Guitar Fingers: Essential Technique in Pictures is an ingenious new guitar book that analyzes the mechanics of left and right hand technique with the aid of more than 250 photos and diagrams and over 200 exercises, all notated with Finale.
Re-gifting in July: Free Finale Music for Large Ensembles
Last November we again shared a collection of free Holiday-themed Finale titles. Included in the giveaway were three large ensemble pieces: “Housetop Hoedown” for beginner band, “Jingle Bells” for jazz band, and “A Christmas Canon” for string orchestra.
Jocelyn Hagen’s Finale Tip for Piano Writing
This week composer Jocelyn Hagen shares a tip with the Finale Blog. Here’s Jocelyn Hagen’s Finale tip for cross staff beaming:
“I’ve been using Finale for over 15 years and I still don’t think I have everything figured out with the program!
Finale 2014: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Since I’m new to this blog, let me introduce myself. My name is Michael Good, and I invented the MusicXML format for sharing digital sheet music.
Finale and SmartMusic in Sync
Yesterday a SmartMusic update was released that includes full support for accompaniments made with Finale 2014. Finale and SmartMusic are again in sync, so users of Finale 2014 can now save SmartMusic files directly.