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by Knut
Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: What is wrong with MM and Touchscreen devices!!??
Replies: 33
Views: 13985

Re: What is wrong with MM and Touchscreen devices!!??

On the other hand, had the thread been entitled "Are there others like myself who would like the ability to use a touch screen with Finale?" the responses might have been quite different. Certainly there would have been a few who replied that this particular feature was of no interest to them, but ...
by Knut
Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:00 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: What is wrong with MM and Touchscreen devices!!??
Replies: 33
Views: 13985

Re: What is wrong with MM and Touchscreen devices!!??

I think the OP's question is totally valid, and I agree with him that there is a tendency by some users to dismiss posts like this out of hand as unconstructive complaints. Even though this is not an official forum, I think it is a totally legitimate arena to spike some debate about what's going on ...
by Knut
Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:08 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: sostenuto pedal markings
Replies: 21
Views: 12654

Re: sostenuto pedal markings

No, I'm not speaking of the shorthand P mark.

Henle scores available online are pretty sparse, but here's one as well as a Schott score from the 1860s:
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by Knut
Sun Jan 21, 2018 6:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: sostenuto pedal markings
Replies: 21
Views: 12654

Re: sostenuto pedal markings

John Ruggero wrote:One doesn't see these errors in the piano music of the major publishers. At least, not yet...
Except in numerous edition by Henle, Schott, Novello and others.
by Knut
Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:15 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: sostenuto pedal markings
Replies: 21
Views: 12654

Re: sostenuto pedal markings

I agree with Ere. Given the amount of information that we keyboard players have to take in, it is good that each of the pedal indications has a markedly different appearance. Music notation has evolved the way it has for generally good reasons, even if they are not immediately apparent; and for thi...
by Knut
Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:53 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: font kerning anomaly
Replies: 1
Views: 1509

Re: font kerning anomaly

I've seen this with Type 1 fonts in recent versions of Finale as well. I don't know the cause, except that clearly Finale is unable to read the AFM files properly. I also remember seeing a related oddity where Finale disregards the kerning if any tracking value is applied to the text. Do you have tr...
by Knut
Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: sostenuto pedal markings
Replies: 21
Views: 12654

Re: sostenuto pedal markings

But as regular roman styled text expressions are otherwise virtually non-existent in piano scores, I can see what you're saying. I'm trying to understand this comment. It's quite possible that I'm confusing it somehow. But in 50 years I have never, ever come across a sost. pedal marking that was an...
by Knut
Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:52 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: sostenuto pedal markings
Replies: 21
Views: 12654

Re: sostenuto pedal markings

To me, it would be beneficial to have all pedal instructions in the same font style No. It is most beneficial that the various pedal instructions are in different font styles, so that they can be visually distinguished as easily as possible. It is very good that the good old Ped. (which is the peda...
by Knut
Fri Jan 19, 2018 9:44 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: sostenuto pedal markings
Replies: 21
Views: 12654

Re: sostenuto pedal markings

I think this symbol has been invented by the makers of SMuFL. I've never ever seen it used in any score ...yet, I suppose...! I have mixed feelings about the symbol... I've never seen it either and don't care for it. Ugly. Ped. has at least some tradition behind it; this seems more like a wannabe. ...
by Knut
Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:11 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Odd spacing issue
Replies: 13
Views: 7744

Re: Odd spacing issue

As far as I know, the bug that Zuill mentioned only happens when specifying fixed size for the lyrics font.
by Knut
Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:39 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore
Replies: 56
Views: 34226

Re: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore

I should clarify that I'm not a proponent of curved beams in the cases that John mentions above, which unfortunately would require me to disregard some of the cross beams in Bach's music when re-notating it on the computer. The only other way around this is to use a thinner beam, which can be just ...
by Knut
Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:08 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore
Replies: 56
Views: 34226

Re: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore

MikeHalloran wrote:Most notation apps promise, at some point, beautiful sheet music... For a couple, that's the only promise that they make.

I prefer mine to be easy to read.
It doesn't have to be one or the other. Indeed, more often than not, the two are interconnected.
by Knut
Mon Sep 18, 2017 4:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore
Replies: 56
Views: 34226

Re: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore

Thanks Knut for taking these tentative ideas of mine so seriously! I must say that I found your comparison with serif fonts quite convincing. Also, I think you are right about the likeliness that curved beams could create disorder in polyphonic, complex music. You're welcome, Anders, and I'm glad y...
by Knut
Fri Sep 15, 2017 1:49 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore
Replies: 56
Views: 34226

Re: OT: Baerenreiter edition created in MuseScore

The more I think about it though, the more I find the straight beams of standard engraving unnatural and ugly. Isn't that just a concession to old-times limited, rather clumsy printing techniques? Maybe now, with the help of software, we can make the revolution - the revolution back to aesthetics. ...
by Knut
Sat May 13, 2017 8:32 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Notation question: grace note values
Replies: 19
Views: 12417

Re: Notation question: grace note values

I had assumed that OCTO was saying that the note values of small notes should be in proportion to the tempo, so that larger note values should be used for fast groups in fast tempos. Therefore his example was to show a way of notating fast groups in both fast and slow tempi, not how to notate a slo...
by Knut
Fri May 12, 2017 7:41 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Notation question: grace note values
Replies: 19
Views: 12417

Re: Notation question: grace note values

Thanks, John! At least in this particular work, they seem to be a way to make sure that the grace notes are not to be played too fast, which seems to be a sensible way to implement them. If my understanding is correct, I would modify my last post by saying that it would depend on the intended execut...
by Knut
Fri May 12, 2017 12:28 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Notation question: grace note values
Replies: 19
Views: 12417

Re: Notation question: grace note values

My impression of this is that you may use whatever value necessary to get the intended lenghth of the grace notes across within the given context. In other words, the main indicator for which value to use for grace notes is the value of surrounding notes, especially the main note that the grace note...
by Knut
Tue May 09, 2017 8:00 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: JW Change Beams>Resize Separation Problem
Replies: 12
Views: 7270

Re: JW Change Beams>Resize Separation Problem

Thank you for clarifying, John. I'm looking forward to your beam bonanza!
by Knut
Mon May 08, 2017 11:13 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: JW Change Beams>Resize Separation Problem
Replies: 12
Views: 7270

Re: JW Change Beams>Resize Separation Problem

I see. In that case, wouldn't a combination of decreasing the beam width as well as the distance between them be a better solution? At least it would leave a more even visual impression.
by Knut
Sun May 07, 2017 5:14 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: JW Change Beams>Resize Separation Problem
Replies: 12
Views: 7270

Re: JW Change Beams>Resize Separation Problem

John, may I ask, why would you want to do this? Normally, the distances between beams are global, and if anything the distance is increased to prevent wedges. Your edited beams however seems so tightly spaced that they almost meld, and even if this is what you want, I don't see why you would need to...
by Knut
Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:17 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: English Horn in German
Replies: 35
Views: 20785

Re: English Horn in German

Peter S. wrote:We in Vienna call it "Englischhorn" and often use the abbreviation "Eh."
How onomatopoetic!
by Knut
Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:16 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: English Horn in German
Replies: 35
Views: 20785

Re: English Horn in German

I am a horn player and this is indeed correct (for F or any other key). The "French" seems to exist only in English and only as a layman's term; classical musicians and orchestra rosters (such as printed in a concert program) use simply "Horn." I will sometimes tell someone I play the French horn i...
by Knut
Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:26 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MM Feature requests
Replies: 87
Views: 49798

Re: MM Feature requests

One of the beauties of Finale is its flexibility. To take another example: currently, you can put a lyric on a rest. Dorico doesn't let you do that. Not true, you can put a lyric on a rest in Dorico You're right, but I think the point about Finale's flexibility still stands. The fact that you can d...
by Knut
Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:01 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MM Feature requests
Replies: 87
Views: 49798

Re: MM Feature requests

Well, here's a feature request: perhaps Articulations should have categories like Expressions, and the options should include a tickbox for "can be on a rest". One of the beauties of Finale is its flexibility. To take another example: currently, you can put a lyric on a rest. Dorico doesn't let you...
by Knut
Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:00 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MM Feature requests
Replies: 87
Views: 49798

Re: MM Feature requests

I have just come over from MakeMusic's forum and discovered this discussion. I could not agree more with Spence's remarks. Finale is flawed, but it does what it does better than any other product. It is too bad that those who try to defend Finale get slammed mercilessly because of their "overzealou...