COMMAND

 fin2hum -- converts a Finale enigma file (.etf) into a Humdrum file

SYNOPSIS

 fin2hum inputfile [ > outputfile]

DESCRIPTION

 The fin2hum command provides the means for the user to process a Finale enigma file with Humdrum tools by converting the Finale file into a humdrum file. The fin2hum command accepts a Finale engima file as input and outputs a file with the same musical data represented in the humdrum format. The enigma format is an ASCII-based file format developed by CodaMusic Technology, developer of Finale, which allows finale data to be read by both Macs and PCs.

As of April 2000, fin2hum is able to convert Finale's musical data into the following Humdrum representations or interpretations:

1. **kern representation fin2hum supports most kern signifiers, including:

0, 1, 2, 4, ... 128, '.', note duration -, # accdientals a-g, A-g, r pitches ' z ^ ; ~ , ` : W M S u v q articulations and ornaments J, L beaming [ ] - tie ( ) slur { } phrase /, \\ stemming * Supported kern signifiers

2. Humdrum's barline scheme Hum2fin recognizes the following barline signifiers: ==|!, ==:!|, ==:|!, ==, =!, =", =-, =', = and = with measure number.

3. Tandem interpretations Hum2fin supports the following tandem interpretations: clefs, key signature, key, time signature, and instrument.

Recall that Humdrum representation are organized aas though the notated score has been rotated clockwise 90 degrees. This means that the upper-most part is typically represented by the right-most spine. The fin2hum command places the lowest Finale staff in the left-most spine, with subsequent staffs placed consecutively to the right.

SEE ALSO

 hum2fin (4), ms (4)

FILES

 fin2hum (shell script), fin2hum.exe (compiled C++ executable), artic.txt, barline.txt, dynam.txt

(The fin2hum script is the main program. It first calls the fin2hum.exe program. The fin2hum.exe executable reads the enigma file and outputs temporary files that consist of one spine each. The fin2hum script then takes the temporary spine files and assembles them into one standard Humdrum file.)

LIMITS

 fin2hum adds natural signs according to standard orthographic rules, which is to place a natural sign for a note that had an accidental before in the SAME measure. However, in **kern, this rule does not apply. **Kern expects a natural sign when the first note of the same pitch appears without an accidental, regardless of whether the two notes are in the same measure.

PORTABILITY

 Linux, and MSDOS with MKSToolkit. The Humdrum Toolkit needs to be installed in the system also.

ERRORS

 Error reading files fin2hum has error messages when there are errors with reading input and output files. fin2hum also requires the files "barline.txt", "artic.txt" for outputting the humdrum file; if there are problems reading these files, error messages are issued.

Errors with Timebase, Assemble commands In the fin2hum script, the humdrum tools "timebase" and "assemble" are used. Therefore make sure that you have installed the Humdrum Toolkit in your system and also have the above tools installed.

AUTHORSHIP

 The original translation program was written by Robert Gjerdingen in the awk programming language. The program was re-written and extended by Po-yan Tsang in C++.