Playback
You’re about to discover that your folk
song masterpiece, “Oh, Susannah,” not only looks good—it sounds good,
too.
It doesn’t matter which tool is currently
selected.
- From
the Window menu, choose Playback Controls (if they’re not already on the
screen). The Playback Controls appear. On Windows, the Playback
Controls are docked at the top of the screen.
On the Macintosh, the Playback Controls are
a floating palette, shown below:
- Click
the Play button . If your MIDI system is hooked
up properly, you’ll hear Finale play the song. To stop playback, click
either Pause 0 or Stop 8.
If you don’t hear anything, consult Installation
for Windows or Installation
for Mac for information on setting up your MIDI system.
- On
Mac, hide the Playback Controls by clicking on the Window menu, then select
Playback Controls so that the check mark disappears. This step
is not required on Windows.
As you’re about to find out, you don’t have
to use the Playback Controls to play back your score:
- Windows
Users: While pressing the spacebar, click any measure. Mac users: hold
down Shift, press the Space bar and click any measure. Once again,
Finale plays back your score, this time beginning with the measure you
clicked. Click anywhere on the screen to pause. Of course, this is only
the tip of the playback iceberg. Try this fun—but useful—feature:
- While
pressing (Mac: ) and the Space bar, drag
the cursor back and forth across the notes in the score. This “scrubbing”
playback feature lets you spot-check any part of the score—a useful feature
when, for example, you’re entering lyrics and want to confirm your place
in the music.
You can play any Finale document using either
this “Space bar-click” method or the Playback Controls.
More playback features will be discussed in
Tutorial 6: Playback.
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