Learn how to use Finale and its rich features for notating lead sheets, compositions, scores, and musical arrangements.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Using Finale for notation, scoring, and more
- About the exercise files
- MIDI and audio setup
- Opening and importing files
- Finale window overview
- Navigating Finale scores
- The Finale setup wizard
- Using score templates
- 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
- 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
- Layer basics
- Click-assigning lyrics
- Format and align lyrics
- Text basics in Finale
- Hyperscribe entry
- Using the Repitch tool
- Finale playback basics
- Selecting instrument sounds
- 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
- 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
- Exporting graphics
- Exporting MIDI, XML files, and audio files
- Export PDF and ePub files
- Finale Share
- Next steps
Taught by
Rick Schmunk