[Finale] Finale and Mac OS

2018-06-11 Thread Martin Banner
I currently use Finale 2012 on my iMac with OS 10.9.5. I am seriously thinking about updating the OS on my Mac to High Sierra (not sure what the OS number is for that), and also upgrading to the most current version of Finale. If I do upgrade from 10.9.5 to High Sierra, will I still be able to

Re: [Finale] OT: score order for a chamber group

2018-06-11 Thread Steve Parker
Sop, clar, bass clar, violin, cello for me too, no question. Steve P. > On 11 Jun 2018, at 20:32, j...@thomastudios.com wrote: > > Forgot bass clarinet, I’d put it under the clarinet. > > *** > J D Thomas > ThomaStudios > > > >> On Jun 11, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Michael

Re: [Finale] OT: score order for a chamber group

2018-06-11 Thread j...@thomastudios.com
Forgot bass clarinet, I’d put it under the clarinet. *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Jun 11, 2018, at 12:28 PM, Michael Edwards wrote: > > [Michael Meyer:] > >> A student of mine wrote their end-of-year composition project for my Music >> Theory class for soprano

Re: [Finale] OT: score order for a chamber group

2018-06-11 Thread Michael Edwards
[Michael Meyer:] A student of mine wrote their end-of-year composition project for my Music Theory class for soprano accompanied by clarinet, violin, bass clarinet, and cello. For a chamber group, what order would you put the instruments in? It seems weird to put them in strict orchestral

Re: [Finale] OT: score order for a chamber group

2018-06-11 Thread j...@thomastudios.com
My preference for that instrumentation would be: Soprano, clarinet, violin, & cello. Orchestra order be damned! *** J D Thomas ThomaStudios > On Jun 11, 2018, at 12:17 PM, Michael Meyer wrote: > > Hoping for the (not-necessarily-Finale) knowledge of the list! > >

Re: [Finale] OT: score order for a chamber group

2018-06-11 Thread Christopher Smith
Chamber music is most usually ordered high to low, with solo instrument or voice at the top, and piano at the bottom. So for this consort I would put it almost exactly as you wrote it (violin above clarinet, though): voice violin clarinet bass clarinet cello Christopher > On Mon Jun 11, at

[Finale] OT: score order for a chamber group

2018-06-11 Thread Michael Meyer
Hoping for the (not-necessarily-Finale) knowledge of the list! A student of mine wrote their end-of-year composition project for my Music Theory class for soprano accompanied by clarinet, violin, bass clarinet, and cello. For a chamber group, what order would you put the instruments in? It seems

Re: [Finale] Working with Independent Time Signatures

2018-06-11 Thread Dr. Ben @ Ayotte Music
​That did the trick --thanks ​, Raymond!​ ​--​ B ​enjamin On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 2:51 PM Raymond Horton wrote: > I believe you can apply a staff style to just individual sections of the > document. > > ​Raymond Horton > Composer, Arranger > Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist

Re: [Finale] Working with Independent Time Signatures

2018-06-11 Thread Raymond Horton
I believe you can apply a staff style to just individual sections of the document. ​Raymond Horton Composer, Arranger Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) United Methodist Church Retired Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra, 1971-2016 Visit us at rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 12:53

Re: [Finale] Working with Independent Time Signatures

2018-06-11 Thread Dr. Ben @ Ayotte Music
Dear List, I am working with a score in which all of the instruments are set to time signature as an independent element. There is a lot of interplay between simple and compound division in the work. However, at some points the time signature is uniform in all parts. Is there a way to apply a

Re: [Finale] Slur metatool

2018-06-11 Thread Christopher Smith
Oh yes, I forgot about the slur metatool. There is only a metatool to SELECT the slur, which is S. But as I mentioned, I leave the slur selected all the time, so I never use the metatool for that. You still have to double-click the first slurred note. If you release immediately, it creates a

Re: [Finale] Slur metatool

2018-06-11 Thread Christopher Smith
You have to assign the shortcut to get to a tool. This answer is from Peter Thomsen. "In the Mac version of Finale you can program eight tool metatools to the keyboard shortcuts {ctrl + one the the keys F - G - H - J - K - L - semicolon (;) - feet (')} (on the middle row of the alphabet

Re: [Finale] Slur metatool

2018-06-11 Thread martin nickless
Thank you very much for your answer so may I ask What is the short ccut to get to smart shapes (from speedy entry ) and then what is the metaltool to press to add slurs quickly Also I meant to ask in my question when in speedy entry what is the quick way to add a tie? at the moment I’m

Re: [Finale] Slur metatool

2018-06-11 Thread Christopher Smith
Unfortunately, if you are in Speedy you have to change tools to get slurs in. The Smart Shape tool remembers what item you have clicked on, so I leave it selecting the slur, and use metatools for OTHER Smart Shapes (< and > for cresc and dim, mostly.) There are assignable metatools to select

[Finale] Slur metatool

2018-06-11 Thread Martin Nickless
Hi there I know this is a basic question could someone tell me the best way to enter slurs in finale 25 I use mostly speedentry I m on windows 10 assume it would be via a metatool again if someone can explain how to use the metatool That would be great thanks Martin Sent from my iPhone