Re: [Finale] Can't make PDFs from Finale 2k9 Mac
Finale does have a little window of time where if you buy an upgrade and the next one comes out soon they will give it to you for the price of postage. I had paid for 2008 not long before 2009 and I was able to get them to give me 2009. It is worth a try. Jane Johannes Gebauer wrote: On 18.06.2009 J D Thomas wrote: Time to seriously consider moving to Sibelius 6? Couldn't resist. Well. I certainly get the feeling that they actually fix things, whereas it seems with MakeMusic each version of Finale introuces more bugs. The worst ones seem to get fixed with the next payed upgrade, the rest never gets fixed at all. A bug like this I simply expect to be fixed immediately. Ie within weeks rather than months. I payed for the Finale 2k9 update only a few months ago. Lately I have not used Finale much, and I have only used 2k9 perhaps five times for very small jobs. Do I now have to get 2k10 to get this fixed? If that is the case Sibelius is becoming a very likely option. I am certainly not going to feed the folks at MM for their ridiculous bugs. Johannes ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Slurs
I have a score that I originally did in Finale several years ago. I don't remember what version. I have opened it in 2008 (I do have 2009 but haven't really used it yet). I think that all the slurs are too high and too rounded. Is there a way to adjust the shape of all the slurs at once? Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] quick duplication of expressions
I didn't know that but I don't seem to be able to get it to work. I clicked on a dynamic marking to select, held down Option and and arrow and what it did was nudge the expression a little up or down. What am I doing wrong? Jane Randolph Peters wrote: I like the recent option of being able to quickly duplicate expressions on a staff above or below. On a Mac you select the expression and then hit option-up or down arrow and a copy shows up in the slot above or below. If you have a stack of similar parts, this can be a very fast way of entering data. It would be great if you could now do the same thing with articulations, slurs, and hairpins. Why not extend the method to the other tools? It would make Finale more consistent and it would be an efficiency boon. This reminds me of the good old days when we used to think that our brainstorming and ideas might help. -Randolph Peters ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Articulation question
Thanks. That's a good idea. Jane Christopher Smith wrote: On Jan 23, 2009, at 11:57 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: I am transcribing Arioso by Bach for brass quintet. In an early version of the work the strings are pizz. I want the brass to imitate that but obvious they can't pizz. How should I indicate that? Staccatos, a low dynamic, and maybe quasi pizz. I'm always a big one for telling it like it is... 8-) Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Articulation question
I am transcribing Arioso by Bach for brass quintet. In an early version of the work the strings are pizz. I want the brass to imitate that but obvious they can't pizz. How should I indicate that? Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale]Multiple time signatures = was Beaming problem
Thanks for all the advise. I think I will just use the 3/4, 4/5, etc. time and beam and use slurs and accents to get the rhythmic sense of the melody. I am the one that wanted to transcribe it. It was performed on piano on my graduate recital by an incredible pianist and composer and her comment after the performance was It isn't very pianistic so I thought perhaps it would work for band. As I get more into it I think I disagree and I am not sure how it will work. I might abandon it. I did finish the slow movement and it is easy. I'll bet your community bands could play it. I knew before I started that the first and last movements would only be appropriate for a college band or a semi-professional group. I am wondering if any of you community band conductors would be interested in playing an arrangement I did of a traditional folk song. Email me if you are interested. Thanks. Jane John Howell wrote: I second David's comments completely, also writing from a community band/community orchestra viewpoint. In fact, in the Holst David cites he includes careful instructions where to beat 1 to a bar (in the superimposed 3/4:6/8 sections) and where to go back to 2 to a bar (everything else). Interestingly enough, Holst included the same movement (not note for note, but VERY close) as the last movement of his St. Paul's Suite for Strings, which we also played this fall, and it has the same instructions. Our band played the Holst under 2 different conductors this fall. Our own conductor did not follow those instructions and beat 2 to a bar throughout, while our guest conductor did change to follow the instructions (as did a third conductor with our community string orchestra). Both approaches worked fine, once the players understood what was happening. Jane: If I read your explanation properly, you are writing in such a way that 1 bar still equals 1 bar, so your problem is with shifting subdivisions within each bar, right? If I were writing anything similar, I would probably ask that the large-scale beat remain constant (as David suggests), and indicate the shifting note groupings within each bar through beaming, slurring, possibly bracketing if necessary, or perhaps even using articulations to define the subgroupings. I would probably NOT use different time signatures within a given bar. Would that work in your piece? But David is completely correct. Few (if any) community bands will attempt the more rhythmically-complex Stravinsky, let alone music with overlapping or competing time signatures that lack a unifying large-scale beat pattern. You have to understand that we have community musicians who lack advanced training in complex music and do their best at a Grade 3 difficulty level (and in our case we have some--mostly retired engineers, I'm sad to admit--who simply can't count rests properly!). In a collegiate wind ensemble restricted to music majors or others equally competent, you might actually find some whose musicianship is as high as the average 6th grader in a good Kodály program in Hungary!!! Just curious, but were you asked to transcribe your piece for band by someone who believes that it will be playable and effective? If so, you have a great conductor to work with! John At 4:21 AM -0500 11/26/08, dhbailey wrote: Speaking as a conductor of a community band, I can tell you that if you want more than a couple of collegiate ensembles to be interested in your band transcription, don't have that sort of multiple-time-signatures-at-once. My band (and my conducting skills) have no problem with switching between various meters as long as the relationship is clear to the brain and the ear. So moving between 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4 is no problem. Moving between various x/8 meters is no problem. Trying to have some of the band play in x/8 while others are playing in x/4 simply won't work for any but the most advanced (read that as military or collegiate/conservatory) ensembles. We can handle the 3/4 vs 6/8 of Holst's Fantasy on the Dargason (final movement of the Second Suite in F for Military Band) but in that case one measure of one meter equals one measure of the other meter so beat 1 always lines up (intellectually and visually and aurally). Anything else will be too complex for once-a-week-rehearsal groups to master. Good luck! David Jane Frasier wrote: No. Here is the other challenge. I am transcribing my piano sonata for band. There are sections of this where the left hand is playing a waltz type pattern but switching from 3/4 to 5/4 to 4/4, etc. The melody in the right hand is written as 6/8, 10/8, 8/8 with various groups of 2 or 3 eighth notes. I think this works ok for piano, but what will the conductor do with this? I think it should be one of the other but I am not sure which meters would be easier to conduct and follow. Any ideas? Jane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A Balkan
Re: [Finale]Multiple time signatures = was Beaming problem
No. Here is the other challenge. I am transcribing my piano sonata for band. There are sections of this where the left hand is playing a waltz type pattern but switching from 3/4 to 5/4 to 4/4, etc. The melody in the right hand is written as 6/8, 10/8, 8/8 with various groups of 2 or 3 eighth notes. I think this works ok for piano, but what will the conductor do with this? I think it should be one of the other but I am not sure which meters would be easier to conduct and follow. Any ideas? Jane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 notes have separate stems -- no beams. I tried rebeaming according to time signature and got the same result. What am I missing? Thanks so much. Jane ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] [3]http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] [5]http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. mailto:Finale@shsu.edu 3. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale 4. mailto:Finale@shsu.edu 5. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] - Hindson and other fonts
I found this link: http://www.hindson.com.au/wordpress/free-fonts-available-for-download/ Matthew Hindson (gmail) wrote: Dear Marcello, Hmm, I did a search and cannot find the link to which you refer on my website. There may have been 4 years ago or something. Matthew Hindson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On this site http://www.hindson.com.au/ there is a link to ftp://ftp.shsu.edu/pub/finale/ to download some alternate fonts for Finale which requires a login. Someone knows where to get that login or a page where to register in order to access that ftp site? Thank you Marcello ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Beaming problem
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 notes have separate stems -- no beams. I tried rebeaming according to time signature and got the same result. What am I missing? Thanks so much. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Beaming problem
Thanks. That was the solution. Jane Allen Fisher wrote: Hi Jane-- Put 3+3+2 (including the plus signs) into the FIRST top box. Put an 8 in the first bottom box. Leave the others blank, and change the display time signature. On Nov 24, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: 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 notes have separate stems -- no beams. I tried rebeaming according to time signature and got the same result. What am I missing? Thanks so much. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale Allen Fisher Founder and Principal Developer Fisher Art and Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] OT: HP Laserjet 5000 or 5100
I had an HP Laserjet 5000 and it was a great printer, however it has died. I have a brand new cartridge for it - the box never opened. It is a C4129X and the box also says 29x, high volume. I think I paid at least $150 for it. Since I don't have that printer I have no need for this. I would sell it to someone cheap and send it to you if you could use it. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Brain freeze
I haven't studied music seriously in many many years and my memory is terrible. I am writing program notes for a piece I wrote years ago and it has a 12 bar melody that repeats over and over again behind other musical lines. I can't think of what that is called. Help. Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Brain freeze
Ostinato is the word I was trying to think of. Thanks so much. Jane Adam Golding wrote: Ground bass? ostinato? 2008/10/12 Eric Dannewitz [1][EMAIL PROTECTED] Passcaglia perhaps? On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Jane Frasier [2][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't studied music seriously in many many years and my memory is terrible. I am writing program notes for a piece I wrote years ago and it has a 12 bar melody that repeats over and over again behind other musical lines. I can't think of what that is called. Help. Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] [4]http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] [6]http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] [8]http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. mailto:Finale@shsu.edu 4. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale 5. mailto:Finale@shsu.edu 6. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale 7. mailto:Finale@shsu.edu 8. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Brain freeze
Behind was a strange for me to us. I just meant that while the ostinato is sounding other melodies are heard. John Howell wrote: At 2:36 PM -0700 10/12/08, Eric Dannewitz wrote: A Bass can be a melody..and it is behind. Of course it can, but in the case of either a passacaglia or chaconne it is not, it is a ground, in much the same way that an isorhythmic tenor COULD be called a melody, but as it was used int he 14th century it was not THE melody. I don't understand the behind comment. John ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Brain freeze
I think that ostinato is the word I was looking for. Thanks. Jane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you thinking chaconne or passacaglia? Christopher - Original Message - From: Jane Frasier [2][EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008 17:10 Subject: [Finale] Brain freeze To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I haven't studied music seriously in many many years and my memory is terrible. I am writing program notes for a piece I wrote years ago and it has a 12 bar melody that repeats over and over again behind other musical lines. I can't think of what that is called. Help. Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] [5]http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] [7]http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. mailto:finale@shsu.edu 4. mailto:Finale@shsu.edu 5. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale 6. mailto:Finale@shsu.edu 7. http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] PDF problems
Thanks so much. That was it -- I had use Last Saved Settings in the printing dialog box. Then my webpage said it wasn't found but I realized it was an upper/lowercase issue. So much to figure out. Christopher Smith wrote: On Oct 3, 2008, at 11:00 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: I have Mac OS 10.5.4, Finale 2008. I have a little clarinet solo that I was printing on tabloid, landscape, 2 up. In Finale I printed to PDF. Then I realized that I really wanted the .pdf to be on letter size, portrait. I redid it, overlying the first one. In Preview it looks fine. However I am using an open source store and I uploaded the .pdf to the server. However, when you click on the link to View the Sample, it is displayed in Preview on tabloid, landscape!!! I deleted the .pdf on my computer and on the server and started over and got the same result. I have about half of the songs are letter and half are tabloid, landscape. It is nuts. Any ideas? Thanks. Jane I have 10.4, but I think the issue might be similar. You have to make sure that you select Page Setup and set the page size and orientation before printing. Then when you print, even if you are only using the PDF writer, you have to make sure the settings are for printing to letter size, portrait. On my Mac, I have set the Print and Fax options to use the last printer selected, so that means it retains the settings as well. If I have previously printed 2-up to tabloid landscape, that is what it remembers for the next time and the PDFs inherit this, too. Most of the time, that is. There seems to be a separate issue that if I verify the settings, they are inherited. If I DON'T check them, then sometimes they are inherited, sometimes they aren't. Christopher ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] PDF problems
I have Mac OS 10.5.4, Finale 2008. I have a little clarinet solo that I was printing on tabloid, landscape, 2 up. In Finale I printed to PDF. Then I realized that I really wanted the .pdf to be on letter size, portrait. I redid it, overlying the first one. In Preview it looks fine. However I am using an open source store and I uploaded the .pdf to the server. However, when you click on the link to View the Sample, it is displayed in Preview on tabloid, landscape!!! I deleted the .pdf on my computer and on the server and started over and got the same result. I have about half of the songs are letter and half are tabloid, landscape. It is nuts. Any ideas? Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] PDF problems
I am getting really varied results depending on whether I am on a Mac using Firefox or Safari or PC with IE7 or Firefox. Maybe this store software is not a good idea. On the PC the images didn't show in the catalog. Jane Frasier wrote: I have Mac OS 10.5.4, Finale 2008. I have a little clarinet solo that I was printing on tabloid, landscape, 2 up. In Finale I printed to PDF. Then I realized that I really wanted the .pdf to be on letter size, portrait. I redid it, overlying the first one. In Preview it looks fine. However I am using an open source store and I uploaded the .pdf to the server. However, when you click on the link to View the Sample, it is displayed in Preview on tabloid, landscape!!! I deleted the .pdf on my computer and on the server and started over and got the same result. I have about half of the songs are letter and half are tabloid, landscape. It is nuts. Any ideas? Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] Size of Orchestra Score
I am engraving a composition for full orchestra plus SATB. The customer has asked for the score on 8.5 x 11 paper. At that size everything is so tiny I can't imagine it would be readable. What size of page do you use? In the past I have printed on 10 x 14 and that looked pretty good, but certainly not a standard paper size. Also she wants the choral score in octavo size. I have seen lots of recent choral scores printed on 8.5 x 11. What do you think? Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Size of Orchestra Score
Thanks, Darcy. What about the octavo for choral? Jane Darcy James Argue wrote: 11x14 is standard and easily obtainable by cutting down from 11x17. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY On Aug 24, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: I am engraving a composition for full orchestra plus SATB. The customer has asked for the score on 8.5 x 11 paper. At that size everything is so tiny I can't imagine it would be readable. What size of page do you use? In the past I have printed on 10 x 14 and that looked pretty good, but certainly not a standard paper size. Also she wants the choral score in octavo size. I have seen lots of recent choral scores printed on 8.5 x 11. What do you think? Thanks. Jane ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] TAN: 'Classical music' what is it?
I figured there would be lots of answers to this tough question. I personally think it doesn't matter what you call it. I touches your soul or it doesn't. It isn't so important to put music into categories. Thanks for your feedback. Jane - Original Message - From: Darcy James Argue [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] TAN: 'Classical music' what is it? On 16 Oct 2004, at 02:35 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote: I wish Gunther Schuller (sp?) were able to weigh in on this topic. His efforts at blending the classical and jazz genres were really significant. He called it Third Stream, and created some most interesting sounds. I don't think he's still alive, but I'm not sure. Gunther's still with us, Dean. - Darcy - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brooklyn, NY ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] RE:TAN kind of
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this discussion. I now can see clearly that my plan was not going to be the right way to go about this. Jane - Original Message - From: Mark D Lew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] RE:TAN kind of On Oct 14, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: BTW, if you've not done so already it might be worth your time do an internet search on the text, as you may find that the text you want to use is in fact in the public domain. As I recall, they can put a copyright notice on the card, even if elements of the card--like the verse--are in the public domain. Agreed, but with the caveat that this is only helpful if what you find on the Web is information that leads you to evidence of a genuine public domain (ie, pre-1923) source. Just finding the same text on some random website doesn't prove anything. Very likely that website is itself infringing the copyright, and copying from an infringer doesn't get you off the hook. mdl ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] TAN: 'Classical music' what is it?
I have been asked by some non-musician friends what the definition of classical music is. How is it different from non-classical music. I have not been able to come up with a very good answer. Are movie scores such as Star Wars classical music? I would say no probably. Jane ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] TAN kind of
I want to use the text on a greeting card for a choral work. I have contacted the greeting card company via email, but have not heard anything. Is it legal to send them a certified letter that says something like, I would like to use this text for a musical work and if I don't hear from you by January 1, 2005 I will assume that permission is granted? Jane Frasier ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] RE:TAN kind of
To my surprise I just got an email from them saying they don't give permission to use their text. Oh well. I am not surprised that they don't give permission, but that I actually got a reply this quickly from a Legal Assistant. Jane - Original Message - From: Ryan Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: finale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: [Finale] RE:TAN kind of No. If they don't respond, it means that they don't want to grant you permission. You can still send a certified letter, but as someone who deals with permissions quite frequently, a certified letter isn't going to get my attention any more than a regular piece of mail would. I would make a phone call to the company if you have their number. Ask the receptionist for the name of the person or a direct fax or phone number you can contact them with. Once you contact that person, tell them your plans. They'll usualy require a request in writing (consider your email lost, by the way), and ask them what kind of information they need to consider your request. Come up with a production plan, too. They'll probably want to know how many copies of this choral work you intend to sell, give away, etc. They might even want approval of your music. It's their copyrighted text, you have to follow their rules if you want to use it It's also entirely possible that they don't own the copyright on the particular chunk of text you want to use. They might have licensed it from the author who still owns the copyright. In that case, they'll have to notify the author, and get permission from him or to to act on their behalf. Alternatively, they could have forwarded your emailed request to the author who just chooses to ignore you. Rude, but perfectly legal. In any case, these things take timee. Ultimatums aren't a good approach. In the meantime, I'd find an alternate source of text for your choral work or write your own lyrics. Don't write a note of music to their text until you have permission in writing from them. Good luck! Ryan === I want to use the text on a greeting card for a choral work. I have contacted the greeting card company via email, but have not heard anything. Is it legal to send them a certified letter that says something like, I would like to use this text for a musical work and if I don't hear from you by January 1, 2005 I will assume that permission is granted? Jane Frasier __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Ties
Do you have a suggestion for what a good setting for that would be? Jane On Sep 6, 2004, at 1:28 PM, Klaas de Jong wrote: And: forgot to mention this: options/doc. opt./music spacing/minimum distance between tied notes... cheers. kdj From: Klaas de Jong [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 20:44:18 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Ties Hello Jane, I would make the measures a bit larger, apart from: document/tie options, mass edit/change ties and/or special tools/tie tool. From: Jane Frasier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 19:19:14 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Finale] Ties Thanks for the ideas. The first suggestion about music spacing options didn't make any difference. I tried a few things with the tie options but didn't get any better results. Here are links to a couple examples. If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it. http://janefrasier.com/misc/example1.pdf and http://janefrasier.com/misc/example2.pdf. Thanks. Jane On Sep 3, 2004, at 10:46 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Sep 3, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: I am using Finale 2004 on Mac, OS 10.3.5. It seems like ties in the piece I am working on look awful. If I have chord of 3 notes tied, the middle tie is way too narrow. Also if a chord with 4 notes, with the interval of a second in the middle, the middle ties are misplaced. Has any one else seen this? Is there a cure? For the middle tie being too short, the setting you need to change is under Music Spacing Options (Options Document Settings Music Spacing Options*. Change the value for Minimum Distance Between Notes with Ties to something larger. The tie is going to squeeze itself into whatever space there is, but this value makes sure that when the music is spaced it leaves enough room for a longer tie. The rest of the settings you want are under Options Document Settings Tie Options*. I've been using my own Tie Option settings for so long that I don't even remember what values are set in the default templates, but I vaguely recall being dissatisfied with them. I'm not sure what you mean by the middle ties being misplaced. If you're unhappy with the choices of over vs under, try a different selection under Tie Direction Chords. The three options are three different algorithms for determining up or down for the ties in the middle of the chord. Perhaps the rule you consider correct is not the same one you have selected. Lots of other tie settings you twiddle with there. Even when you get the settings you like best, there will still be cases where you have to adjust them manually to get it just right. mdl * I'm on Fin Mac 2k2s. The menu locations may be a little different in whatever version you're on, but the same panels will be there somewhere. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Ties
Thanks for the ideas. The first suggestion about music spacing options didn't make any difference. I tried a few things with the tie options but didn't get any better results. Here are links to a couple examples. If anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it. http://janefrasier.com/misc/example1.pdf and http://janefrasier.com/misc/example2.pdf. Thanks. Jane On Sep 3, 2004, at 10:46 PM, Mark D Lew wrote: On Sep 3, 2004, at 7:26 PM, Jane Frasier wrote: I am using Finale 2004 on Mac, OS 10.3.5. It seems like ties in the piece I am working on look awful. If I have chord of 3 notes tied, the middle tie is way too narrow. Also if a chord with 4 notes, with the interval of a second in the middle, the middle ties are misplaced. Has any one else seen this? Is there a cure? For the middle tie being too short, the setting you need to change is under Music Spacing Options (Options Document Settings Music Spacing Options*. Change the value for Minimum Distance Between Notes with Ties to something larger. The tie is going to squeeze itself into whatever space there is, but this value makes sure that when the music is spaced it leaves enough room for a longer tie. The rest of the settings you want are under Options Document Settings Tie Options*. I've been using my own Tie Option settings for so long that I don't even remember what values are set in the default templates, but I vaguely recall being dissatisfied with them. I'm not sure what you mean by the middle ties being misplaced. If you're unhappy with the choices of over vs under, try a different selection under Tie Direction Chords. The three options are three different algorithms for determining up or down for the ties in the middle of the chord. Perhaps the rule you consider correct is not the same one you have selected. Lots of other tie settings you twiddle with there. Even when you get the settings you like best, there will still be cases where you have to adjust them manually to get it just right. mdl * I'm on Fin Mac 2k2s. The menu locations may be a little different in whatever version you're on, but the same panels will be there somewhere. ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
[Finale] a little TAN
I have a Logitechcordless optical mouse. It has gotten really 'sticky'. I have cleaned off the little white plastic parts that slide on the mouse pad. What else could be causing this? I wiped off the cat hair off the mousepad. Jane ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] Ties
I was adding them for the whole chord at once. Jane On Sep 3, 2004, at 8:50 PM, Keith Helgesen wrote: Are you adding ties singly or 'en masse'? I had trouble when adding ties singly, but adding by clicking on stem of chord seems to work OK. If not this, then- sorry! Cheers Keith in OZ Keith Helgesen. Director of Music, Canberra City Band. Ph: (02) 62910787. Band Mob. 0436-620587 Private Mob 0417-042171 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jane Frasier Sent: Saturday, 4 September 2004 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Finale] Ties I am using Finale 2004 on Mac, OS 10.3.5. It seems like ties in the piece I am working on look awful. If I have chord of 3 notes tied, the middle tie is way too narrow. Also if a chord with 4 notes, with the interval of a second in the middle, the middle ties are misplaced. Has any one else seen this? Is there a cure? Thanks. Jane Frasier ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 27/08/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.745 / Virus Database: 497 - Release Date: 27/08/2004 ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale ___ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
