Re: [Finale] Chord symbols DO-RE-MI... instead of C-D-E....

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Re: [Finale] OT: music terminology

(unexplained variations) at the end of the economic equations. Aaron J. Rabushka who has not as yet written a set of variations called The Unexplained [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk On May 16, 2007, at 1:35 PM, shirling neueweise wrote: people study composition to get university

Re: [Finale] OT: NOT John Cage's first national TV appearance!

And one of the pleasures of siscovering Indian music was finding a cogent system where that seventh DIDN'T have to go up and the fourth DIDN'T have to go down. Another way to break the tyranny of the major and minor modes! Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: [Finale] OT carmina burana (was OT clarinets)

Not the same Mary Wilson from the Supremes, is it? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk Mark: All the rest of the male solos are usually given to the baritone, who will need to be versatile in order to do them all well. (The same goes for the soprano. I

Re: [Finale] slurs attached to rests

If more than one note is involved before the rest you can slur to the last note, click on the slur, and re-shape it to reach to the rest. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk Using a trick it is possible to attach slurs to rests: Change rest into note, attach

Re: [Finale] slurs attached to rests

It's a way of emphasizing carrying a phrase into the ensuing silence, as at the end of my bass trombone sonata. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 12.06.2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If more than one note is involved before

Re: [Finale] New Question

that is not always welcome. And btw, Rob, is Barry Kilpatrick still teaching trombone at SUNY? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk The request for new topics plus the fact that there's a Mythbusters marathon going on got me thinking about confirming or busting a notation

[Finale] Condolences

John, Condolences on Susie's passing. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

RE: [Finale] db harmonics

One of my bass-playing college friends had a chart of bass harmonics as notated in the works of Maurice Ravel, who himself used several different notation. Onward and upaward, Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: [Finale] Stem direction?

@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Go into speedy entry, put the cursor on your stem, and enter an L to flip it. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

RE: [Finale] Simple not Simple

Well, I guess I'm the opposite of you guys--as a 15-year alumnus of the Copyist I find simple to be much easier to work with. Guess that's why they have both. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Simple not Simple

Well, I've known for a long time that dynamics and articulations are the last things that go into my scores--perhaps Simple is made for those like us! Aaron J. Rabushka whose first self-prepared Finale score and parts are now before the public [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: [Finale] OT: 14 hads in a row

Bradley and Hadley had written sentences. Brad's had been better than Had's. Where Brad had had had had; Had had had had; had Had had had had, Had would have had Brad's success. Yes, it is a slow day. David Froom ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] O.T. 2 Questions: Repeat Menuet markings; and blankspace on pages...

The one that occurs to me is D. C. Menuetto senza repetizioni al fine. I don't know if this pertains to a particular time period or not. Kim Patrick Clow wrote: 1. How do the large publishers mark a repeat for a Menuet? My editor typically will place Repeat Menuet 1. At the end of a two

Re: [Finale] OT: Continuo question

Cembalo is Italian for harpsichord. Some editions simply show continuo for this part, as the choice of instrument is often determined by circumstances at hand. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Brahms and inspiration

Well, I understand that Berlioz was an agnostic, and Mozart mostly went to church so he could play the organ Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk On Aug 8, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Richard Smith wrote: I have seen it written that Dvorak returned from a visit

Re: [Finale] Brahms, Dvorak and Ragtime

started playing phrases from The Entertainer. And gave an excellent performance of my CATV stuff. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Brahms and inspiration

Hmm...I'd always heard that B Franklin was a deist rather than an atheist. Many composers have reached outside of their religious tradition in their work (e.g., my Episcopalian evensong liturgy), so it often is hard to tell. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: [Finale] O.T. Terminology question.:Surdinati

And perhaps the equivalent of damper would be better than either one! This is definitely the equivalent of con sord. The root surd-, wherever it occurs, means deaf--compare mute meaning unable to speak. On Aug 16, 2007, at 9:34 PM, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: Hi all: I have a violin part

Re: [Finale] Turn-of-the-century Band Music

Hmm...would've been interesting to hear Omar Khayyam set to music by Sousa (assuming, of course, that he could've gotten permission!). Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk This band talk started me doing some surfing, which turned up this quote: A horse

Re: [Finale] Turn-of-the-century Band Music

Think it's time for a HIP band movement? I'm impressed that anyone here has actually SEEN a d-flat piccolo. (And then there are Wagner's d-flat trumpets and horns (assuming that they were intended to be for real)) Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: Re: [Finale] Turn-of-the-century Band Music

Hmm...very luxuriant! Such a wide selection of double reeds is quite a luxury in many bands nowadays (I remember only being able to write one each oboe and bassoon part when I wrote my HS band stuff). Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk There is a great deal

Re: [Finale] Turn-of-the-century Band Music

overture transcription (which, btw, includes a specially transposed oboe part for an obbligato clarinet to be used if no oboe is available). Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http

Re: Re: [Finale] Turn-of-the-century Band Music

everyone playing all the time. Can't please everyone. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Turn-of-the-century Band Music

in these circumstances? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT permission to set poems

Was SG working in the Soviet Union when she composed this setting. Was UK copyright binding there? IIRC Sibelius (the composer, not the program) lost a fortune on Valse Triste since Finland wasn't in the copyright union. On Aug 27, 2007, at 8:56 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: Ash Wednesday

Re: [Finale] O.T. Whither the Harp? [was: O.T. Greek word in aBaroque Score]

smooshing of k'lay zemer, the Hebrew term referring to musical instruments as vessels of song. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk Speaking of Biblical texts and such , I recently set some of Psalm 84 to music, and encountered the word Selah. As it happened

Re: [Finale] O.T. Whither the Harp? [was: O.T. Greek word in aBaroqueScore]

/arabushk Speaking of Biblical texts and such , I recently set some of Psalm 84 to music, and encountered the word Selah. As it happened, it assumed a rather prominent place in the setting, so upon looking it up in the dictionary, I came to understand its meaning as a command (this may be too

RE: [Finale] alto as tenor?

And the Dover edition of the Beethoven string quartets where treble-clef cello parts are written an octave higher than they sound. I remember doing some very old editions of Handel (I think it was Zadok) at school which were exactly like this. To us schoolkids it looked very peculiar with the

Re: [Finale] alto as tenor?

copies got made is anybody's guess. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] alto as tenor?

And another Bach question: how often did he want equal temperament and have to settle for anything but? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman

Re: [Finale] Piano notation question

But this guy implies no disrespect at all, even to that guy Leonard Bernstein. On Sep 5, 2007, at 12:32 AM, Richard Huggins wrote: Even if this guy figures out Hmm, I'm sure you didn't mean the level of disrespect implied by referring to a musician of Chuck's renown and ability as this

Re: [Finale] Piano notation question

Chuck, I agree with you 100%! It seems like there's always someone who knows better and thinks that what you wrote just can't work. Annoying as all getout. Arg! Chuck On Sep 5, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote: On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Chuck Israels wrote: I have every

Re: [Finale] (OT) was alto as tenor?

Yes, I have heard a lot of Harnoncourt's Telefunken Bach cantata recordings, and I rank them among the most abysmal sounds ever committed to disc. On 9/5/07, John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Modern performances with one singer on a part do not use young boys whose voices have not changed,

Re: [Finale] alto as tenor?

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Re: [Finale] alto as tenor?

On 9/6/07, Andrew Stiller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So: do we play the _Symphonie Fantastique_ w. ophicleides or tubas? The answer imo is neither easy nor obvious. John Eloit Gardiner recorded this with the ophicleides. Kim ___ Finale mailing

Re: [Finale] Beaming over rests

And how far back does the beaming tool have this feature. Was it there in 2003? In a message dated 9/11/07 11:37:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The beam extention tool will do this where you want it. Yep, I wasn't completely clear.  Right now, I am able to beam over  rests, but the

Re: [Finale] OK, time to find out what AW means

AW is the German abbreviation for ANSWER. When I see 50 such posts in my inbox, I assume somebody is circulating pictures of cute kittens in a basket. Is it actually: Answer Wanted (a strong candidate) Award-Winning (for the particularly egotistical) Asshole Whining (insert your own joke)

Re: [Finale] Re: Finale '08

Sibelius crossgrade? Is that some kind of crossover program between Finale and Sibelius? Daniel Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would it be possible now, from the list membership, to get a more accurate sense of the number of us who are (a) a long-term, professional users of Finale, (b) have

[Finale] let's brake out a bottle of Finlandia Vodka...

Has anyone here actually bought the $99 Sib 5 Competitive Upgrade? Does it give you full Sib 5 functionality? Does it interact with Finale in any way, or is if stand-alone independent? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: [Finale] My thoughts on Finale v. Sibelius

...and in my case I picked up a half-price ($300) copy of Finale 2003 which does everything I need since the store was trying to get rid of their last copy. Never regretted it. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

[Finale] opening a notepad 2005 file in 2003

Dear Listmembers, I currently need to open my only surviving notepad 2005 score in Finale 2003. Every time I try this I get an incompatible version notice. Is there some trick to doing this? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

RE: [Finale] O.T.

vowels). I had to demonstrate rim shot by tapping a pencil diagonally on the edge of a table. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] re: Harp Question

For such as I've studied scores the most common abbreviation I've seen is the name of a major scale--e.g., B-dur, D-dur. Personally I've found it worth the time it takes to write out all 7 notes and avoid confusion. Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk

Re: [Finale] Guido OT

So is this Guido d'Arezzo, the inventor of the (4-line) staff? ajr At 5:19 PM -0500 11/9/07, Margaret whitby wrote: Twice in recent weeks one of the clues in The National Post (Canada) crossword puzzle has been -- Guido's highest note. In my ignorance I assumed that he was an opera singer

Re: [Finale] Gregorian (windows) font very OT

on the radio in Bloomington. Small world! Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Pressing CDs in Sanford ME

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[Finale] Locatelli

I've always enjoyed his Concerti Grossi, op. 1 (Concerti Grossi con 12 Fughe.) Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Refresh my memory on parts...

page layout parameters? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] L.V. with Smart Shape

John Howell wrote: OK, I give up. What the heck is L.V.? (I hate acronyms, and this campus lives off them!) Others have already spelled out what L.V. stands for; usage is in handbells and percussion, and strings instruments to indicate that the sound should not be damped, but rather the

Re: [Finale] Two easy doubts [Finale 2008]

¿Es el mismo Tom Johnson que escribió Failing para Garry Karr? Aaron J. Rabushka [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://users.waymark.net/arabushk Hello all and feliz 2008! As I am not working anymore as a copyist I find difficult to answer to this two questions of my teacher Tom Johnson. I would

[Finale] repeat signs on individual staves

I am currently working on a section where individual groups of string players repeat different patterns until the conductor cuts them off. This calls for placing individual repeat signs on several staves, many of which don't line up with one another. I looked through the manual to find out how to

Re: [Finale] Globally chaning one chord sym

As I understand the plethory of b-double-flats in the finale to Mahler 9 are the bains of many string players. ajr Darcy is absolutely correct on this one. Chord symbols should convey their harmonic content directly and as quickly as possible. I hear about other players on sessions getting

Re: [Finale] Shifted rests

I have a 4-staff trumpet quartet and noticed that from mm95 to the end (mm200) in Staff 1 there was a sixteenth rest that got inserted which caused all of the notes to be shifted over. Is there a way to just delete that one sixteenth rest without affecting all of the other staves?

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do?

Yes, getting performers to play/sing what I wrote can be a strenuous political exercise (you can't mean THAT!). A 45 choral piece stretched a choir (=vocal quartet) director beyond his Mendelssohn to Debbie Friedman comfort zone--he pointed to an octave skip I wrote and said they can't sing that.

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

I remember that the debut concert of the IU New Music Ensemble featured a cellist playing Pendercki's Capriccio per Siegfried Palm. The cellist sitting next to me in piano class said that you couldn't give here $3000 to do that to her cello, and I found out later that the guy who played it

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

And don't forget Haydn't Distratto (Symphony #60) in terms of re-tuning written into the music! ajr I think the phrase the exception that proves the rule comes to mind. Thanks for the example. RBH Darcy James Argue wrote: Hi Ray, IIRC, when I saw her do it, Laura Frautschi made the

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

A low b natural, such as is found in Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra? ajr John Howell wrote: OK, to ask something seriously, did you have any trouble learning to adjust your slide positions when you had to pull your F slide to E? To E?? I've played on horns that allowed you to switch it

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

Well, there were the quarter-tone-flat-to-A-440 woodwinds in John Eaton's operas years ago... ajr On 25 Feb 2008 at 1:13, Ray Horton wrote: As far as scordatura for winds That phrase makes my head hurt. -- David W. Fentonhttp://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

Well, low B isn't exactly a staple for trombones--not quite a pedal tone, and not that versatile as a first harmonic. Esp for tenor 'bone. I've always found it worthwhile to work around the challenges of instrumental limitations to solve my problems--after, look at what Haydn pulled out of the

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

Hmm--would be interesting to see who (if anyone) uses the 78-rpm disc for that Respighi specified for the Janiculum section. (Are you listening, Roger Norrington?) ajr At 1:46 PM -0500 2/26/08, Ray Horton wrote: And you ignored my question about the buccini, which is a much bigger case of

Re: [Finale] what does a copyist do? now scordatura

Not to mention the low b-flat(s) for the basses in Frau ohne Schatten. ajr The basses have a low B. So he wants those with the low C extension to detune to B. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 27 Feb 2008, at 6:07 AM, dhbailey wrote: Darcy James Argue wrote:

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

Interesting how much confidence a group of musicians is putting in record company executives to know and deliver what's good. Who here has not had the experience of having music thrown in the trash without being considered by some executive type or other gatekeeper? Certainly not a way to discern

Re: [Finale] O.T. The Internet and the Democratization of Music Publishing

Quality = marketability? I don't know how many reject letters I got with rhetoric to the effect that this is a business decision only and does not reflect the quality of your work. Does it clarify the quality vs. marketablity in the hands of business executives if we substitute Hollywood film

RE: [Finale] Partial tuplets in Finale - slightly OT, Ferneyhough

Cut time in 3? Is that the Zeffiro Torna meter? ajr At 12:20 AM -0400 3/25/08, David W. Fenton wrote: On 23 Mar 2008 at 21:55, Owain Sutton wrote: (Why notate anything as 2/2, if it's likely to be heard as 2/4?) This kind of comment makes me crazy. You notate it as 2/2 because MUSICIANS

Re: [Finale] (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

I do recall Raymond Lewenthal's Romantic Revival that went through at least three record labels before sputtering out. An Indiana-based pianist named Frank Cooper did find some good stuff--IIRC he recorded the Ignaz Brüll 2nd piano concert. But as a whole, the 19th century did produce it's share

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

Heck, when a composer dies is when (mahleureusement) his music often starts to live. ajr On 27-Mar-08, at 3:18 PM, A-NO-NE Music wrote: I believe my compositions are much better than most of whatever I hear commercially, yet I have this strong feeling my compositions will die when I die

Re: [Finale] Sturgeoun's Law (was Partial tuplets in Finale)

And how is that that P. T. Barnum had it? No one ever went broke understimating the taste of the American people? David W. Fenton wrote: [snip] Nobody eats bubble gum for nutrition, but it's quite fun for entertainment. I guess I'm saying that even crap has its place. You get no argument

Re: [Finale] Viola harmonics

If Paganini could pull it out of a violin why not a viola? ajr At 6:07 PM -0400 4/3/08, Christopher Smith wrote: Not fast, they are fine for most players. You will get a gap between successive pitches (in other words, legato is out of the question.) Not sure why you would say that,

Re: [Finale] OT: recorders for the 4th Brandenburg

...and speaking of moveable clefs, the only place outside of Finale that I've seen a French violin clef that puts the g' on the bottom line of the staff is in Dover's edition of Die Kunst der Fuge. Has anyone else here had practical experience with it? ajr

Re: [Finale] cresc/dim from/to niente

I usually use one of the string harmonic signs or something similar from the articulation collection. ajr Hi Finale List, Finale 2008a Mac OS 10.4 I am trying to create a crescendo/diminuendo from/to nothing (small circle attached to sign). Previously in the Shape DesignerEllipse tool,

Re: [Finale] Ottava bassa

Or how 'bout the devil's head for a tritone? ajr I have never seen or heard of a C4 interpreted as C-F-Bb. I've used that chord symbol thousands upon thousands of times and not once was it misinterpreted. At least by pros. Beyond that, I don't speculate. Maybe it's a right vs left coast

Re: [Finale] Ottava bassa

When I was using my first computerized notation years ago (called SMUT (=System for MUsical Transcription) the word for tuplets was groupettes (not, I'm sure, to be confused with grupetti). ajr At 1:23 PM -0500 6/20/08, Paul Hayden wrote: I quit using the ottava bassa sign (8vb) _under_ notes

[Finale] repeat-sign questions

I am currently working on a piece that has some instruments repeating patterns over and over again while others proceed metrically. To notate this involves putting repeat signs on individual lines (these cannot be placed on all staves of the score), often at different places. I looked through the

Re: [Finale] repeat-sign questions

Thanks for your answers, guys! I think I found my answer. ajr Create a Staff Style that hides repeat bars and use that to hide the repeats on selected staves. Cheers, - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On 21 Jun 2008, at 6:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently

Re: [Finale] repeat-sign questions

Hey Chris! Thanks for your answer! I already have my notation established, based on the way Penderecki did similar things years ago. I've used it several times with the Moravian Philharmonic and there was no trouble understanding it. ajr I would use the .. ehh . . jazz repeat sign; dot slash

[Finale] OT: how to sell an unkown composer?

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Re: [Finale] OT: how to sell an unkown composer?

Hmm--what makes it distinctive? An abundance of melodic beauty that can shoot out of the texture anytime, anyplace, with two double fugues (different kinds) along the way. Sounds like geeky theory talk (that, IIRC, most musicians despise), doesn't it? The edition is aimed at bands because there

Re: [Finale] Unico van Wassenaer

Dank U zeer voor Uw informatie! I will pass it on to the publisher if they think it will be of value to their customers. I do have a recording of the transcription produced in 1993 with the Martinu orchestra in (speaking of mysteries) Zlín, which, as the sound of the orchestra (particularly the

Re: [Finale] Translation help needed: French to english

Pupitre is literally French for desk. I'm used to hearing it more often with regard to string players--then again, some orchestra personnel talk often refers to first-desk men (showing it's age with the gender bias. The manager of the Moravian Philharmonia, whose English is not always idiomatic

Re: [Finale] Translation help needed: French to english

cuivre = brass (cuirassé may indicate a fairly brassy sound) sourdine = mute(d) toujours sourdine = always mute(d) avec la main = with the hand (not sure how that relates to trumpet playing) div. par putpite = divided by stand à defaut = with the default (probably as usual) ajr Dear listers,

Re: [Finale] Unusual Notation: Anyone know how to do this with Finale?

Is there a version of this that'll work in the more widespread browsers? Sounds like Polish avant-garde stuff (e.g., Lutoslawski)--never had tried to notate like that. ajr Just wondering if anyone knows how to produce the notation highlighted in the excerpt posted here:

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

I usually write out the notes of the scale with the attendant accidentals, then just indicate the highs and lows of the glissandi. ajr Hey, collective wisdom, When you are writing a harp gliss of the type that starts with say, a quarter note, and is followed by six more grace notes

Re: [Finale] Harp gliss grace notes

Yes, text does it in this case. ajr Do you mean as text? That's how I usually do it (in pedal order, DCB / EFGA), but I am supposed to indicate the pitches in grace notes this time. I just went ahead and made it a tuplet with no number or bracket, and changed the note size manually, hiding

[Finale] Be sure to tell all of your band-directing friends...

...about the new band transcription from MMB Music (www.mmbmusic.com) by Finale list-member Aaron Rabushka, a publication that brings the subject of a centuries-old musical whodunit to life in the colors of the modern wind ensemble! Unico Willem Graf van Wasenaer’s Concertino #2 is a feast of

Re: [Finale] Be sure to tell all of your band-directing friends...

Especially obscure early music that's as transcendently beautiful and accomplished as van Wasenaer's! ajr At 12:14 AM -0500 9/7/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...about the new band transcription from MMB Music (www.mmbmusic.com) by Finale list-member Aaron Rabushka, a publication that brings the

Re: [Finale] subscription problem

We miss you too, Chuck! ajr Hi all, I reset my settings on the web site a couple of weeks ago and I am still not receiving posts. I miss you all. Henry, are you watching? Does anyone have any advice, or are you all well rid of me? Chuck Chuck Israels 230 North Garden Terrace

Re: [Finale] natural+sharp before the same note

When we played the Borodin 2nd Symphony in my community orchestra years ago we had the natural-plus-sharp to cancel a double sharp notation on several occasions. Confused the hell out of a lot of people (as did some of those unexpected trans-caucasian augmented intervals!). ajr At 5:00 PM +0200

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this? In addition to the terms listed below the English often called a repetitive bass line a ground bass, or simply a ground. And if it's 12 bars it may very well be a blues bass! Aaron J. Rabushka Austin, TX At 9:33 AM -0400 10/13/08, timothy key price

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

Aha! Even this new Austinite says oh-stee-NAH-toh instead of aw-stin-AU-to. Don't know what the native speakers of Italian now living in our great state say. ajr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Car dealer in Texas? Where in TX is this? In addition to the terms listed below the English often called

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

Beethoven's 4-note motto is certainly persistent and insistent, but as it is not constantly and unchangingly present it cannot be called an ostinato. ajr In very simplistic terms, is it fair to say that Beethoven's first 4 notes of his 5th symphony are used as an ostinato? Or is it not

Re: [Finale] Brain freeze

I've always been delightfully amazed at Xenakis's praise of Bolèro even though it flies in the face of the way that music has to go. ajr By George, I think I've got it. Thank you everyone. timothy key price [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Oct 13, 2008, at 5:43 PM, John Howell wrote:

RE: [Finale] Quarter-tone music

His (Haba's) opera Mother is also very good. If you can get ahold of Ives' quarter-tone piano pieces I'd say give them a go. Unfortunately I don't have a workable recording of mhy own trombone sonata. ajr Listen to the compositions (especially the string quartets) of Alois Haba. There is one

Re: [Finale] Re: quarter-tone

Then they put up John Eaton's opera Danton Robespierre in Bloomington the harps were supposed to be tuned a sixth-tone apart, and one piano and half the winds were supposed to be tuned a quarter-tone below the rest of the orchestra. How well they pulled it off is anybody's guess. ajr On

Re: [Finale] Beaming problem

A Balkan folk-dance beat, perhaps? :) ajr I am using Finale 2008 on Mac, OS 10.5.5. I want a time signature to say 8/8 but I want it beamed 3+3+2. I created a composite time signal of 3+3+2/8+8+8 and then a different time signature 8/8 to display. When I put in the notes all the eighth

Re: [Finale] Viol clefs

Ah--Muskalisches Exequien is GORGEOUS! I like the way the soloist states the phrases subsequently expounded (at least in a musical sense) by the ensemble. ajr At 6:35 PM -0500 12/20/08, David W. Fenton wrote: We played two concerts last week, and we played a couple of pieces where we had 7

Re: [Finale] laser printer

I am in the market for a new black and white laser printer. Need 1200 dpi. Have always used HP, but open to others. Can anyone recommend based on recent purchase? Quality probably more important than price, within reason. Mac user, need network capability. Good paper handling a

Re: [Finale] Notation for buzzing a bassoon reed by itself (Somewhat OT)

Beethoven 5 is usually considered the first appearance in a symphony of trombones, contrabassoon, and piccolo. The contrabassoon mostly doubles the string bass parts. When my community orchestra played Beethoven 5 years ago the contra was just left out, and not missed. Another community orchestra

Re: [Finale] Notation for buzzing a bassoon reed by itself (Somewhat OT)

I would look askance at any history class dealing with music of this time period that didn't include this fact. Then again, as a former trombone player, it is a red-letter event which we all celebrate! ajr Ah, thank you sir. That was a fact which escaped my undergrad Music History class ...

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