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by David Ward
Thu May 26, 2022 2:47 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Fermata on default whole rest
Replies: 29
Views: 3975

Re: Fermata on default whole rest

An empty measure doesn't even need a rest symbol at all (a practice used by some new composers). FWIW (not much maybe) in my numerous manuscript fair copies (as well as in my still continuing MS sketches) from the 1950s until my acquiring Finale in 2001, I always left empty bars empty of any rests ...
by David Ward
Sun May 22, 2022 12:33 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Human Playback Glissando Help
Replies: 2
Views: 1727

Re: Human Playback Glissando Help

Possibly (but this may not be how Human Playback works) because a *true* glissando on the trombone cannot be greater than a diminished 5th/augmented 4th. To test this you could try it with B natural to F which would be 7th position to 1st on the 3rd harmonic. Are you using GIFF sounds for the trombo...
by David Ward
Mon May 16, 2022 8:43 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Bass Clef or Tenor Clef for Cello and Bassoon?
Replies: 13
Views: 1737

Re: Bass Clef or Tenor Clef for Cello and Bassoon?

It's mainly to avoid ledger lines. You should avoid switching back and forth too often. I've found that players can more easily read ledger lines above in bass clef than ledger lines below in tenor clef. Thanks, that's good to know! I guess it's more common to alternate between them in solo context...
by David Ward
Tue May 10, 2022 7:05 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: My system won't move up
Replies: 18
Views: 2462

Re: My system won't move up

Without seeing the file the only guess I can make is that it is to do with either ‘System Margins’ (top or bottom) or ‘Distance Between Systems’ both of which can be edited via the Page Layout menu.

I expect somebody here may have some other ideas if you've already done that.
by David Ward
Wed May 04, 2022 8:49 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Contra Bass or Double Bass?
Replies: 44
Views: 9793

Re: Contra Bass or Double Bass?

i wouldn't go that far. The appearance of the music definitely affects the player's impression of a composer's skills. Yes; but I think the point being made here is that some aspects of appearance matter more than others, and there are some which probably make no difference. If a double/contra inst...
by David Ward
Mon May 02, 2022 7:15 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Couple of questions
Replies: 123
Views: 15129

Re: Couple of questions

It just matters for me knowing what's what when editing something which I didn't do myself. I think I cannot make myself clearer than this. Sorry. I sometimes feel a little unsure even when editing something which I have previously entered myself using voices, since I only use them occasionally. If...
by David Ward
Sun May 01, 2022 7:37 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Contra Bass or Double Bass?
Replies: 44
Views: 9793

Re: Contra Bass or Double Bass?

FWIW for some reason of quirk, in my own scores I use the label Double Bassoon rather than Contrabassoon, but write Contrabass Clarinet and then Double Bass for the stringed instrument. In theory, perhaps I should be consistent and call them all double or all contra; but nobody cares.
by David Ward
Mon Apr 18, 2022 10:22 am
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Best keyboard
Replies: 5
Views: 6796

Re: Best keyboard

I use only the computer keyboard for all Finale entry and editing, including large operas &c. However, it's just my habit: I doubt that there would be any tangible advantages. It works; but so would a MIDI if that had become my habit. A serious pianist would probably be more comfortable using a MIDI...
by David Ward
Thu Mar 31, 2022 9:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale graphic absent from PDF
Replies: 12
Views: 2011

Re: Finale graphic absent from PDF

Thank you all for your comments. David, if that ossia is for technical reasons, it's unnecessary, because any pianist who can span an octave can play it in the form shown in the main text by playing the bottom two notes with the thumb. I had indeed supposed this to be the case, but when my rather aw...
by David Ward
Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:45 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale graphic absent from PDF
Replies: 12
Views: 2011

Finale graphic absent from PDF

This was odd, but cured by relaunching Finale. The graphic oppure or ossia shown in the attached screenshot was absent when I exported the page as a PDF using Finale's graphics tool (usually reliable as a way of creating PDFs from Finale on a Mac). Initially I thought in might be because I used EPS ...
by David Ward
Wed Mar 09, 2022 8:28 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale's odd bugle transposition
Replies: 5
Views: 1205

Re: Finale's odd bugle transposition

Hope that helps, or is at least of interest. G. That's of great interest. Recently I wrote a 45 minute collection of songs for voice and piano (public premiere of the complete collection due 10 Sept: Covid, storms, Putin et al allowing) in which I have quoted an extended cavalry trumpet call in E f...
by David Ward
Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:38 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: similar intervals
Replies: 28
Views: 4033

Re: similar intervals

thomsmit57 wrote:
Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:26 pm
David,
So what, if anything, did Boulez say after that?
He made a (very French) rude noise.
by David Ward
Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:12 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: similar intervals
Replies: 28
Views: 4033

Re: similar intervals

John Ruggero wrote:
Tue Mar 01, 2022 4:41 pm
… … …I've never liked the "Rules are made to be broken" approach.… … …
I once had the temerity to say to Boulez that while he was a rule maker (he did have rather dogmatic views) I was a rule breaker.
by David Ward
Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:02 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Changing direction of grace note slurs
Replies: 9
Views: 2281

Re: Changing direction of grace note slurs

motet wrote:
Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:02 pm
I'm not familiar with that. What does it mean--anticipate the beat a little?
Yes. In my experience anyway: John?
by David Ward
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:41 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: similar intervals
Replies: 28
Views: 4033

Re: similar intervals

As people have said: it depends on the sound you want. Consecutive fifths (which I've called them all my life, and I was 81 on Saturday) can be found in all sorts of pieces, including in the ‘standard repertoire’, but not often in basic part writing, unless a rather stark effect is intended. This is...
by David Ward
Sat Feb 26, 2022 12:32 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: lyric hyphenation problem
Replies: 14
Views: 2851

Re: lyric hyphenation problem

I think one way might be to type a hard space (in the lyrics) at the end of the cue.
by David Ward
Thu Feb 24, 2022 8:34 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: "Opp.?" What is this Dynamic?
Replies: 7
Views: 1583

Re: "Opp.?" What is this Dynamic?

Might it be an abbreviation for oppure = ‘or’ or ‘otherwise’. It is a viable alternative word for ossia often used by Italian composers and indeed sometimes by opera and vocal composers who are not Italian. Ah! I missed the last line of Peter's post. He is likely to be right: I use the word oppure m...
by David Ward
Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:22 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale's odd bugle transposition
Replies: 5
Views: 1205

Re: Finale's odd bugle transposition

Ha! Yes did I type “in D”? Finale's bugle is indeed in G, which I've not encountered myself. Motet, I'm relieved that B flat is usual in the US too, and, MIke, that Wikipedia seems to agree! Who knows why Finale has chosen the unusual (but not unknown it seems) G transposition: another Finale mystery.
by David Ward
Wed Feb 23, 2022 8:58 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Finale's odd bugle transposition
Replies: 5
Views: 1205

Finale's odd bugle transposition

Since I intend to quote them in a piece I hope to write, I'm transcibing some army bugle calls from the UK Ministry of Defence manual of the complete British army bugle and trumpet calls. A British army bugle is in B flat, but it seems if one chooses ‘Bugle’ as the instrument when setting up a Final...
by David Ward
Sun Feb 13, 2022 8:59 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: How do you notate an optional measure? Or ad lib repeated notes
Replies: 8
Views: 1622

Re: How do you notate an optional measure? Or ad lib repeated notes

I have seen scores, mostly opera scores, that use "Vide" for an optional cut. They would have Vi- at the beginning of the cut and -de at the end. ::: Bill In case anyone is interested, ‘Vi………de’ as used to indicate an optional cut does not, as Elaine Gould incorrectly says in her excellent book Beh...
by David Ward
Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:07 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: opt-number for tuplets
Replies: 8
Views: 1348

Re: opt-number for tuplets

michelp wrote:
Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:43 am
AFAIK, only the numeric keypad works to create tuplets in Speedy on the Mac. Not the main keyboard.
Not so (here anyway): either keyboard works for me.
by David Ward
Mon Jan 31, 2022 3:18 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing the way part names appear
Replies: 2
Views: 656

Re: Changing the way part names appear

Thanks: I'll give that a try.

Apologies for the slow acknowledgement, but we've just been having another prolongued power cut because of violent storm force winds.
by David Ward
Fri Jan 28, 2022 10:22 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Changing the way part names appear
Replies: 2
Views: 656

Changing the way part names appear

I have a set of parts, created nine months ago, cueing, layout and all the rest complete, in which currently the names appear as I should wish on the first page of each part. Following my usual practice, I deleted the names which appear at the top of each subsequent page. However, I should now like ...
by David Ward
Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:57 am
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: Exporting Finale files to ePub format
Replies: 26
Views: 11330

Re: Exporting Finale files to ePub format

… … …I haven't checked this, but does that mean that Finale also does not embed fonts when exporting to pdf? personally, I don't care, never use the Finale pdf export, but still .... I don't know about Windows, but on a Mac Finale embeds fonts when exporting to PDF either via Preview or Finale Grap...
by David Ward
Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:41 pm
Forum: General Finale Help
Topic: MM & Colorado fire
Replies: 1
Views: 557

MM & Colorado fire

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