My friend Larry had a Finale question the other day. When he entered the following combination of sixteenth notes and rests, Finale gave him this:

But Larry didn’t want that.
My friend Larry had a Finale question the other day. When he entered the following combination of sixteenth notes and rests, Finale gave him this:

But Larry didn’t want that.

To continue my series of blog posts highlighting the Garritan sample libraries, today I will introduce the perfect library for concert band and marching band composers and arrangers.

Finale Product Specialist Tom Johnson receives “The Music & Sound Award for Best Music Software/Multimedia,”
on behalf of Finale 2011, from Brian Berk, editor of The Music & Sound Retailer.
Last summer I published a blog post titled “Life Before Finale,” in which I featured a device called the MusicWriter, which was essentially a typewriter capable of creating musical symbols.

Sometimes I get in a rut, in part because I’m often short on time. There may be a better way to do this or that, but either because I feel I don’t have time to learn something new, or I’m simply set in my ways, I often stay the old course.