Re: [Finale] OT: Key sig for Lydian mode
It's also only in equal temperament that the tonic of a mode doesn't assert itself strongly. The idea (especially among jazzers..) that the modes are the same pitches as major - only shifted - kind of creates the question in the first place. Steve P. On 13 Dec 2013, at 04:10, Douglas Brown douglas.br...@wayland.wbu.edu wrote: If church musicians simply play what's in front of them and don't care, then why not use four sharps? They aren't going to care where tonic is in the first place. Key signatures were invented to make music easier to read. By using four sharps, fewer accidentals are necessary. Douglas Brown Adjunct Professor, School of Music Wayland Baptist University In my experience, most musicians on a church gig will not analyze anything. They are just trying to survive a once through sight-reading rehearsal, perform the show, get paid, and move on to the next gig. (Especially this time of year.) It's not a question of intelligence: it's a question of priorities. If you want the right notes in A lydian the first time and every time, I think the proposed 3 sharps plus altered 4 is a safer bet. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Score Manager: a sound for expressions?
On 2013-11-24 00:08, Mario De Franceschi wrote: As you know, in the Score Manager Dialog Box, if you expand the little arrow near the staff name, you can separately manage some parameters for layers, chords and expressions. Now, I'm wondering what is the sense of an individual sound for an expression... Maybe can I hear a specific sound for a symbol like forte, crescendo, and so on? Why should I want it? I believe it's where MIDI expression are sent (continous data in the MIDi Tool), not the Expression Tool?. Best regards, Jari Williamsson ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Key sig for Lydian mode
Well, Douglas, you DID suggest that writing A Aeolian in three sharps and putting naturals on three notes wasn't a good idea. Who was promoting THAT idea? Nobody here was, which made me think you had misunderstood. If there is one big problem that a forum like this has, is that the lack of inflection or the ability to ask for immediate clarification is missing. I wasn't saying that anyone had said that; I was stating an example of what it is like to use major as the home key and using accidentals to make up the rest of it. It was intentionally absurd to make a point... and thus the lack of facial expression and tone of voice made my point unclear. Maybe we should always use html emoting tags or something: sarcasm No, really. I like to run the air conditioner when it's snowing. /sarcasm ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
