Mark Adler is the music editing and engraving supervisor at MakeMusic.
A seasoned professional trumpet player, Mark received a BM in trumpet performance at the Manhattan School of Music, and taught trumpet privately for 25 years.
Finale Blog: Editing Score Information
When you create a new Finale file using Finale’s Setup Wizard, and add text items like titles and composer names, they appear in your score as text inserts.
Finale Spotlight on writer, editor, and composer Jonathan Feist
Jonathan Feist is a writer, editor, and composer who works by day as the managing editor of Berklee Press and as a Finale instructor at the Berklee College of Music’s online school, Berkleemusic.com.
The Finale Mallets Font
Finale 2011 included three new music fonts. While previous blogs have briefly touched upon the Finale AlphaNotes and Finale Percussion fonts, this week I’d like to focus on the Finale Mallets font.
Finale Quick Tips: Custom SmartShapes
Looking to use a different trill than the default shape offered on the SmartShape palette?
Press Ctrl (Win) or Option (Mac) then click on the Custom Line Tool (it looks like a question mark) to open the Smart Line Selection dialog box:
Select one of the presets, or click Create to make your own!