Chords
Building chords is a snap with Simple Entry.
To add notes with the mouse, just select the same duration icon as the
note already entered, then move the cursor above or below a note. Notice
vertical lines appear above and below the note as shown to the right.
This indicator tells you that a click will add a note to the chord. While
entering with the Simple Entry Caret, simply press the number that corresponds
to the interval above or below the selected note to add it to the chord.
Let’s try entering and adding chords to the left hand.
- Click
the Selection Tool . First, we’ll clear a measure to use for this
example.
- Click
and drag over measures 7 and 8 in the bottom staff so they are highlighted,
and then press (Mac:
).
- Click
the Simple Entry Tool ,
and double-click the Quarter Note Tool 5.
- In measure
7, click on the A (top line) in the left hand.
- Move
the cursor down a third to the F line and click. Now, click the middle
line D. A chord with D, F, and A are added to the measure.
- Press
to activate the caret. The caret appears.
- Type
D to enter a D on beat 2. Now, you can type an interval to add
additional notes in a chord.
- Type
4 on the number row above the QWERTY keyboard. Finale adds a note
of the same duration a fourth above the D (G). Notice the G is now selected.
To add another note a third above G, you would type 3. You can also add
notes to a chord using note names.
- Hold
down and press E. Finale places an E in the chord.
Note holding down
and pressing 3 would have also added the E. Finale automatically moves
the D notehead, as an interval of a second, to the left of the stem. Now,
the caret should appear at the beginning of measure 8 on the bottom staff.
- If you are
using a MIDI device, play the triad D3, F3, and A3 simultaneously to enter
the next chord, then play C3, F3, and A3 to finish the measure.
You can play up to 12 notes at once to add a chord.
While entering chords, hold down and type an interval to
add notes lower than the selected pitch.
- If
you are not using a MIDI device, type the following (use the number row
for numbers): D, 3, 3. Then C, 4, and 3 to complete the measure.
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