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.
Finale, Pedro Eustache, and Gustavo Dudamel
MakeMusic’s Tom Johnson with Pedro Eustache. Tom explains:
“Pedro is an incredible musician.
Finale, Document Styles, and Never Making that Edit Again
In a recent blog, Justin shared some great tips regarding the Score Name insert in Finale. In short, if you’d like to change the text “Score,” which appears in the upper left corner of your score, to something else (or simply make it go
away
), you should go to File > File Info and edit the Score Name Insert text.
Finale QuickTips: Reorder Staves
“Reorder Staves” is one of several less-heralded but immensely helpful new features in Finale 2011. In previous versions of Finale, reordering staves involved dragging the staff to a new location, then using the Respace Staves feature to return the staves to proper spacing.
Finale Blog: If It Ain’t Broke…
Being a practical guy, I generally agree with the philosophy of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” However, I make exceptions.