

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread Linda Worsley
Well, first of all, I don't remember asking getting an answer before, but I believe you, so I apologize if I asked it in duplicate. I am so slammed with deadlines that it could have gotten away from me. Nevertheless, two things; 1) Redraw screen in mac 2012 is command-D. I did that. Nothing

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread Jari Williamsson
On 2012-09-22 23:42, Linda Worsley wrote: BUT I have a client who insists on putting stage directions in the rehearsal score... sometimes quite lengthy... two or three long sentences (and many shorter ones.) I can only use the text blocks. I still don't understand why you can only use the

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread SN jef chippewa
BUT I have a client who insists on putting stage directions in the rehearsal score... sometimes quite lengthy... two or three long sentences (and many shorter ones.) I can only use the text blocks. And they MUST be attached to the measures... sounds like text expressions to me. they will

Re: [Finale] Fin Mac 2012 Text blocks

2012-09-22 Thread Michael Mathew
I don't know about anyone else, but, I'm impressed and convinced! Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ From: SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com To: finale@shsu.edu Sent: