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Warren Sirota; No problem opening the tab In Finale Guitar. Also in Finale scores can be saved as tiff files which could be converted (any graphics program) to jpeg for easy email attachment. I also did not have any problem opening the sound file - it just fired up in Quicktime. - Paul On Dec 27, 2005, at 8:05 AM, Warren Sirota wrote: > Todd, you make compelling points. I will happily make a PDF of the > score > today (in fact, that's what I should have done to start. I just wasn't > thinking) and post it along with an MP3. I had thought that the > RealAudio > would be a universal format, but you've corrected me on that. Thanks > for the > pointers. Finale outputs MusicXML, so it should be transferable, but I > can > always print to a PDF driver to make the file. (I've never used > MusicXML - I > hope it includes all the info that would be in a tab file. Does anyone > have > a any experience with it? It seems like a good concept, on the face of > it. > But you'd need a pretty insanely complicated XSL file to format it > into a > PDF, wouldn't you?) > > I am a big fan of free sw, btw. Who isn't? When I started learning > Finale > there were no viable alternatives, free or otherwise, and it's just > been > easiest to stay on that horse once I finally tamed the beast (isn't > that > what Finale stands for? It's Latin or something for "Finally... I > figured > out how to get rid of the measure numbers!" :-) ). > > Best wishes, > Warren Sirota > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Todd Pafford [mailto:calenlas@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 1:13 AM >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Subject: Re: Ramble In The Bramble for solo looped (classical) guitar >> >> >> Warren, >> >> Any chance of us seeing a PDF or PS of that score? I'd love >> to give it a whirl, but using Linux, Finale is a no go for >> me. Heck, I can't even hear the audo clip because I don't >> have (or want) Real Media. >> >> I don't want to sound like a free software zealot, but man >> proprietary formats suck. If you want to pump out a really >> great score that anyone can read, check out >> <http://www.lilypond.org/web/>. Also, for lots of free >> scores (mostly classical, non-loop-related) check out >> <http://www.mutopiaproject.org/>. >> >> Anyway, I commend you for sharing and I wish we could all share more. >> I guess I'm just bummed I can't play too. :} >> >> Todd >> >> >> On 12/27/05, Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Nice! I'm not sure I qualify as "any guitar player", but >> I'll give >>>> it a shot. . . >>>> >>>> (Can "any guitar player" read a score?) >>> >>> Thanks, Art! >>> >>> I'm honored that you're going to give it a shot. I hope you >> enjoy it - >>> it's certainly fun to play for me. >>> >>> The score is in tab with stems, so calling it a "score" might be a >>> little more intimidating than it merits. (note: there are two grace >>> notes in there that Finale didn't put a little slash >> through - I think >>> it'll be clear enough when you play along, but if you're >> interested, >>> I'll also make a standard notation version of it). >>> >>> But I know there's nothing technically difficult in the >> piece. If any >>> of my little quirky moves don't come naturally to you, >> substitute some >>> of your own. >>> >>> Feel free to morph it for your own purposes. >>> >>> Happy playing, >>> Warren >>> >>> >> >