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Finale 2014 Essential Training

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Overview

Learn how to use Finale and its rich features for notating lead sheets, compositions, scores, and musical arrangements.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Using Finale for notation, scoring, and more
  • About the exercise files
1. Hardware and Software Setup
  • MIDI and audio setup
2. Getting Started
  • Opening and importing files
  • Finale window overview
  • Navigating Finale scores
  • The Finale setup wizard
  • Using score templates
3. Creating Lead Sheets and Simple Documents
  • Entering and editing notes using a mouse
  • Entering and editing notes using a computer keyboard
  • Entering ties and accidentals
  • Selecting, copying, and pasting notes
  • Transposing notes
  • Measure attributes and music spacing
  • Adding lyrics
  • Adding chord symbols
  • Formatting chord symbols
  • Formatting and printing lead sheets
4. Notating Music on a Grand Staff
  • Simple entry using a MIDI keyboard
  • Entering triplets (tuplets)
  • Entering advanced tuplets
  • Mid-score time, key, and clef changes
  • Working with measure attributes
  • Ties, grace notes, and modifying note display
  • Adding repeats
  • Expressions
  • Slurs, crescendos, and smart shapes
5. Notating Choral and Other Polyphonic Music
  • Layer basics
  • Click-assigning lyrics
  • Format and align lyrics
  • Text basics in Finale
6. Recording Real-Time Notation and Finale Playback
  • Hyperscribe entry
  • Using the Repitch tool
  • Finale playback basics
  • Selecting instrument sounds
7. Working with Scores: Part 1
  • Adding and deleting staves
  • Working with articulations
  • Creating Metatools for articulations and expressions
  • Adding expressions and articulations in simple entry
  • Creating and modifying expressions
  • Score formatting: Size and spacing
  • Score formatting: Expressions and Smart Shapes
  • Score formatting: Measure numbers
  • Formatting parts
  • Printing scores and parts
8. Working with Scores: Part 2
  • Drumset parts I
  • Drumset parts II
  • Staff styles and rhythm section parts
  • Adding expressions to multiple parts
  • Copy and paste articulations and expressions
  • Changing instruments
9. Exporting Files from Finale
  • Exporting graphics
  • Exporting MIDI, XML files, and audio files
  • Export PDF and ePub files
  • Finale Share
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Rick Schmunk

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