Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-22 Thread Michael
It looks pretty good, but I think you should find a way of either moving some chord symbols closer to the system to which the belong, or putting more space between the staves. Particularly the chords on system 4 are uncomfortably close to the triplet indications on the system above. You could

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of |Darcy James Argue |Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 1:40 AM |To: finale@shsu.edu |Subject: Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think | |Don't use the Ossia Tool. Put the kicks in a separate layer above staff, reduce size, |and use the Hide Ledger Lines

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
|-Original Message- |From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of |Darcy James Argue |Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 1:40 AM |To: finale@shsu.edu |Subject: Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think | |Don't use the Ossia Tool. Put the kicks in a separate layer above staff

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-22 Thread Girard Bowe
I thank all who took the time to look at my leadsheet and make suggestions - this is the type of feedback I was hoping for! I've printed them all, and will be revising my leadsheet accordingly. For Darcy, regarding the font - I'm using Dom Casual. I was tired of some of the cartoonish Jazz text

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Hi Giz, I like Digital Strip, although it's uppercase-only: http://www.dafont.com/digital-strip.font You ideally want something that looks something like Clinton Roemer's lettering, though I've not been able to find a close match. (You do have the Clinton Roemer book, yes? If not, you

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-22 Thread Williams, Jim
Darcy, For the stamped look, what's your opinion of the Sibelius reprise font? Sent from my iPhone, so please pardon all the typos. On Apr 22, 2014, at 9:42 AM, Darcy James Argue djar...@icloud.com wrote: Hi Giz, I like Digital Strip, although it's uppercase-only:

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-22 Thread Darcy James Argue
Really not a fan. Doesn't look much like the actual stamps copyists would use, nor do I think it's necessary or desirable to replicate a stamped look in the first place. I don't use manuscript-type music fonts anymore, but when I did I just used Palatino for titles etc. Cheers, - DJA -

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-21 Thread Girard Bowe
- |From: finale-boun...@shsu.edu [mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of |Darcy James Argue |Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 1:40 AM |To: finale@shsu.edu |Subject: Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think | |Don't use the Ossia Tool. Put the kicks in a separate layer above staff, reduce size, |and use

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-21 Thread Christopher Smith
...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of |Darcy James Argue |Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 1:40 AM |To: finale@shsu.edu |Subject: Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think | |Don't use the Ossia Tool. Put the kicks in a separate layer above staff, reduce size, |and use the Hide Ledger Lines plugin

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-21 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/21/2014 8:19 AM, Girard Bowe wrote: I used Darcy's Steve's suggestions for the Blues on My Mind leadsheet, and here is the result: http://freejazzinstitute.com/showposts.php?dept=transcriptions Thanks again - I'm open to comments regarding the look - would you have laid it out this

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-18 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/17/2014 8:44 PM, Girard Bowe wrote: Thanks to all for the suggestions, and thank goodness for Jari's plug-ins! I did experience a bug - when entering notes rests into layer 4, the rests moved down, and the rests in layer 1 moved up. At least I think it's a bug. Would anyone care to

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-18 Thread David H. Bailey
On 4/17/2014 12:40 AM, Girard Bowe wrote: I'm trying to create a leadsheet for Benny Golson's Blues on My Mind, and there are rhythm kicks integral to the song. I wanted to notate them above the melody line as an ossia, but it seems as if I have to create a separate ossia for each measure -

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-17 Thread Girard Bowe
Thanks to all for the suggestions, and thank goodness for Jari's plug-ins! I did experience a bug - when entering notes rests into layer 4, the rests moved down, and the rests in layer 1 moved up. At least I think it's a bug. Would anyone care to look at this and critique it? I'd be glad to pdf

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-17 Thread John Roberts
Layers preferences can position rests differently when there are other layers present. That would be my guess. JR On 4/17/14, 8:44 PM, Girard Bowe wrote: Thanks to all for the suggestions, and thank goodness for Jari's plug-ins! I did experience a bug - when entering notes rests into layer

[Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-16 Thread Girard Bowe
I'm trying to create a leadsheet for Benny Golson's Blues on My Mind, and there are rhythm kicks integral to the song. I wanted to notate them above the melody line as an ossia, but it seems as if I have to create a separate ossia for each measure - very clunky. And when I tried to use the rhythm

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-16 Thread Steve Parker
How about this? http://www.eisik.com/examples/Example_Lead.pdf Steve P. On 17 Apr 2014, at 05:40, Girard Bowe girard.b...@verizon.net wrote: I'm trying to create a leadsheet for Benny Golson's Blues on My Mind, and there are rhythm kicks integral to the song. I wanted to notate them above

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-16 Thread Steve Parker
If you need to notate pitch you can possibly use layers and reduce notehead size. Steve P. On 17 Apr 2014, at 05:47, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: How about this? http://www.eisik.com/examples/Example_Lead.pdf Steve P. On 17 Apr 2014, at 05:40, Girard Bowe

Re: [Finale] Ossias, I think

2014-04-16 Thread Darcy James Argue
Don't use the Ossia Tool. Put the kicks in a separate layer above staff, reduce size, and use the Hide Ledger Lines plugin. Cheers, - DJA - WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:40 AM, Girard Bowe girard.b...@verizon.net wrote: I'm trying to create a leadsheet for