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Post by jdpmus » Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:06 pm

Does anyone know of a bowing plugin for Finale?


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Post by zuill » Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:32 pm

What would the bowing plugin do? I'm guessing that there are so many bowing possibilities that with a plugin, it would be nearly impossible for it to guess as to what would be wanted. I don't know of such a plugin, but that might be because the task seems un-doable.

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Post by N Grossingink » Sat Sep 29, 2018 3:56 pm

jdpmus wrote:Does anyone know of a bowing plugin for Finale?
Yes—it's that bump between your shoulders.

If this is for professionals, bowing is rarely needed. They'll do it themselves. If you want a specific bowing pattern that might be a little different than the norm, just indicate it.

Publishers that do educational music often bow the string parts fairly liberally. It might be worth studying some of these. After a while, you'll get the hang of bowing for younger players—it usually makes common sense. Alfred Music has entire sample scores on their website in PDF format.

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Post by OCTO » Mon Oct 01, 2018 8:44 am

Perhaps the person is one who creates educational material for beginners; only there I see need for that.
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