[Finale] Silent Staff

2013-11-19 Thread Linda Worsley
Fin mac 2012. I have an orchestral score I'm working on that has one staff (Second violins) that does not sound. It has all the same settings in the score manager as Violin I. All the strings are in several layers, Layer 1 arco, layer 2 pizz, etc. and the second violin part is playing in the

Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014

2013-11-19 Thread Patrick Sheehan
Courtesy accidentals (ANYWHERE) are for the weak. If you *need* them in the part, then that means you're not following the key signature. Back to school! patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com -Original Message- From: Christopher Smith [mailto:christopher.sm...@videotron.ca] Sent: Sunday,

Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014

2013-11-19 Thread Steve Parker
This is nuts! Steve P. On 19 Nov 2013, at 15:36, Patrick Sheehan patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com wrote: Courtesy accidentals (ANYWHERE) are for the weak. If you *need* them in the part, then that means you're not following the key signature. Back to school!

Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014

2013-11-19 Thread Ryan Beard
I wouldn't go that far. A courtesy accidental is very helpful on those occasions when you really mean to have an F# and and F-nat at the same time in an otherwise tonal piece. More of a this is not a printing error thing. Granted, a non-courtesy would do just fine in that instance, too. Sent

Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014

2013-11-19 Thread J D Thomas
I agree. My notation experience goes way back to well before computers entered the scene and it was all done by hand. I was schooled in LA where, as is the case pretty much everywhere, you never, ever have enough rehearsal time. So the music should be notated explicitly where absolutely no

[Finale] Re(2): random thoughts on 2014

2013-11-19 Thread Giovanni Andreani
I agree with J. D. Thomas here: one thing is dealing with the Viennese classical style where, after modulating a fifth above one should know that the original fourth degree has to be raised a semitone, another thing is dealing with other styles, where the insertion of patterns different from

Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014

2013-11-19 Thread Robert Patterson
Nut, I don't know. It is certainly the opinion of one who enjoys the delicious crunchy sound of wrong notes. On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: This is nuts! Steve P. On 19 Nov 2013, at 15:36, Patrick Sheehan patricksheehanmu...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Finale] random thoughts on 2014

2013-11-19 Thread J D Thomas
Yum!! On Nov 19, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Robert Patterson rob...@robertgpatterson.com wrote: Nut, I don't know. It is certainly the opinion of one who enjoys the delicious crunchy sound of wrong notes. On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: This is nuts!

[Finale] #5

2013-11-19 Thread Jim Dukey
Weak? Then I've known and played with SO Many Weak Players, from the San Francisco Symphony, and virtually ALL groups I've ever played in. Players who mark their parts to be SURE of the accidentals. Check your precious Finale Parts sometime, see what the players marked in. Or the Conductor. See

Re: [Finale] #5

2013-11-19 Thread Chuck Israels
There's a reason they are called courtesy. Chuck On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:07 AM, Jim Dukey oldm...@yahoo.com wrote: Weak? Then I've known and played with SO Many Weak Players, from the San Francisco Symphony, and virtually ALL groups I've ever played in. Players who mark their parts to be