[Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

2017-08-04 Thread Michael Edwards
can I ask MakeMusic to mail me a paper copy? Or, failing that, are there any third-party reference books published on how to use Finale (preferably referring to the current version)? Thank you. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu

Re: [Finale] Just bought Finale - is downloadable manual available (or third-party books on Finale)?

2017-08-05 Thread Michael Edwards
ably quite elementary questions, and it would save a lot of posting of fiddly little questions here (which have probably been posted dozens of times before) if I was able to find out at least the more basic things on my own. Michael Edwards. ___ Fina

Re: [Finale] VOT

2017-08-16 Thread Michael Edwards
hat the Dutch is also "override", so this may be a way for Google Translate to draw a blank). But does the ancillary information given further on the page I saw give you any ideas that seem right? - here: https://translate.google.com.au

[Finale] Downloadable current manual.

2017-08-17 Thread Michael Edwards
meone has already point to this, I apologize - it will mean I have got my information mixed up somehow.) Thank you. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale

[Finale] Things to be done in the middle of a bar.

2017-08-17 Thread Michael Edwards
mount. But I am willing to do things a harder way if they will also play back correctly. Thank you. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a messa

Re: [Finale] Downloadable current manual.

2017-08-18 Thread Michael Edwards
obably let that go unless I later hear seriously good things about it. I have sort of got the impression (without any real evidence) that Sibelius is probably not as a good as Finale for some of the more unusual things I want to do. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Things to be done in the middle of a bar.

2017-08-18 Thread Michael Edwards
ain things differently to accommodate more modern musical styles than Beethoven used. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Downloadable current manual.

2017-08-18 Thread Michael Edwards
I'll try that and see if it helps. I was quite dumb-founded when I discovered how incredibly difficult it is to put in such a simple thing as a pedal marking, and wondered if I was missing something, or doing it the wrong way. Michael Edwards. __

Re: [Finale] Things to be done in the middle of a bar.

2017-08-18 Thread Michael Edwards
e, with bar-lines that don't join those in the two main staves, which I don't think is what I want - it seemed intended for adding a new instrument to the ensemble. Or do I have to do that, then remove the extra staff somehow from most systems that don't need it, and

Re: [Finale] Things to be done in the middle of a bar.

2017-08-18 Thread Michael Edwards
e in the left hand, not one in the right and the other the left. I think that was when I mentioned Scriabin's 10 Piano Sonata, which does that near the end. It may sound confusing to read about, but the score is perfectly clear and readable, and entirely logical. Michael Edwards. ___

Re: [Finale] DC al fine

2017-10-12 Thread Michael Edwards
tle I will face when I finally try to get Finale to do that, because it seems very unorthodox, and I suppose I will have to use 1st, 2nd, and 3rd endings. But for just two endings where it's not a conventional repeat, I would very likely use the "e poi la coda" system. Michae

Re: [Finale] DC al fine

2017-10-12 Thread Michael Edwards
y two bars which are written consecutively but are never played consecutively. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

2017-10-15 Thread Michael Edwards
;t find it very clear. Would either of these matters already mentioned in the thread help my problem, as stated above? Thank you. Michael, Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To

Re: [Finale] Create multi-staff instrument

2017-10-16 Thread Michael Edwards
find this would be helpful. Thank you. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

[Finale] Extraneous note appears inexplicably in organ music playback.

2018-01-07 Thread Michael Edwards
fixing it? Thank you. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

[Finale] In playback, some notes don't last as long as they are notated (piano, organ music).

2018-01-07 Thread Michael Edwards
F B G does not continue to sound - everything ceases together. I've noticed this kind of thing in others contexts, too, in piano music. Is the arrangement of notes and voices just too complicated for playback to render correctly, or is there a way of fixing this? Thank y

Re: [Finale] Extraneous note appears inexplicably in organ music playback.

2018-01-07 Thread Michael Edwards
st need to delete the whole bar and do it again from scratch, and see if it happens again. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] In playback, some notes don't last as long as they are notated (piano, organ music).

2018-01-07 Thread Michael Edwards
usic, but it sounds like your suggestion would involve using one or more extra staves, which I don't think are necessary at least for visually reading the score. Anyway, I think I will have to put this in the "deal with later on" category. But thanks all the same for your

Re: [Finale] Extraneous note appears inexplicably in organ music playback.

2018-01-07 Thread Michael Edwards
t knowing any code it has been >helpful to me treating the computer like a kid with learning >disabilities: Cut up the process in its smallest bits and check after >each step. Hallo, Klaus. Thanks for your suggestion. Should have thought of that - maybe would have in time.

[Finale] Finale doesn't change key signatures correctly.

2018-05-10 Thread Michael Edwards
't know about? Thank you. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Finale doesn't change key signatures correctly.

2018-05-11 Thread Michael Edwards
hanks. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] OT: score order for a chamber group

2018-06-11 Thread Michael Edwards
bove. Hope that helps a little. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] test

2018-07-13 Thread Michael Edwards
[rglan:] test Not sure what you're testing (just whether you're using the correct e-mail address to post?), but I got it. Michael Edwards. ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Finale] OT: Vocal Underlay of "Mrs.:

2019-08-27 Thread Michael Edwards
t; would look like a pronunciation guide rather than dialect. Or, alternatively, "Mrs. -" (the hyphen acting as a syllable extension and going under the second note). That wouldn't need the pronunciation guide underneath in parentheses. Michael Edwards. _