BUILDING SUCCESSFUL FINALE CHOPS - MakeMusic

Chapter 13 - TEMPOTAP (Tutorial)
Adding a ritardando, accelerando and other nuances to your playback.
Chapter 14 - USING FINALE 2012 TO CREATE SMARTMUSIC FILES (Tutorial)
Use Finale to create your own SmartMusic practice and assessment files:
ASSESSMENT FILE- Single instrument/voice part on screen showing red and green notes
ENSEMBLE FILE- Accompaniment that allows you to play or mute selected instruments
SOLO FILE-Accompaniment for solo instrument/voice (‘Follow Me’ feature optional)
Chapter 15 - HYPERSCRIBE (REAL TIME) NOTE ENTRY (Tutorial)
Use the Hyperscribe Tool and a MIDI keyboard to play in the notes to a metronome beat. Copy notes to other staves as needed. Use the Simple Entry Tool to
make minor edits. Use Metatools to add markings and dynamics. Format your score, view and print parts.
Chapter 16 - LAYERS AND CROSS STAFF BEAMING (Tutorial)
Use the Simple Entry or Hyperscribe Tool to enter notes in Layers 1 and 2. Enter a pickup note, triplet, long slur phrases, cross staff beaming, mid-staff clef
changes, markings, hide notes/rests and format your score.
Chapter 17 - PERCUSSION NOTATION (Tutorial)
Use Simple Entry to enter unpitched percussion notes that have the correct notehead look and playback sounds. Other topics include layers, copying a percussion
measure multiple times, changing a percussion staff name, freezing stems, adding roll markings, articulations, dynamics and tips for faster roll playback.
Chapter 18 - IMPORTING / EXPORTING GRAPHICS (Tutorial)
Export a region of music or an entire page of music from Finale into a text document. Import a graphic into a Finale document.
Chapter 19 - LEAD SHEET (Tutorial)
Open a Lead Sheet Template, enter notes, type in lyrics and chords, change lyric size, add slash notation, copy chords, add repeats and rehearsal letters, create a
Coda, format your score.
Chapter 20 - GUITAR MUSIC (Tutorial)
Set up a guitar score, create instant tablature, add chords, fretboards, strum markings, create/edit chord voicings and fretboard diagrams. Learn how to copy
chords, add capo chords, guitar bends, slash or rhythmic notation. View options for setting up scores for other plucked string instruments.
Chapter 21 - RECORDING, IMPORTING AND EXPORTING AUDIO (Tutorial)
Add a live vocal or instrumental performance to a Finale document. Use TempoTap to line up your recording with your notation. Import an external audio file
(.mp3, .wav or .aiff) into your document. Export any Finale document as an audio file to email or use on your mobile device (.mp3) or burn to a CD (.wav or .aiff).
Chapter 22 - CREATING A WORKSHEET (Tutorial)
Learn how to create and customize your own worksheets.
Chapter 23 - IMPORTING/EXPORTING MIDI FILES (Tutorial)
Import MIDI files into Finale and transcribe them to notation. Export your Finale file as a MIDI file to open in other music software programs.
Chapter 24 - AUTO-ARRANGING PLUG-INS (Tutorial)
Learn how to use Finale’s auto-arranging plug-ins to enhance your scores:
BAND-IN-A-BOX AUTO-HARMONIZER-Harmonize a melody for up to 6 parts
DRUM GROOVE- Add a single staff percussion part to your score
LATIN PERCUSSION- Add Latin percussion (multiple staves) to your score
Chapter 25 - MORE LYRICS, LAYERS AND LAYOUT (Tutorial)
Convert an open score to a closed score format, hide empty staves, type or click in lyrics, move and shift lyrics, edit word extensions, respace staves and page
layout using numbers.
Chapter 26 - FINALE 2012 MUSIC EDUCATION FEATURES
A summary of Finale’s educator features.
Chapter 27 - FINALE 2012 FILE SHARING
Sharing your music via other Finale family products (PrintMusic, SongWriter, NotePad, SongBook and SmartMusic), importing Sibelius files,
importing/exporting MusicXML, audio, MIDI and PDF files.
Chapter 28 - FINALE SUPPORT
Finale help resources and website.