[Finale] Make Music web site

Make Music web site seems to down...maybe they didn't pay their Network Solutions billhappened to me once. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Navigating layers in Speedy Entry

I use shift with the up and down arrows. Mike G. Sent from my iThingie On May 3, 2012, at 8:15 AM, Peter Taylor wrote: > Can anyone kindly explain for me how I can navigate layers in Speedy Entry > without having to take my hand off the number pad and grab the mouse? The > manual says the

Re: [Finale] Multimeasure rest weirdness

< Thanks Jari. That did it. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Finale Digest, Vol 100, Issue 15

<> Yes it does. It's when I click on print that it then reverts to showing all the barlines. Mike G. Finale 2010b - Intel iMac - 10.5.7 www.mikegreensill.com 1. Multimeasure rest weirdness (Michael Greensill) I'm sure we've covered this before but I can

[Finale] Multimeasure rest weirdness

I'm sure we've covered this before but I can't find anything about it, and I can't seem to fix it. I'm using Finale 2010. On drum parts I like to leave the measures, where the drummer is just playing time, empty. Then, when they become multimeasure rests in page view, I use a staff style to

Re: [Finale] Dominant 7 plus 13

Just the 13th is fine. We presume that it's a dominant 7th. Mike Greensill Sent from my iThingie... On Oct 28, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Robert Patterson wrote: > Another question for the accumulated jazz wizdom of this list. I need to > indicate an E dominant 7 chord with the 6th (or if you prefer,

Re: [Finale] OT: music collection database? Mac, or cross-platform

<>David Fenton Dear David One of these days you'll learn some manners... but I'm not gonna hold my breath. Love Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] OT: music collection database? Mac, or cross-platform

<> I use the mac database program "Bento" to catalogue my sheet music. Very intuitive and flexible. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Augmented 6th chords as jazz chords

<> Over the years I have developed great sympathy for your position Chris. In my youth, having discovered exotic harmony, I wanted to use it whenever possible and I'm sure to a fault. In my dotage I'm appreciating the original harmony of songs just as much. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com _

Re: [Finale] Augmented 6th chords as jazz chords

<> The jazzers usually use some sort of iv chord for the second change e.g. in F F / / / | Bb13(#11) / / / | Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] disaster! Help!

If you go the the user manual and click on "What's New" in the top left hand corner. You can scroll down to what's new in 2008. That's when the mass mover tool was replaced and it'll explain everything. Once you get used to it it's much better than mass mover. But jumping from 2004 to 2011

Re: [Finale] keeping old manuals

<> Couldn't agree more! When I got Finale 3.0 I learnt most of the basics by reading the manual without the program even being open. It may be my age...but there's no way reading it on-line can in any way compare with reading and absorbing the manual. Just being able to flip back a couple

Re: [Finale] Deleting double barlines

Thanks Christopher...that works. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Deleting double barlines

Why is it that when I use "clear all items" everything disappears except for the double barlines. Those I have to get rid of individually. Mike G. Finale 2011 iMac 10.5.8 www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.sh

Re: [Finale] chords - basic tips?

It's always interesting to see other peoples ideal of the perfect 'look' for chords. There must be as many ideals as there are jazz musicians. I like Chuck's example (which are Bill Duncans right?) a lot except for..there's alway an exceptthe alterations. e.g. When I hand write c

[Finale] export for publishing on the web

I'm having a little trouble exporting a Finale page for publishing on the web. I have an excerpt that needs to placed in an eBook that's created in "flash". But at the moment when it's placed in the flash file some staff lines and some notes are missing. If I export this graphic as an eps f

Re: [Finale] Happy Holidays!

Beautiful Hiro! Especially like the "Carol of the Russian Children". Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Darcy's Grammy nomination

Congrats to Darcy for his grammy nomination! Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] More questions

I opened one of my templates from 2010 in 2011. When I add measures to this document the staves on the second page are a different size! They are maybe 25% smaller. What did I do wrong now? I presume the template is corrupted, but maybe it's something else. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com

Re: [Finale] No Finale 2011 folder?

Thanks guys, there it isyou'd think that they'd tell us this stuff. Especially when you create your own libraries and chord suffixes etc. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/lis

[Finale] No Finale 2011 folder?

I've just installed Finale 2011 and there doesn't seem to have been a 2011 folder created, just the application only. So e.g. I imported a library from 2010 named "my chords 2010" into a 2011 new document and then saved it as "my chords 2011". But when I search in the finder for it, it does

[Finale] {Spam} "Speedy Entry" worry again...

I bit the bullet and did upgrade to 2011. But in reading the "quick reference guide" that came with 2011, I notice that under "entering the music" they only describe "simple entry". The only mention of speedy, and it's in teeny tiny type, is at the end of that section and it says...See "spe

Re: [Finale] Re: Where's the Default Document?

<> Well I can assure that I know nothing about the OS. But access to the default document of Finale is very important. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Re: Inaccurate PDFs

<> I've had this mess things up. Is there any way to turn it off? Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Sounds in Speedy Entry

<> Thanks Darcy, that was it.sometimes you can't see for looking! Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Sounds in Speedy Entry

I think this may have been answered before, but I can't find itit used to be that when I moved notes up and down in speedy entry by clicking on them with the cursor, the notes would sound the pitches. Very useful in double checking with your ears that you have the note where you want it

Re: [Finale] Expression Organization

I would love a way to organize the expressions in each category in alphabetical order, especially in my miscellaneous category which has a few hundred entries, everything from "end solo" to "play straight 8's" in it. Half the time it's quicker to just type it in again than look for the one

Re: [Finale] linked part missing measures

In finding the solution to my problem with multimeasure rests disappearing when I used a staff style to make them blank, which nobody seemed to have a solution for...at least nobody replied :)...I discovered that the problem was that the "update automatically' in the multimeasure rests

Re: [Finale] Edit Filter

BTW I'm using 2010 Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Edit Filter

I can copy a whole section...every staff and still it won't copy double barlines. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Edit Filter

Is there any reason why, when I set the Edit filter to "all", it doesn't copy double barlines? Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Need MIDI keyboard advice

I have the M-Audio Keystation and it's just fine. I just use it for Finale entry. Plugs into the USB port and doesn't need any other power. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinf

Re: [Finale] Why not a blog?

<> I like this idea a lot. Love Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com Hm. 707 967 9491 Cell 707 235 5107 ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] composers and new effects

<> A good example of why the internet is about information and not knowledge. Thanks for putting us straight.if of course you're right :) Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/lis

Re: [Finale] composers and new effects

Wow! A new word every day. I had to look up inegalnot easy, it turns out it's a French word and we need the accent on the "e". But here's a site that explains it and gives musical examples and mentions swing! http://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory20.htm I've very much enjoyed the intelli

Re: [Finale] composers and new effects

> Now, after about 100 years, if we could just get string sections to learn how to swing.. Love Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale maili

Re: [Finale] Unable to set up Midi Keyboard; Snow Leopard/Finale 2010

Not sure if this related to your problem, but I have all sorts of little anomalies with my M-Audio keyboard and Finale 2010. I don't have Snow Leopard. When I open a new document, the keyboard is silent. The only way to get it to work is to start "play" in the playback controls, then it w

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

I think I've found it! Uncheck "playback" in the speedy menu. Who'd have thoughtdefinitely not intuitive. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

>Michael Mathew At first I thought you'd hit on it, because when I opened a new document and the piano sound worked fine. But then as soon as I went to the speedy entry tool and then left itit stopped. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com Finale 2010b iMac _

[Finale] Midi Sound disappears when not in Speedy Entry

This happens in some files and not others. I can't seem to find any difference in settings that might cause this.. But sometimes I can only get sounds out of my keyboard when in the speedy entry tool. As soon as I exit to another tool, silence. I have midi thru set to fixed channel 1, in or

[Finale] A naive computer question

After downloading the up-date and installing it, I'm left with the Finale 2010 Updater on my desktop. What am I supposed to do with that? Store it somewhere, delete it? I think I have a folder full of those type of things somewhere, but I've never been told what to do with them. Mike G. ww

[Finale] Darcy in the Times

Congrats to Darcy for the lovely photo and review in todays NY Times.onward and upward! Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Maintenance Update downloading

Mine is currently telling me it will take 6 1/2 hours. I too have given up. I'll miss those flash cards though. :) Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] The Finale nail in the coffin

I agree that the OEM e-mail seems to be a scam. But that still doesn't address what I think is an unfair system. Can you imagine poor jazz musicians buying software like Finale if the upfront price was $2400. Now I know I don't have to upgrade every time but they always reel you in with som

[Finale] The Finale nail in the coffin

I just got an e-mail from some company called OEM software resellers, who are offering the full Finale 2010 for $119. A savings of $480 off the retail price. Is anyone else as pissed off as me that having owned Finale since 3.0 in 1992 and being forced to pay approximately $100 every year t

Re: [Finale] registration problem

<> It happens to me every couple of days. I now have a very large collection of registration authorizations. I've been the hoops that make music suggests and yet... Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com Finale 2010 intel Imac ___ Finale mailing list

Re: [Finale] Separating layers for printing

<> That's a very interesting approach. I like it, sort of sneaky. So many ways in Finale. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Separating layers for printing

Thanks so much Darcy! Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Separating layers for printing

Dear Darcy I think, after an amazing amount of fruitless searching, that I've found the passage you're pointing me to. It comes under the heading, "Voicing for Staff in Part", not easy to find when you think that your searching for something along the lines of...dividing/separating vo

[Finale] Separating layers for printing

How do you guys deal with printing parts that are in layers e.g. Horn 1 and 2 are on the same stave in the score, Horn 1 in layer 1 and Horn 2 in layer 2, but I want separate parts for each. I understand the use of "show current layer only" in actually separating them for printing, but the

Re: [Finale] Comparing notation systems

<> I try and follow these technical discussions but surely it's time to give up a thread when the words contained in the reply might as well be in Swahili for all that I can comprehend them. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing

[Finale] Speedy rumors

<> Stephen The word is out that it is still there, just not mentioned in promotional stuff because they want people to use "simple entry". It certainly would be a deal killer for me if they ever do get rid of it, but I can't imagine that they would be that stupid, it seems to be univers

[Finale] Speedy/Midi addendum

I've just discovered that if I go to another program to do something and then come back to Finale (I haven't closed it)it works! But then after the first exit of speedy it goes dead. Very Strange. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mai

[Finale] Sound only works in speedy entry

I'm on 2009 and the sound from my input-keyboard (M-Audio 61) only seems to work when I'm in speedy entry. When I exit it disappears. Now the weird thing is if I alter my midi thru settings, say from smart to fixed, It'll work just fine without being in speedy and when I enter speedy ag

[Finale] Text Boxes in a template

I have to say that if you have a question that's takes more than about 3 words to articulate then the on-line manual is absolutely useless. When I'm producing a personal template I need to know how to make the text boxes that I use for the title/composer etc. linked to the set-up wizard. So

Re: [Finale] Re: Printing Bug?

> Wow! I never knew that. Mike G. www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Final

Re: [Finale] How to select a TOOL with a keyboard shortcut ?

>David Wow! I've been looking for this for years. It's so easy to miss stuff or not find the right words to look it up in the manual. But not being able to save it from document to document is a drag. Mike Greensill www.mikegree

[Finale] Finale 2009 offer

This is the first time I haven't automatically bought the up-grade. And I guess I'm not the only one if they need to keep extending their offers! BTW I initially just hit reply as one normally does to post a comment and discovered that I was replying to a make-music e-mail address and n

Re: [Finale] Strange FinMac2008 Staff List Behavior

>>Any idea why my Staff Lists are proliferating like this:>> I get the same thing in 2008b. Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

[Finale] Drum Parts

Drum part goings on! In my drum parts, when there are long stretches of playing time, I leave that time as empty measures and then when I do the part I use the "blank" staff style to cover up the rest numbers and then from my own text library I put in bold letters "PLAY 16". On a drum par

Re: [Finale] Finale Documentation Review

I'm with Chuck on this one, I can't absorb anything on the computer screen. I came in at Finale 3.0 and those 3 books were the reason I learnt the program from the beginning to the end. I can't imagine ploughing through it now and on-line to boot! It may one of the reasons that the program

Re: [Finale] Part names and measure number positioning

Thanks so much Christopher.exactly what i needed to know. The trouble is that a small amount of knowledge is a dangerous thing. When I got 3.7 I studied it completely and had most stuff down. Since then I've only garnered enough knowledge of each upgrade to keep being able to work o

[Finale] Part names and measure number positioning

I have a couple of questions. 1. I have an orchestra file from 2007 that I've opened in 2008 and added a couple of staves to. When I go to the parts now the "part name" is always the same. i.e. the name that is on the score, which is "score" in this case is on all the parts. If I alter that

Re: [Finale] 2009 expression question

>Chuck Boy that statement is the crux of the matter. What takes 2 seconds to hand copy should take the same amount of time in Finale. Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009

Here's what they say they've fixed Fixes in Finale 2009: Exercise Wizard - The session specific Items To Copy no longer affects the Exercise Wizard (i.e. if notes are not selected to be copied, the exercise will no longer be empty [no notes present]). Expressions - Copy Multiple

Re: [Finale] Finale 2009

I like being able to edit multiple pages in page view...but is that worth $99? Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] More Linked Parts questions

> I still use the old method of having a score and a parts copy. So when I think that everything possible has been entered in the file I save that as "score" and then "save as" for the parts. Where I alter the measure numbers and quite a few other things that I like to

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

> That's the weird thing about him. He was a hip guy. All the stuff did did for Alec Wilder. But then he made Rosie Clooney sing "Come on-a My House". Here's a quote from Will Friedwald.. "Miller exemplified the

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

> Chuck I agree with Chuck about this period and I think the reason is that, this was

Re: [Finale] continued trouble with 2008b

> Chuck I had terrible problems on my 17" powerbook with sleep problems. I now have an iMac but I've gotten into the habit of just turning the darn thing off instead of always putting it to sleep. The weird

Re: [Finale] 2008b still unstable

I downloaded 2008b late last night and it took about 20 minutes. I've used for two hours this morning with no problems. Am I lucky or what :) I've alway used the "traditional" tool palette so I haven't seen the tools go missing. I love that now in the finder the Finale files are pretty pict

Re: [Finale] [OT] Help with tune

Moonlight Serenade m. Glenn Miller w. Mitchell Parish 1939 Glenn Miller's theme song Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Speedy Entry in 2008

Thanks Eric. That was it. I guess it goes to show that if one just works in a limited way and just do what you always do, you can miss things. I'd never heard of "insert mode" so I went back to previous versions of Finale, looked in the speedy menu, and sure enough there it is. But in all

[Finale] Speedy Entry in 2008

I'm doing my first piece in 2008 and I found a small annoyance I can't seem to fix. Previously in speedy entry when I made a mistake on a note value, say I entered an 8th note but meant to enter a 16th, I could just back over that note and punch the 3 key and it would change to a 16th. Now

Re: [Finale] Sib5 competitve upgrade is available for $80

I just ordered Sibelius from "audiomidi.com" and wasn't asked for any proof of Finale ownership! At that price it's a no-brainer. Mike Greensill www.mikegreensill.com ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/fin