RE: [Finale] Fwd: Announcement:

2006-08-04 Thread Steve Currington
Actually John.. SPEBSQSA is no longer the name.. This has been completely renamed.. The Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS for short) ;-). BHS Steve Currington -Original Message- From: John Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 4 August 2006 8:59 a.m. To: finale@shsu.edu

RE: [Finale] Fwd: Announcement:

2006-08-05 Thread Steve Currington
the orginal name. or They have a lotta stuff preprinted with the old name and keep using it. Steve Currington Wellington, New Zealand -Original Message- From: dhbailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, 5 August 2006 1:33 p.m. To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Fwd: Announcement

[Finale] Split Stems for Clusters

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Currington
ware.(also virtually all the high schools here now also use Sibelius)I am the odd one that is using Finale. Steve Currington Wellington, New Zealand ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] Split Stems for Clusters

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Currington
the help PDF but I find that it is often less help than just playing around. In fact sometimes really unhelpful.. Steve A-NO-NE Music on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 1:14 AM wrote: Steve Currington / 2006/08/22 / 06:36 AM wrote: What is the best way of doing a splayed or split 8th note stems? Do you

RE: [Finale] Split Stems for Clusters

2006-08-22 Thread Steve Currington
:07 AM wrote: This is a very creative work around. But you are correct, I hope there is an easier way. Dean On Aug 22, 2006, at 6:14 AM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: Steve Currington / 2006/08/22 / 06:36 AM wrote: What is the best way of doing a splayed or split 8th note stems? Do you mean

RE: [Finale] Split Stems for Clusters

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Currington
on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:22 AM said: Steve Currington wrote: Hmm Maybe this is a good future enhancement request. MM - A note cluster tool please!! Quite a lot of contemporary music uses clusters. Pardon me, but there already _is_ a note cluster tool; it's part of the special tools

RE: [Finale] iKey shortcuts for Favor Flats, Sharps

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Currington
Darcy Maybe you are spelling the word favour wrong and it doesn't understand the US spelling ;-) Maybe it just speaks English. snigger Steve - Darcy James Argue Wednesday, August 23, 2006 5:32 PM wrote: I've tried to modify my iKey 2.2.2 shortcuts for Favor Flats and Favor Sharps --

RE: [Finale] Split Stems for Clusters

2006-08-24 Thread Steve Currington
/06 +1200, Steve Currington wrote: My original issue was tight cluster of a Aflat Bflat and Bnat It is damn hard to do a single layer CHORD with Bflat and Bnat together. ala the need for the cluster I guess I could respell Bnat at Cflat but that is confusing. Yes. I've lost part of this thread

RE: [Finale] Goodbye Finale

2007-08-06 Thread Steve Currington
where I feel that Finale has become a better product for my working style and work habits. But I am not holding my breath I am afraid. Steve Currington Mature Student Composer Wellington, New Zealand ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

RE: [Finale] Student Use (was Goodbye Finale

2007-08-07 Thread Steve Currington
Hey Offer a Sibelius course too.. The students wil love you grin S. -Original Message- From: Darcy James Argue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 8/08/2007 4:39 a.m. To: finale@SHSU.EDU Cc: Subject: Re: [Finale] Student Use (was

RE: [Finale] Goodbye Finale

2007-08-07 Thread Steve Currington
and work habits.. Might not t suit everyone and that is fine. Steve Currington Old and Feeble Mature student g -Original Message- From: John Howell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 7/08/2007 12:49 p.m. To: finale@shsu.edu Cc: Subject

RE: [Finale] New monitor

2007-08-11 Thread Steve Currington
I suggest considering a widescreen LCD with pivot capability. Then you can pivot the screen to portrait and see a full page of the score on screen with much better clarity. I have a 20 wide screen with pivot andf would not give it away for anything now that I have become accustomed to it.

RE: AW: [Finale] Sibelius 5 - Second impressions

2007-11-01 Thread Steve Currington
have done it and it is a breeze What's more.. it works grin Steve Currington Composition/Musicology Student New Zealand School of Music Wellington, New Zealand email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale

RE: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-19 Thread Steve Currington
to Sibelius second, after about 18 months or more of solely using Finale and to be honest a I am really glad I did. Steve Currington Wellington, New Zealand Adam Golding composed the following. Can anyone fluent in both Finale 2008 and Sibelius 5 comment on which is actually faster

RE: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-20 Thread Steve Currington
they do things. Steve Currington wrote: I can't answer based on current experiences or should I say products but I think the answer is .. it depends on how you work and your mental processes - some of which can be modified and some is inherent in ones personality or inbred work habits

RE: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-20 Thread Steve Currington
dhbailey composed the following. Robert Patterson wrote: Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say it is a stupid question. But it is a question that whose answer is very individual. The only reason I chime in here is to mention that if you are not making full use of 3rd-party

FW: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-20 Thread Steve Currington
and experience at the time. What is stupid to some is important to others. Just like normal questions in life I guess. Steve Steve Currington composed the following. Yep. agree whole heartedly. And in trying give both a fair hearing.. ala rather than saying Oh bugger

RE: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-20 Thread Steve Currington
Christopher Smith composed the following. On Feb 19, 2008, at 7:23 PM, Adam Golding wrote: yeah i indeed tried the macro route for awhile--setting things up on finale with autohotkey and whatnot--mind you, i could never find an easy way to enter smartshapes from the keyboard--i

RE: [Finale] Finale/Sibelius -- which is truly faster?

2008-02-20 Thread Steve Currington
Christopher Smith composed the following. On Feb 19, 2008, at 5:33 PM, dhbailey wrote: And here all my teachers told me there were no stupid questions. :-( That's what I say to MY students. There are no stupid questions. Only stupid students. 8-) Christopher Hmm and

[Finale] Finale 2010 vs Sibelius 6 a review

2010-01-17 Thread Steve Currington
http://ow.ly/XzdX Steve Currington de Composer Wellington, New Zealand Web:http://www.singers.org.nz ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] External Numeric keypad - FinWin

2006-05-27 Thread Steve Currington
keypad? Steve Currington Wellington, New Zealand ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] External Numeric keypad - FinWin

2006-06-01 Thread Steve Currington
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 1:14 PM To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] External Numeric keypad - FinWin At 11:32 AM 5/28/06 +1200, Steve Currington wrote: Is this a known issue? Is there a fix? or have I bought the wrong keypad? I have a Kensington USB numerica. Same

[Finale] Copy Paste question

2006-06-03 Thread Steve Currington
Hi. I am a relatively new Finale User and to be honest have not read the manual cover to cover. I also find that locating some info can be hard in the manual. Anyway my question Is there any way that one can copy a part - say Violin 1 in layer 1 And paste in as the second part in a divisi

RE: [Finale] trombones

2006-06-19 Thread Steve Currington
Carl Dershem wrote: .---.-.-... If you're trying to he authentic, do what he did. He probably had a reason. If you're trying to be played right the first time, bass clef is the first clef for trombonists, and the one they read without a seond thought (with fewer

RE: [Finale] trombones

2006-06-20 Thread Steve Currington
teh bass trombs. and they vary nowadays.. In teh odl days it was a G trom but nowadays with they vary more. Steve -Original Message- From: dhbailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 20 June 2006 9:21 p.m. To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] trombones Steve Currington wrote

RE: [Finale] trombones

2006-06-21 Thread Steve Currington
Of course British Brass Bands also don't have the strange additions to the brass band ala the wind section that American bands have. Aznd that strange bass the Sousa ;-) And when we talk British Brass we are actually only pigeon holing it it as this British style of brass band is worldwide.