Finale Score 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
- From the File menu, choose New > Document from Template.
- Open the folder including the template you would like to use.
- Double-click the desired 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:
General Templates
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Template title
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System setup
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Lead Sheet.FTM
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One staff
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Lead Sheet (Handwritten Font).FTM
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One staff, uses Broadway Copyist Font
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Lyrics and Chords.FTM
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Single one-line staff with rests. Lyrics and chords Staff
Style
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Band Templates
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Template title
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System setup
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Small Concert Band.FTM
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Nine staves
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Full Concert Band.FTM
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26 staves
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Wind Ensemble.FTM
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25 staves
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Marching Band.FTM
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21 staves, landscape orientation
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Jazz Band.FTM
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18 staves, landscape orientation
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Jazz Band (Handwritten Font).FTM
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18 staves, landscape orientation, uses Broadway Copyist font
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Brass Band.FTM
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19 staves (British brass band)
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Drum Corps.FTM
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7 staves
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Orchestral Templates
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Template title
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System setup
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String Orchestra.FTM
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Five staves
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String Orchestra with Piano.FTM
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Seven staves
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Chamber Orchestra.FTM
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20 staves
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Full Orchestra.FTM
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27 staves
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Choral Templates
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Template title
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System setup
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Barbershop Female.FTM
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Two staves (Sopr, Lead, Alto, Alto)
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Barbershop Male.FTM
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Two staves (Tenor, Lead, Bari, Bass)
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SSA with Piano.FTM
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Five staves (SSA plus Piano)
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SATB (Four Staff) with Piano.FTM
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Six staves (SATB plus Piano)
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SATB w Perc.FTM
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Eight Staves (SATB + 4)
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TTBB w Piano.FTM
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Six staves (TTBB plus Piano)
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SATB (Two Staff) with Piano.FTM
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Four staves (SA on Treble, TB on Bass, plus Piano)
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Church Templates
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Template title
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System setup
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Handbells.FTM
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One staff
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Hymnal.FTM
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Two staves
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Shape Note Hymnal.FTM
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Two staves with note shapes
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Education Templates
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Template title
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System setup
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2-Measure Examples.FTM
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Two staves, five systems moved to right side of page
- Space for questions on left
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4-Measure Examples.FTM
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Two Staves, four systems
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Boomwhackers-R Tubes Grand Staff.FTM
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Grand Staff with colored noteheads for Boomwhackers®
Percussion Tubes / Chroma-Notes™ Instruments
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Boomwhackers-R Tubes Treble Staff.FTM
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Treble clef staff with colored noteheads for Boomwhackers®
Percussion Tubes / Chroma-Notes™ Instruments
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Full System, No Barlines.FTM
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Eight systems - One measure per system, no barlines
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Blank Manuscript.FTM
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Eight systems - One measure per system, no barlines or
clefs
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Worksheet Example.MUS
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Examples and procedures for creating worksheets
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Flashcard.MUS
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Pitch names and staff positions.
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Guitar Templates
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Template title
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System setup
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House Style 1.FTM
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Single TAB Staff w/time signature
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House Style 2.FTM
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Standard 5-line staff over TAB (large TAB clef)
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House Style 3.FTM
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Standard 5-line staff over TAB (small TAB clef)
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Lute - French-English.FTM
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Single TAB staff, lute tuning with letters
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Dixiland Combo.FTM
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Six staves w/ banjo TAB
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Guitar Quartet.FTM
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Four staves
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Horn Band.FTM
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9 staves w/ guitar and bass TAB
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Jazz Sextet.FTM
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7 staves w/ piano and perc.
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