
I recently asked readers of MakeMusic’s Finale forums to indicate what they’d like to see in future Finale blog posts.

I recently asked readers of MakeMusic’s Finale forums to indicate what they’d like to see in future Finale blog posts.
My last blog discussed how you can use quantization to speed up note entry and reduce subsequent editing. Today I offer another tip to help clean up any music entered in real-time – whether you’re playing notes directly into Finale or importing MIDI files.
When I’m composing and inspiration strikes, I move fast, and don’t even think about how things look. Sometimes the results of such a session might sound great but look like this:

Finale allows for intricate placement of Expressions and SmartShapes.