Last year I wrote a blog post about the Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing feature in Finale. I entered a familiar swing melody and then used the feature to harmonize it into a five-voiced sax section.
Adding New Percussion Sounds to Old Finale Files
Last week I described how easy it has become to change percussion sounds with Finale 2010b. In addition to switching sounds, the same process can also be used to correct percussion playback problems in older Finale documents.
When I first began using Finale my focus was strictly on the printed page, not on playback.
The Power of Finale, Part 3: Changing Percussion Sounds
In the first and second parts of this percussion blog I highlighted some of the features added in Finale 2010 that greatly simplify percussion notation.
The Power of Finale, Part 2: Working with Percussion Sound Libraries
In my previous blog, we explored the ease of entering percussion parts in Finale 2010 using just the Simple Entry Tool.
The Power of Finale, Part 1: Simple Entry and Percussion
Finale has always offered great flexibility and control in its percussion notation. Finale 2010 made this power easy to use.