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by Hector Pascal
Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:18 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Too many notes
Replies: 28
Views: 5228

Re: Too many notes

Thanks very much, all :)

While finger poking, I've noticed Utilities>Change>NoteSize. Is that an alternative to the % tool, perhaps? Same / same?

HP.

Update: Ok, I think I have worked it out now... The Utilities>Change route is good for doing batches of notes.
by Hector Pascal
Tue Sep 28, 2021 1:28 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Piano L and R hands
Replies: 8
Views: 1641

Re: Piano L and R hands

Thanks, John, that is a very elegant option I think!
Many thanks,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:53 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Too many notes
Replies: 28
Views: 5228

Too many notes

Hi all, In my score, the piano has some passages of 32nd notes. But I have trouble fitting two bars to a system without note collisions. For these bars, I intend to reduce the size of those piano passages by a certain percentage. Is there a plugin for this? With thanks, Hector. PS: Alternatively I g...
by Hector Pascal
Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Piano L and R hands
Replies: 8
Views: 1641

Re: Piano L and R hands

Amazing, thank you everyone!
PS: Congratulations, David, on your new magnum opus! I admire your solid work ethic :)
PPS: Peter, thanks for the alternating stems layout, it is excellent and had not occurred to me :)
Cheerio,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Sun Sep 26, 2021 6:02 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Piano L and R hands
Replies: 8
Views: 1641

Re: Piano L and R hands

Thank you, Michel, for your advice.
I will re-attempt the cross staff version. My initial cross staff attempt looked like the dog's breakfast!
Cheerio,
HP.
by Hector Pascal
Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:55 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Piano L and R hands
Replies: 8
Views: 1641

Piano L and R hands

Hi all, I have a motor rhythm and I experimented with cross staff notes but it made it harder to read, so I think I'll stay with my original and just put L and R hand indications. After the first bar of it, I'll put "sim.". Do you reckon that using L and R is a satisfactory way of expressing the int...
by Hector Pascal
Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:21 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale printing (to PDF) mystery
Replies: 5
Views: 1049

Re: Finale printing (to PDF) mystery

Hmmmm, I don't know for sure, but maybe try select all and then Utilities>Lock Systems... see if that helps...

Cheerio,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:38 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Sustained notes
Replies: 3
Views: 847

Re: Sustained notes

Thanks, Michel. I will take a look around in the aria settings.
I will also test out the music on a real piano to see how long all the notes will sustain at various dynamics.
Cheerio,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Sustained notes
Replies: 3
Views: 847

Sustained notes

Hi again, When I playback a lengthy undamped piano arpeggio of say 6 bars, by the time the last bar is near, the first notes may be heard to switch off. Am I noticing Finale's polyphony limits here? Or is there a setting that I can tweak, perhaps? I am using Garritan Instruments for Finale Steinway....
by Hector Pascal
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Piano pedal question
Replies: 3
Views: 823

Re: Piano pedal question

Much obliged, thank you very much Michel and John :) Thank you also for the Beethoven reference!
Best wishes,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Tue Sep 21, 2021 11:46 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Piano pedal question
Replies: 3
Views: 823

Piano pedal question

Hi all, In my bar of piano music, I would like the piano pedal lift on the 5th beat. I have a crotchet rest in the Piano RH which could serve to accurately indicate the position of the pedal lift. Should I also use these rests in the LH as it is closer to the pedal lift indication? Screen Shot 2021-...
by Hector Pascal
Sun Sep 05, 2021 8:30 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Paper colour
Replies: 4
Views: 1789

Re: Paper colour

Many thanks, all. I don't seem to have warm white / buff available in my area, but I have found some matte, greyish-white paper in my local area and will see how that goes in my laser printer.
Cheers, HP.
by Hector Pascal
Sun Sep 05, 2021 2:04 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Best piano score format settings
Replies: 11
Views: 7127

Re: Best piano score format settings

Hi all,
Just revisiting this older post and appreciating the wisdom contained therein...

Question: Document Settings> Beams > Maximum Slope, should I choose 0.5 or 1?

Gould shows an example of 0.5 and 1 on p.19, so I am thinking I will set the maximum as 1.

What do you think?
Cheers,
HP.
by Hector Pascal
Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:32 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Paper colour
Replies: 4
Views: 1789

Paper colour

Hi all, Do you recommend printing out music on the yellowish/buff/off-white paper these days? In my library of classic piano music from Schirmer / Henle Verlag, etc. there is a lot of yellow tinted paper and it is quite nice to read from. What colour paper do the major orchestras prefer to use these...
by Hector Pascal
Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:08 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Notation question
Replies: 2
Views: 769

Re: Notation question

Thanks, John! You have been very helpful, especially regarding the expansion and contraction of the stem spacing immediately before and after the change of stem direction. I had not thought to tweak that spacing.
Cheers and thanks,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:23 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Notation question
Replies: 2
Views: 769

Notation question

Hi all, I am notating this bar of piano music and am wondering if my use of cross staff notes and reverse stems is ok? Suggestions for improvement are welcome. Possibly the height of the beams needs a bit of correction... and also the final LH Bb needs an accidental, and my slurs are a bit ugly. Apa...
by Hector Pascal
Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:52 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: No sound from keyboard
Replies: 11
Views: 2032

Re: No sound from keyboard

Also, try blowing any dust from the ports, as I have had success with that once in the past.
Cheers,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Tue Aug 17, 2021 3:53 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printer Driver question
Replies: 5
Views: 1153

Re: Printer Driver question

Thanks, Buontempi, for your help. Btw, to see all the relevant drivers, I first select the OS 11 pull down menu and then when one driver is displayed I click on the plus sign at the bottom to reveal the three driver options. Here is a picture of the three driver options: Screen Shot 2021-08-17 at 1....
by Hector Pascal
Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:37 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: We’ve Been Recognized!
Replies: 7
Views: 1328

Re: We’ve Been Recognized!

I've heard it said that musicians were very much sought after as codebreakers at Bletchley Park during WWII. Interesting subject!
HP
by Hector Pascal
Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:19 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printer Driver question
Replies: 5
Views: 1153

Re: Printer Driver question

Thanks for your reply, BuonTempi! Here is the support page for my docuprint 4405 d. https://support-fb.fujifilm.com/setupDriverForm.do?ctry_code=MY&lang_code=en&d_lang=en&pid=DP4405D# I clicked on (+ Show other drivers) and it showed all the drivers that I could choose from. Note : I selected Mac OS...
by Hector Pascal
Fri Aug 13, 2021 10:21 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Export from finale to PDF
Replies: 18
Views: 4056

Re: Export from finale to PDF

My suggestions:
Try a different printer driver, as I have an idea that it may play a part in PDF export.
Also, another thing to try might be to export as a postscript file, then convert that to a PDF.

Hope these ideas might help... good luck in any case!
Cheers,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Mon Aug 09, 2021 4:38 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Printer Driver question
Replies: 5
Views: 1153

Printer Driver question

Hi all, I'm getting a new printer for printing my Finale output. There are three different drivers available for the printer: 1. Driver type = PDF 2. Driver type = PPD (PS) 3. Driver type: PS Which is the best choice for me to use? (ie: I plan to sometimes print straight from Finale, but mostly I'll...
by Hector Pascal
Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:38 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Pasting a syncopated motif
Replies: 3
Views: 1353

Re: Pasting a syncopated motif

It's pasting correctly now after I fingerpoked with the quantize and hyperscribe settings.
Thanks, zuill!
Cheers,
HP.
by Hector Pascal
Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:28 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Pasting a syncopated motif
Replies: 3
Views: 1353

Re: Pasting a syncopated motif

Thank you, zuill! I will have a look in there. I had not noticed that menu item till now... Incidentally, it reminds me that I should make more use of hyperscribe!
Cheers,
Hector.
by Hector Pascal
Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:12 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Pasting a syncopated motif
Replies: 3
Views: 1353

Pasting a syncopated motif

Hi all, I have a piece in 4/4 and it has lots of the following: dotted quaver beamed to a semiquaver. When I copy that and paste to another bar, it notates a quaver tied to a semiquaver followed by a semiquaver. Is there a way to paste without the adjustment? I had a look in Document Options, but no...