General Templates
In your Finale folder, you’ll find a folder called Templates. In this folder you’ll find nearly fifty blank Finale documents, each with staves in a particular instrumental configuration. These templates can save you time—just open a copy of a score setup you need, and start entering the music. To open a template, choose File, New, then Document from Template.
When you open a template, Finale prompts you to customize your new document with the last two pages of the Setup Wizard (if Display Setup Wizard When Opening a Template is checked in Program Options-New).
These templates have the “.FTM” extension, which means that they will appear as “untitled” files when you open them. Choose New from Template from the File Menu. Any template files in the current folder will appear in the list. Double-click the template you want to use.
To open a template and create an untitled copy of one of these templates (thus preserving the blank template itself for later use), choose File, New, then Document from Template. Double-click the name of the desired template; Finale will open an untitled copy.
Each of these templates, like the Maestro Font Default file, has a selection of libraries already loaded. These include the Chord Suffix, Articulations, Shape Expressions, Text Expressions, Text Repeats, Allotments (medium), Quarter Tone, and Executable Shapes libraries. Each has also been defined to have sequential measure numbers, page numbers, and a sample title. Staves for the transposing instruments (e.g., clarinets, horns) have been set up to transpose automatically (see Transposing instruments). The templates are titled as follows:
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Template title |
System setup |
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Lead Sheet.FTM |
One staff |
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Lead Sheet (Jazz Font).FTM |
One staff, uses Jazz Font |
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Lyrics and Chords.FTM |
Single one-line staff with rests. Lyrics and chords Staff Style |
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Piano Grand Staff.FTM |
Two staves (piano staff) |
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Big Note Bells.FTM |
One staff (enlarged), landscape orientation |
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Instrumental Solo.FTM |
Three staves (piano and a reduced-size solo staff) |
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Rhythm Section Generator |
One Staff, 100 measures, slash notation |
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Template title |
System setup |
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Small Concert Band.FTM |
Nine staves |
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Full Concert Band.FTM |
26 staves |
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Wind Ensemble.FTM |
25 staves |
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Marching Band.FTM |
21 staves, landscape orientation |
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Jazz Band.FTM |
18 staves, landscape orientation |
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Jazz Band (Jazz Font).FTM |
18 staves, landscape orientation, uses Jazz font |
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Woodwind Trio.FTM |
Three staves (Flute, Oboe, Bassoon) |
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Woodwind Quintet.FTM |
Five staves (standard woodwind quintet) |
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Woodwind Choir.FTM |
12 staves |
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Saxophone Quartet.FTM |
4 staves |
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Brass Trio.FTM |
Three staves (Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn) |
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Brass Quintet.FTM |
Five staves (standard brass quintet formation) |
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Brass Choir.FTM |
12 staves |
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Brass Band.FTM |
19 staves (British brass band) |
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Drum Corps.FTM |
7 staves |
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Template title |
System setup |
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String Trio.FTM |
Three staves (standard string trio) |
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String Quartet.FTM |
Four staves (standard string quartet) |
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String Orchestra.FTM |
Five staves |
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String Orchestra with Piano.FTM |
Seven staves |
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Chamber Orchestra.FTM |
20 staves |
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Full Orchestra.FTM |
27 staves |
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Template title |
System setup |
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Barbershop Female.FTM |
Two staves (Sopr, Lead, Alto, Alto) |
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Barbershop Male.FTM |
Two staves (Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass) |
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Vocal Solo with Piano.FTM |
Three staves (piano and vocal) |
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Two Part with Piano.FTM |
Four staves |
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SSA with Piano.FTM |
Five staves (SSA plus Piano) |
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SAB with Piano.FTM |
Five staves (SAB plus Piano) |
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SATB (Four Staff) with Piano.FTM |
Six staves (SATB plus Piano) |
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SATB w Piano, Bass & Perc.FTM |
Eight Staves (SATB + 4) |
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TTBB w Piano.FTM |
Six staves (TTBB plus Piano) |
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SATB (Two Staff) with Piano.FTM |
Four staves (SA on Treble, TB on Bass, plus Piano) |
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Template title |
System setup |
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Church Orchestra.FTM |
19 staves |
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Handbells.FTM |
One staff |
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Hymnal.FTM |
Two staves |
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Piano & Organ.FTM |
Five staves (2 + 3) |
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Shape Note Hymnal.FTM |
Two staves with note shapes |
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Template title |
System setup |
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2-Measure Examples.FTM |
Two staves, five systems moved to right side of page - Space for questions on left |
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4-Measure Examples.FTM |
Two Staves, four systems |
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Boomwhackers-R Tubes Grand Staff.FTM |
Grand Staff with colored noteheads for Boomwhackers® Percussion Tubes / Chroma-Notes™ Instruments |
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Boomwhackers-R Tubes Treble Staff.FTM |
Treble clef staff with colored noteheads for Boomwhackers® Percussion Tubes / Chroma-Notes™ Instruments |
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Full System, No Barlines.FTM |
Eight systems - One measure per system, no barlines |
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Blank Manuscript.FTM |
Eight systems - One measure per system, no barlines or clefs |
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Auto-Stick Notation.FTM |
One staff for Stick notation |
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Kodály 1.FTM |
Two staves - One for solfège, one for Stick notation |
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Kodály 2.FTM |
One Staff for Stick and/or solfège notation |
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Worksheet Example.MUS |
Examples and procedures for creating worksheets |
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Template title |
System setup |
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House Style 1.FTM |
Single TAB Staff w/time signature |
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House Style 2.FTM |
Standard 5-line staff over TAB (large TAB clef) |
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House Style 3.FTM |
Standard 5-line staff over TAB (small TAB clef) |
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Lute - French-English.FTM |
Single TAB staff, lute tuning with letters |
