I was recently emailing back and forth with an accomplished Finale user; the sort of person who delights in figuring out how to use Finale to push the boundaries of music notation.
Finale Quick Tips: Grace Notes
Need to add a grace note? While it’s easy to select the Grace Note tool from the Simple Entry palette, it’s much faster to use a modifier key to quickly turn the Grace Note tool on or off.
Finale/SmartMusic combo means no cheese for Darien HS Orchestra
Last month the Finale Blog featured Jane Minnis. Jane had approached the MakeMusic booth at an MENC conference with questions about using Finale to scan music in order to create a SmartMusic accompaniment.
Finale, Gustavo Dudamel and Pedro Eustache (Part 2)
Last week Pedro Eustache began to describe his creative process in composing “Suite Concertante for World-Woodwinds & Orchestra,” which he planned to premier with acclaimed conductor Gustavo Dudamel in February 2009.
Finale Blog: How I fattened up my bass sound
Want to fatten up a bass guitar sound in Finale? My trick is to add a second bass staff with a different bass sound, copy the notes of the bass part to this second staff, and pan the two bass staves hard left and right.