Like so many musicians, Shawn Persinger, a.k.a. Prester John wears many hats and is incredibly prolific. He’s a performing and recording guitarist, a composer, a music educator, and a published author.
Finale Tip: Adding Space at the Beginning of a Measure
Recently, our friend Adam Perlmutter asked a question about the Finale file seen above:
“Is it possible to globally adjust the chords with arpeggio lines on beat 1, so that they don’t crash with the left barline?
Finale Spotlight on Adam Perlmutter’s String Instrument Notation
Adam Perlmutter is a freelance contributing editor at Stringletter, publishers of Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar, Strings, Ukulele and Drum magazines.
Finale Spotlight on Ashkan Mashhour, author of Guitar Fingers
Guitar Fingers: Essential Technique in Pictures is an ingenious new guitar book that analyzes the mechanics of left and right hand technique with the aid of more than 250 photos and diagrams and over 200 exercises, all notated with Finale.
PrintMusic, Always in the Shadow of Finale
I have two boys, aged seven and four. The seven-year-old is a good athlete and student, and I can see how his successes will continue to put pressure on his little brother.