Re: [Finale] {Spam} Courtesy accidentals

2011-01-15 Thread Giovanni Andreani
I feel there is an option where one can specify to use brackets or not Giovanni Andreani On 15 Jan 2011, at 10:43, dc den...@free.fr wrote: Is there a way (plug-in) to remove all brackets around courtesy accidentals? Thanks, Dennis ___

[Finale] Notation app for iPad

2011-01-15 Thread David H. Bailey
I just purchased Symphony Pro for my iPad and wanted to share it with these groups. (I apologize to those who belong to more than one of these groups who will be getting the message multiple times). I have no connection to the developer other than as a customer who wants to share the news of

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Steve Parker
On 15 Jan 2011, at 01:52, David W. Fenton wrote: 4/4+3/4 in a repeating pattern, and that would require time signature changes in the score (whether you displayed them or not), I've dealt with even this by having 7/4 bars, dotting the intermediate barlines down the parts with notes in them

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Steve Parker
On 15 Jan 2011, at 03:53, Raymond Horton wrote: Using the old vertical and horizontal bits for multi-measures may give you a warm feeling, but even the few players who know what they are do not generally bother to read them - they only read the number of total bars rest instead. If you

Re: [Finale] {Spam} Courtesy accidentals

2011-01-15 Thread Steve Parker
I've just played with it to be sure, but for me it adds brackets if the option is ticked and removes brackets if the option is unticked. Steve P. On 15 Jan 2011, at 12:36, dc wrote: Giovanni Andreani écrit: I feel there is an option where one can specify to use brackets or not That's

Re: [Finale] {Spam} Courtesy accidentals

2011-01-15 Thread Steve Parker
Plug-ins: Note Beam and Rest Editing: Cautionary Accidentals Steve P. On 15 Jan 2011, at 09:43, dc wrote: Is there a way (plug-in) to remove all brackets around courtesy accidentals? Thanks, Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Eric Fiedler
It's not that difficult. Try giving your viol ensemble facsimiles of the original parts (without barlines of course) and then — while playing — each player marks and/or _remembers_ the main cadences, which are then used as rehearsal marks. You can be pretty sure that this is the way they did it

Re: [Finale] {Spam} Courtesy accidentals

2011-01-15 Thread Steve Parker
Sorry, my messages are arriving out of order.. Steve P. On 15 Jan 2011, at 13:01, Steve Parker wrote: Plug-ins: Note Beam and Rest Editing: Cautionary Accidentals Steve P. On 15 Jan 2011, at 09:43, dc wrote: Is there a way (plug-in) to remove all brackets around courtesy

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Eric Fiedler
John, They couldn't. ;-) Somewhere in my readings I came across the remark by a theoretician of Philippe de Vitry's generation to the effect that the ancients (by which he means the Notre Dame and Petronian composers) used to spend hours arguing about whether a note should be sung long or

[Finale] Boxes around text

2011-01-15 Thread Steve Parker
What is the sensible method for putting text on a page with a box round it? I've scoured the manual.. Steve P. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

{Spam} Re: [Finale] Boxes around text

2011-01-15 Thread Aaron Sherber
On 1/15/2011 9:53 AM, Steve Parker wrote: What is the sensible method for putting text on a page with a box round it? Well, you can try putting text on the page with a box around it. g After you've put your text on the page, use the Text Tool to select the frame, then from the Text menu

Re: [Finale] Boxes around text

2011-01-15 Thread SN jef chippewa
how long is the text and what is its function? What is the sensible method for putting text on a page with a box round it? ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale

Re: [Finale] Boxes around text

2011-01-15 Thread Robert Patterson
The Text Tool has page positioning options and rectangle options. On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Steve Parker st...@pinkrat.co.uk wrote: What is the sensible method for putting text on a page with a box round it? I've scoured the manual.. Steve P.

RE: [Finale] Boxes around text

2011-01-15 Thread Richard Yates
Unless it's changed since Finale2007: Text Tool, create some text. Text menu, Standard Frame, type in the line thickness that you want. (Years ago I did a whole book of text and music using only Finale 1998!) Richard Yates What is the sensible method for putting text on a page with a box

Re: {Spam} Re: [Finale] Boxes around text

2011-01-15 Thread Steve Parker
Thanks! I didn't look at standard frame as I assumed that was what I already had. Custom frame had no option.. I knew it would be easy! Steve P. On 15 Jan 2011, at 15:39, Aaron Sherber wrote: On 1/15/2011 9:53 AM, Steve Parker wrote: What is the sensible method for putting text on a

[Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-15 Thread SN jef chippewa
ok this is really starting to be a pisser. has anyone else come across this? i do all the layout, make everything all pretty in the SC, and then generate the PTs and at some point, presumably while applying music spacing to one of them, the spacing in the SC goes wacko. once the PTs are

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-15 Thread Christopher Smith
Yeah, I never know what is going on there. Often my parts need to be respaced individually (I haven't noticed it with the score, though) and I can't figure out why. I just do it now, and don't ask why. Probably something about the program I don't know. Christopher On Sat Jan 15, at

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 2:21 PM +0100 1/15/11, Eric Fiedler wrote: John, They couldn't. ;-) Somewhere in my readings I came across the remark by a theoretician of Philippe de Vitry's generation to the effect that the ancients (by which he means the Notre Dame and Petronian composers) used to spend hours arguing

Re: [Finale] spacing lost in SC when doing PTs

2011-01-15 Thread Chuck Israels
On Jan 15, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: Probably something about the program I don't know. Not much of that, in my experience :) Chuck Chuck Israels 1310 NW Naito Parkway #807 Portland, OR 97209-3162 phone: (503) 926-7952 cell phone: (360) 201-3434 www.chuckisraels.com

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Raymond Horton
Planets score is at IMSLP.ORG On Jan 15, 2011 12:27 AM, John Howell john.how...@vt.edu wrote: At 12:27 PM -0800 1/13/11, Ryan wrote: Opinion poll: What is your preferred method of writing a note that sounds for the duration of a 5/4 bar? 1) Using Whole tied to Quarter, regardless of wether the

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2011 at 13:44, John Howell wrote: And of course one has to assume that the Parisians didn't invent the rhythmic modes just as a theoretical exercise, but because they were already singing some music rhythmically but had no means to notate it. Composition and notation have

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread David W. Fenton
On 15 Jan 2011 at 14:41, Eric Fiedler wrote: It's not that difficult. Try giving your viol ensemble facsimiles of the original parts (without barlines of course) and then while playing each player marks and/or _remembers_ the main cadences, which are then used as rehearsal marks. This

[Finale] Mac plug-in: JW Merge Layers 1.01

2011-01-15 Thread Jari Williamsson
Hello! I've made a port of the JW Merge Layers plug-in to OSX now. If some Mac users could test that it works on PPC and Intel OSX, that would be really helpful. After I got it confirmed that it works, I'll port the rest of the plug-ins I've created lately. It's available on the Finale tips

Re: [Finale] Mac plug-in: JW Merge Layers 1.01

2011-01-15 Thread Eric Dannewitz
You are amazing! Can't wait to try this! Sent from my iSomething On Jan 15, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Jari Williamsson jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: Hello! I've made a port of the JW Merge Layers plug-in to OSX now. If some Mac users could test that it works on PPC and Intel OSX, that

Re: [Finale] Mac plug-in: JW Merge Layers 1.01

2011-01-15 Thread Eric Dannewitz
Seems to work for me. Sent from my iSomething On Jan 15, 2011, at 2:20 PM, Jari Williamsson jari.williams...@mailbox.swipnet.se wrote: Hello! I've made a port of the JW Merge Layers plug-in to OSX now. If some Mac users could test that it works on PPC and Intel OSX, that would be

Re: [Finale] Boxes around text

2011-01-15 Thread Matthew Hindson (gmail)
You said on a page. For non-page-attached text, I use the Enclosures feature within Expressions to put boxes around text. Also you can have a variety of shapes. Matthew On 16/01/11 2:52 AM, Richard Yates wrote: Unless it's changed since Finale2007: Text Tool, create some text. Text menu,

Re: [Finale] Notation app for iPad (follow-up message)

2011-01-15 Thread David H. Bailey
As a follow up to my first message about SymphonyPro for the iPad I have to say that I was mistaken about the program's ability to produce tuplets. The app can produce tuplets other than triplets by pressing and holding the tuplet icon on the note entry screen. It's really a remarkable

Re: [Finale] Mac plug-in: JW Merge Layers 1.01

2011-01-15 Thread mmathew1942
It works on my 4Gb RAM, Intel iMac, Fin2011c. Do you need any more information? Thank you, and what Eric said. Michael mmathew_musicp...@comcast.net mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ Phone and Fax: 503 641

Re: [Finale] Mac plug-in: JW Merge Layers 1.01

2011-01-15 Thread mmathew1942
I neglected to mention I'm using OS X vers 10.6.6 Thanks, again. Michael mmathew_musicp...@comcast.net mmathew_musicp...@yahoo.com http://www.musicengravers.com/cgi-bin/engravers.pl http://oregonmts.com/mathew/ Phone and Fax: 503 641 6127 - Original Message - From: Jari

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread John Howell
At 2:50 PM -0500 1/15/11, Raymond Horton wrote: Planets score is at IMSLP.ORG On Jan 15, 2011 12:27 AM, John Howell john.how...@vt.edu wrote: I'm trying to remember what Holst did in The Planets, but I can't. But it made it easy to read and play. Thanks, Ray. Yes, what I remembered

Re: [Finale] whole notes in 5/4

2011-01-15 Thread Christopher Smith
On Sat Jan 15, at SaturdayJan 15 11:46 PM, John Howell wrote: Thanks, Ray. Yes, what I remembered from Mars is that he consistently used dotted half tied to half for full-bar notes. (And throughout divided the same way in the 5/4 sections.) And dotted whole tied to whole in the 5/2