
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.

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.

I’ve recently discovered a few YouTube videos that make great use of music notation. I’d like to propose that the Finale blog should present its own award for the “Best Use of Music Notation in a YouTube Video,” or, at the very least, we should share some links to the best notation-related videos.
While Finale’s ability to create anything on the printed page is well-known, I frequently surprise folks with the flexibility of Finale’s playback.

Mark Adler is the music editing and engraving supervisor at MakeMusic.
A seasoned professional trumpet player, Mark received a BM in trumpet performance at the Manhattan School of Music, and taught trumpet privately for 25 years.
When you create a new Finale file using Finale’s Setup Wizard, and add text items like titles and composer names, they appear in your score as text inserts.