Last November, the Finale blog highlighted pianist Cliff Habian.
This past summer Cliff refined his arrangement of the Stars and Stripes Forever as part of his annual 4th of July celebrations.
Using Band-in-a-Box to Create a Big Band Rhythm Section in Finale
By day, I am a test engineer on the Finale development team. Outside of “work” hours, my focus is on big band jazz.
Unearthing Hidden Treasure in Finale
Finale includes a vast collection of music education worksheets and repertoire. To find it, go to Finale’s File menu and choose Open Worksheets & Repertoire…
If you’re not a music educator, you might just ignore the whole collection.
Playback in Finale
One question that new Finale users frequently ask is; “Why does my music always playback from the beginning of the piece?” In this post, we’ll show you how to control where playback begins, give you a quicker way to playback any measure you wish, and share a new trick to quickly navigate to any measure.
Don’t Drop the Ball When Printing Your Music
If you take pride in the quality of your music notation, then print it on cheap typing paper, you’re dropping the ball a few feet from the goal.