Re: [Finale] latin percussion

2014-05-25 Thread Michael Mathew
I have worked the percussion tutorial several times over a period of several years. I have also used the 3rd edition of the easy guide to music notation from the berklee press. I have been successful a few times. Also, there is a plethora of outstanding tutorials on various latin percussion

[Finale] EDUs - (where) do YOU use them?

2014-05-25 Thread SN jef chippewa
i have made a chart of note to EDU equivalents (512th to double whole and up to 3 dots) and wonder if there is any reason to include tuplet values? the only place i could see them being useful is in the composite time signature definition box, but there is no way to use tuplet values there,

Re: [Finale] EDUs - (where) do YOU use them?

2014-05-25 Thread SN jef chippewa
(unclear what i meant there :-)) ... and this is where EDU tuplet values could have been useful. long ago i defined my own music spacing allotments (spacing width table), but find that finale's spacing algorithm is fine (as good as it can get) using the standard spacing widths dialogue,

Re: [Finale] latin percussion

2014-05-25 Thread David H. Bailey
On 5/25/2014 1:09 AM, dershem wrote: using FinWin2010b Trying to set up a simple latin percussion line - clave and shaker (2/3 clave). In a big band score. I set up the line, put the notes in: Layer 1: shaker. just 8th notes. Layer 2 clave. 2/3 Smart Music SoftSynth, garritan ambience.

Re: [Finale] EDUs - (where) do YOU use them?

2014-05-25 Thread David H. Bailey
On 5/25/2014 4:49 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: i have made a chart of note to EDU equivalents (512th to double whole and up to 3 dots) and wonder if there is any reason to include tuplet values? the only place i could see them being useful is in the composite time signature definition box,

[Finale] page tiling

2014-05-25 Thread arabushka
At this time I am trying to print some working copies of some score pages that overflow the 8 1/2 x 11 that I use in my printer. I don't want to reduce the pages any more as they are already a challenge to read. I understand that the process of printing these large pages on more than 1 sheet of

Re: [Finale] page tiling

2014-05-25 Thread SN jef chippewa
why not go to a print shop and print to 11x17? -- BLOCK SEMINAR new music notation: score design, function and role instructor: jef chippewa morelia (mexico) | 25-27 june http://cmmas.org/cmmas_eventos.php?lan=esid=904 shirling neueweise new music notation + translation + arts management

Re: [Finale] page tiling

2014-05-25 Thread arabushka
That is more elaborate and more expensive than I want to go for working scratch copies. ajr SN jef chippewa shirl...@newmusicnotation.com wrote: why not go to a print shop and print to 11x17? -- BLOCK SEMINAR new music notation: score design, function and role instructor: jef

Re: [Finale] page tiling

2014-05-25 Thread Ryan Beard
What is the time cost for you to reconstruct the tiled pages once printed? Still might be cheaper in the long run to just bite the bullet and print to 11x17. The other option to consider would be to adjust your margins (make them smaller) just so you can print to letter size. Then resize