[Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Martin Banner
I have a choral/orchestral composition (18th Century piece) in the key of e minor, one sharp in the key signature for the C instruments and voices. The horn part is written for horn in G (sounds a 4th lower than written), and therefore there are no sharps or flats in the key signature for

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Lawrence Yates
Write it one note higher than the written horn in G part. (C becomes D; E becomes F#; G becomes A) Cheers, Lawrence On 9 February 2014 15:24, Martin Banner mbanner...@aol.com wrote: I have a choral/orchestral composition (18th Century piece) in the key of e minor, one sharp in the key

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Martin Banner
Lawrence, And the key signature for the newly written part for horn in F? Martin On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:27 AM, Lawrence Yates wrote: Write it one note higher than the written horn in G part. (C becomes D; E becomes F#; G becomes A) Cheers, Lawrence On 9 February 2014 15:24, Martin

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Lawrence Yates
If you are going to add a key signature rather than insert accidentals as you go along, it will be 2 sharps. Cheers, Lawrence On 9 February 2014 15:30, Martin Banner mbanner...@aol.com wrote: Lawrence, And the key signature for the newly written part for horn in F? Martin

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Martin Banner
As a horn player, which would you rather see, accidentals as you go along, or a key signature at the beginning? Thanks for sharing your expertise. Martin On Feb 9, 2014, at 10:34 AM, Lawrence Yates wrote: If you are going to add a key signature rather than insert accidentals as you go

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Lawrence Yates
There is a movement towards the use key signatures especially if the music is more modern. Modern shows and modern music tend to use them so I would suggest that you do that. Wind bands have been using key signatures for years. In extreme keys especially a key signature will make for much

[Finale] Garritan keyswitching without HP

2014-02-09 Thread David Froom
Hi Gerald, I've done this when, for one reason or another, HP frustrates me, or controls don't work exactly as planned. For example, for violin harmonics, I like to use a non-vibrato piccolo. The easiest way to do it is to set up the different sounds you want on different tracks. You can put

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Ryan
FWIW, I'm playing Brahms 4 now. The horn parts from Breitkopf Hartel have the original parts in the keys of C, E, and F, and then a transposed version in the back of the booklet for horn in F with key signatures. On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:31 AM, Lawrence Yates yateslawre...@gmail.comwrote:

Re: [Finale] Garritan keyswitching without HP

2014-02-09 Thread GERALD BERG
David Thank you for that -- I'll give it a whirl.  For now I made the layer 1 -2 idea work.  Each layer with a different channel.  Channel 1 is KS pizz. channel 2 is arco.  The program seems to remember when using spot playback.  Not sure why and not sure I can extend it to the further 2

Re: [Finale] Garritan keyswitching without HP

2014-02-09 Thread Michael Mathew
Hi, I am glad you were able to provide a solution for this problem. Is using the expressions for pizz., arco, etc. provided by Finale an example of the use of HP?   Thanks, Michael Mathew mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Michael Lawlor
You can still write for horn in G and tell the horn players to play on the Bb division with valves 12 (or just 3) all the way through and use hand stopping for notes not in the harmonic series. Michael Lawlor On 09/02/2014 16:31, Lawrence Yates wrote: If there is any chance that the music may

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Lawrence Yates
In forty years of horn playing I have never met a horn player who would do that. (Even though it could work) Cheers, Lawrence On 10 February 2014 00:11, Michael Lawlor mjlaw...@virginmedia.com wrote: You can still write for horn in G and tell the horn players to play on the Bb division

Re: [Finale] Horn question

2014-02-09 Thread Ryan Beard
I'll do that occasionally during a rehearsal or home practice session just to keep myself awake. Wouldn't do it in a performance though, since intonation in unpredictable. Sent from my iPad On Feb 9, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Lawrence Yates yateslawre...@gmail.com wrote: In forty years of horn