Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread John Roberts
I've used Steve Powell's Metronome fonts for years (from DVM Publications), including MetTimes and MetHelvetica, which mix music characters with those text fonts. JR On 4/8/13 6:26 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > Linda: > > The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that >

[Finale] Expression tempo changes attached to notes

2013-04-08 Thread David Froom
You can put in any expression you like (even a space bar as blank expression), and assign it a playback tempo value. If you do this in the misc. category, you aren't bound by measure-only restrictions of the tempo category. DF On Apr 8, 2013, at 1:00 PM, wrote: > This is a great idea. The

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, . This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. Yo

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Noel Stoutenburg
Linda: The real timesaver for you in this situation is one of the fonts that Dennis mentioned in his post in this thread, the Bach Musicological Font; It is available as a free download, . This is a font that is designed to do exactly what you want. Yo

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-08 Thread Phil Buglass
I am sorry if I have offended anyone by this. I am certainly grateful for all the help and suggestions, and I try to express it. If my frustration got the better of me, then I apologise abjectly. It certainly was not intended as any kind of slight. I do tend to get frustrated when I am doing

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread J D Thomas
Linda, One app I use that's very handy for finding and inserting various characters system-wide is PopChar. It does cost $ but I find it indispensable. It lives in the menubar to the left of the Apple menu when installed. And, according to PopChar, ff fortissimo is opt-f and fff is shift-opt

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread John Blane
Type "f" twice On Apr 8, 2013, at 3:33 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: > Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline > problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing > tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). > If I

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Linda Worsley
Thanks to all for pointing me at some sources. I'm aware of the baseline problems and just deal with them as they come up, by a variety of editing tricks. But I'm having trouble finding a keystroke for fortissimo (ff). If I use the one in the chart I get "fff" so I don't quite know what to do ab

Re: [Finale] Splitting Chords by Note

2013-04-08 Thread Raymond Horton
Consider exploding the staff onto as many separate staves as notes in the track, then re-order the staves and combine them as needed. Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Apr 8, 201

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/8/2013 12:47 PM, Linda Worsley wrote: > I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, > etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the > keystrokes for the various symbpols? > Linda, You've gotten some great replies already -- I can't remem

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Don Hart
Actually, the size of the elements in the EngraverText fonts is as I described. But although characters line up horizontally with other fonts, extra space is added below any line where an EngraverText fonts is used. - Don On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz < bath...@maltedmedia

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
There is also a set of fonts called "Bach" with various sets of notes and beams, and another that I use for text called "MusiQwik". The latter isn't as pretty but has predefined staves and time signatures for pretty fast text entry. > From: Linda Worsley > To: finale@shsu.edu > Sent: Monday, Apri

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Don Hart
Hi Linda, Not being sure exactly what you need to accomplish, you may have decent luck with the Engraver Text fonts (H, NCS and T). The baseline issue mentioned above isn't as much of a problem, at least, because those fonts are sized to match normal font texts (i.e., a quarter note in 12 point E

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-08 Thread Raymond Horton
That's an important difference that Don points out: the "Tempo Marks" category defaults to "Beginning of Measure," (or "Start of Time Signature," I forget which) while the "Tempo Alterations" category defaults to "Horizontal Click Positioning" Of course, either can be redefined as a category or in

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-08 Thread Raymond Horton
Some suggestions: 1) Just as the esteemed composer David Froom suggested earlier, don't use the Finale-defined rits, etc. Make your own tempo marks - they can show, they can be hidden, they can be a "rit." with a tempo attached. 2) To make your own tempo mark, select expressions ("mf"), select

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Michael Mathew
Linda, Here is another source from the finale website and reference manual with alternative and text versions of music fonts: http://www.finalemusic.com/usermanuals/finale2012mac/content/Finale/Alternative_music_fonts.htm   Michael mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-b

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-08 Thread Don Hart
Hi Phil, I've used hidden tempo marks for years (with and w/out HP) and have been quite successful getting tempos how I like/envision them. For positioning, put those expressions in the "Tempo Alterations" category. The default positioning in that category is "Horizontal Click Positioning" which

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Klaus Smedegaard Bjerre
Klaus Sendt fra min iPad Den 08/04/2013 kl. 18.47 skrev Linda Worsley : > I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, > etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that cont

Re: [Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Williams, Jim
Hi, Linda. Using finale fonts in word documents may often be problematic due to issues of baselines and spacing. You'd be better served to download the Bach font, which contains myriad symbols and is specifically designed for use in word and similar programs. Of course, it comes with a characte

[Finale] typing in music symbols

2013-04-08 Thread Linda Worsley
I occasionallyh need to type music symbols (ff, quarter note, fermata, etc.) into a Word file. Is there a chart somewhere that contains all the keystrokes for the various symbpols? Thanks! Linda ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.

[Finale] Splitting Chords by Note

2013-04-08 Thread Dean Rosenthal
Hello: My question is about moving specific notes of a chord, given on a single MIDI track, to another staff and handling regions. It is chord splitting. However, a split point won't work here, what I need to do is divide up the notes in a way that doesn't reflect "top to bottom" etc. I have lo

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-08 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/7/2013 2:05 PM, Phil Buglass wrote: > Yeah, I have heard the ones on the garritan website. They are amazing. > > Anyway, I cleared out the data from the second > half of the file, like you said in your previous message. > > Putting in a rall in the last couple of measures > actually worked!

Re: [Finale] Tempo changes

2013-04-08 Thread Phil Buglass
I would tend to agree, except I need the final result output to CD so it can be played through the church's sound system. Finale is the only program I have which will do that - even if I do have to go through a .wav first! Phil. At 04:26 PM 4/7/2013, you wrote: >In my somewhat less than humbl