![]() Though, of course, some publishers and countries were quicker to embrace the change than others. The better the composer, the better the notation.Ī quick glance through my library of choral scores would suggest that beaming to the rhythm is already prevalent by the early/mid 1960s. Kurzweil Mark 5 with M-Audio Midisport 2 x 2, Adobe InDesign CS4 SmartScore X Pro, JW Plug-ins Mac mini (OS 10.8.5) with dual monitors, Finale 2014d (Finale 2011 as a backup) with GPO 4 It probably has less to do with ignorance and more to do with the more complex rhythms of 20th century music. I was doing it on orders from major publishers in the early 70's and it wasn't new then. The advent of notation software and arrangers who never learned how to write vocal music has made beamed vocal scores commonplace and singers have adapted for the most part.Īctually, "beaming" vocal parts goes back earlier than the 80's. MOTU Digital Performer 9.12, 9.02, Logic Pro X 10.2.4 FinaleMac/Content/Finale/Patterson_Beams_Plug_in.htmįinale 25, 2014.5, SmartScore X Pro II, Encore 5.07, GPO 5Ģ010 iMac i7, 32G RAM, 2T SSD, Late 2013 MacBook Air, OS 10.12 I never understood why Finale uses a plugin to accomplish what every other notation app can do in the Notes menu-but it does: ![]() I don't pay attention to this anymore since few complain about unbeamed vocal lines anymore-and no one listens anyway. I prefer to let Finale beam as normal and then break the beams on the vocal lines-or did. FinaleMac/Content/Finale/Beaming.htm#Preventing_Finale_from_beaming_automatically_Speedy_Entry_ You can set Finale so that it will not beam by default. The advent of notation software and arrangers who never learned how to write vocal music has made beamed vocal scores commonplace and singers have adapted for the most part. I know many older singers who find beamed scores difficult to read. Through the '80s and still practiced by many, the convention is to leave vocal lines unbeamed. "When all is said and done, more is said than done."įavorite Forum quote: "Please, everybody, IGNORE THE TROLL!" ![]() Mike so playing on the TS would make the stems on my 1/8 and 1/16 notes not to be connected? "As a musician, he's a damn fine woodworker." That's my system, and I'm stickin' to it. Simple Entry, QWERTY keyboard, numberpad. You can choose to have the TS displayed as 4/4, if that's what you want.īass with Choir of the Sound Volunteer copyist (The Gang of Twelve) for the Barbershop Harmony SocietyįINALE TIPS at Finale 2014.5 on El Capitan If you want them all separate, you would set the Time Signature to reflect that: 16/16, for example. Hey could you tell me how I can enter a sequence of 1/8 n notes without finale automatically grouping them? I want all the 1/8 and 1/16 notes to be shown individually on my score. MakeMusic Forum > Public Forums > Finale - Macintosh - FORUM HAS MOVED! > 1/8 Notes w/ grouping
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