Working with beginning music students? Would it help to add notenames to the noteheads in an example like this?
Working with beginning music students? Would it help to add notenames to the noteheads in an example like this?

Photo by Stephen Poff
JACK Quartet electrifies audiences worldwide with “explosive virtuosity” (Boston Globe) and “viscerally exciting performances” (The New York Times).
Before Finale 2012, changing instruments mid-score was a bit of a process. For example, if I wanted a saxophonist to switch to a flute halfway through a piece, I had to add a Staff Style for the notation to appear correctly, and an Expression to make playback work right.
I have two boys, aged 6 and 2. When they know a secret, like what their brother’s getting for his birthday, it’s painful for them not to tell.
Last week we hinted that a Finale release might be right around the corner. This week I thought I’d share a great TED Talk in which magician David Blaine talks about holding your breath.