Finale® Primer: 2014 Edition
Mastering the Art of Music Notation with Finale
By Bill Purse
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This comprehensive reference manual unravels all the intricacies of Finale 2014, for Windows and Mac platforms. Finale Primer: 2014 Edition helps you set up, edit, reformat, and reorganize your notation into a musical masterpiece. This fully illustrated step-by-step guide offers exercises, projects, creative ideas, and power-user tips that will improve your speed and help you become a Finale expert. This book is indispensable whether you're arranging an existing piece of music or creating an original work.
This easy-to-use book includes:
* Cross-platform instructions for both Macintosh and Windows
* Tips to get the most out of Finale's powerful features such as HyperScribe, the Graphics Tool, and MusicScore Lite
* Special sections on creative applications of Finale
This easy-to-use book includes:
* Cross-platform instructions for both Macintosh and Windows
* Tips to get the most out of Finale's powerful features such as HyperScribe, the Graphics Tool, and MusicScore Lite
* Special sections on creative applications of Finale
Contents
| Title | |
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| About the Author | |
| Introduction | |
| Chapter 1-Getting Started: Finale Basics | |
| Document Setup Wizard | |
| Document Setup Wizard, Select Instrument(s) | |
| Document Setup Wizard, "Score Information" | |
| Document Setup Wizard, "Score Settings" | |
| How to Create a Pickup Measure | |
| Default Document | |
| Building Finale Navigational Skills | |
| Opening an Existing Document | |
| Finale Power Tools and Shortcuts | |
| The Message Bar / Status Bar | |
| Help and the Built-in Manual | |
| A Look at the Main Tool Palette | |
| Reconfiguring the Main Tool Palette | |
| Selecting Tools from the Palette | |
| Measure Control | |
| Viewing the Score | |
| Page View | |
| Scroll View | |
| Redrawing the Screen | |
| Scaling the View | |
| View Techniques | |
| Viewing Multiple Windows | |
| Cascade Windows | |
| Tile Windows | |
| Closing All Windows | |
| Saving Your Work | |
| Saving to Your Disk and to Other Locations | |
| Auto Save | |
| Saving as an Audio File | |
| Closing, Opening, and Quitting Files | |
| Open as Template | |
| Chapter 1 Summary | |
| Chapter 1 Projects | |
| Project 1-1 | |
| Project 1-2 | |
| Project 1-3 | |
| Project 1-4 | |
| Chapter 2-The Finale Toolbox and ScoreManager | |
| The Staff Tool | |
| Menu-Activated Staff Commands | |
| Staves | |
| Adding Staves | |
| Editing Staves | |
| Selecting Multiple Staves | |
| Edit Staff Attributes | |
| Behaviors and Items to Display Options | |
| Independent Elements | |
| ScoreManager | |
| Instrument List Dialog Box | |
| Instrument List Dialog Box | |
| Working with Staff Settings in the ScoreManager | |
| Transposing Instruments and Finale | |
| Transposing Instruments | |
| Choosing the Number of Staff Lines | |
| The Groups and Brackets Command | |
| Group and Staff Names | |
| Grouping Staves with the Staff Tool | |
| Editing Brackets | |
| Nested Brackets | |
| Removing and Deleting Brackets | |
| Edit Group Attributes | |
| Hiding Empty Staves | |
| Creating and Selecting Staff Sets | |
| Programming Staff Sets | |
| Selecting Staff Sets | |
| The Key Signature Tool | |
| Metatools | |
| The Time Signature Tool | |
| Setting the Time Signature | |
| Changing the Time Signature | |
| Working with Complex and Composite Time Signatures | |
| Programming a Time Signature Metatool | |
| Using a Time Signature Metatool | |
| The Measure Tool | |
| The Zoom Tool | |
| The Hand Grabber Tool | |
| How to Create Large Time Signatures | |
| Chapter 2 Summary | |
| Chapter 2 Projects | |
| Project 2-1 | |
| Project 2-6 | |
| Chapter 3-Simple Entry | |
| Creating a Single Staff Score | |
| Entering Notes | |
| Simple Menu Command and Simple Entry Options | |
| Simple Menu Options | |
| Simple Entry Options | |
| Erasing Notes | |
| Moving Notes | |
| Hiding Notes | |
| Flipping Stems | |
| Accidentals | |
| Scrolling | |
| Dotted and Tied Notes | |
| Using Keyboard Shortcuts for Note Entry | |
| Tool Shortcuts | |
| Mouse-Free Simple Entry Input | |
| Editing the Score | |
| Playing Back the Score | |
| Additional Playback Controls | |
| Simple Entry Rest Input | |
| Special Score Considerations | |
| Editing Triplets and Tuplets | |
| Accidentals | |
| Accidental Tools | |
| The Grace Note Tool | |
| Entering Chords | |
| Tied Notes | |
| Using The Repitch Tool | |
| Smart Shapes | |
| Alternate Meter and Note Beaming | |
| Alternate Notation | |
| For All Staff Measures in a Score | |
| For Partial Staff Measures in a Score | |
| Metatool Preassignments | |
| Creating a Pickup or Anacrusis Measure | |
| Chapter 3 Summary | |
| Chapter 3 Projects | |
| Project 3-1 | |
| Project 3-2 | |
| Project 3-3 | |
| Project 3-4 | |
| Project 3-5 | |
| Chapter 4-Speedy Entry | |
| Setting Up Speedy Entry | |
| Note Input | |
| Testing for MIDI Signal | |
| MIDI Input | |
| Triplets | |
| Correcting Mistakes | |
| Moving from Measure to Measure | |
| Using the Caps Lock Key with Speedy Entry | |
| Editing with the Speedy Entry Keypad | |
| Changing a Note's Duration | |
| Changing a Note's Pitch | |
| Deleting and Restoring a Note | |
| Creating Chords | |
| Entering Chord Notes | |
| Deleting Chord Notes | |
| Accidentals | |
| Entering Accidentals | |
| Enharmonic Spellings | |
| Hiding Accidentals and Courtesy Accidentals | |
| Inserting Notes or Rests | |
| Layering with Speedy Entry Input | |
| Selecting Display Colors | |
| Building a Single Staff Score with Speedy Entry | |
| Multiple Measure Copy | |
| Selecting Several Measures by Shift-Clicking | |
| Copying Music to Offscreen Targets | |
| Speedy Entry Shortcuts | |
| Adding Articulations | |
| Metatools Revisited | |
| Adding Dynamics | |
| Adding Smart Shapes | |
| Erasing Music | |
| Barlines | |
| Formatting Measures | |
| Adding Blank Measures at the End of a Document | |
| Removing Measures | |
| Measure Numbers | |
| Removing Measure Numbers from a Staff | |
| Moving a Measure Number | |
| Measure Repeat Signs | |
| The Repeat Tool | |
| Chapter 4 Summary | |
| Chapter 4 Projects | |
| Project 4-1A and 4-1B | |
| Project 4-2 | |
| Project 4-3 | |
| Project 4-4 | |
| Project 4-5 | |
| Composer's Corner | |
| Using the Key Signature Tool for Modal Variations | |
| Chapter 5-Creating a Lead Sheet | |
| Modifying Barlines | |
| Entering Lyrics into a Score | |
| Type into Score Lyric Entry | |
| Editing Lyrics | |
| Click Assignment Lyric Entry | |
| Editing Lyrics Shortcuts | |
| Click Assignment for Lyrics | |
| Adding Word Extensions | |
| Additional Lyric Menu Options | |
| Adjust Syllables | |
| Clone Lyric | |
| Shift Lyrics | |
| Contextual Menu Editing | |
| Chord Symbols and the Chord Tool | |
| Chord Symbol Entry Methods | |
| Preparing to Enter Chord Symbols | |
| MIDI Shortcuts | |
| One-Staff Analysis | |
| Chord Styles | |
| Two-Staff Analysis | |
| Moving and Deleting Chord Symbols | |
| Transposing Chord Symbols | |
| Copying Chords from One Region to Another | |
| Fretboard Diagrams | |
| Entering Fretboard Diagrams | |
| Removing Fretboard Diagrams | |
| Moving Fretboard Diagrams | |
| Add/Remove Capo Chords Dialog Box | |
| Final Touches on "Bill Bailey" | |
| The Text Tool | |
| The Page Layout Tool | |
| Chapter 5 Summary | |
| Chapter 5 Project | |
| The Composer's Corner | |
| Chapter 6-The Final Score | |
| 6-A Entering the Score: Bach Chorale | |
| Page Layout Tool and Printing | |
| Working with the Page Layout Tool | |
| Viewing the Layout | |
| Page Size | |
| Page Margins | |
| Staff Systems | |
| Hiding Staves | |
| Moving a Measure to a Different Line in Page View | |
| Insert Page Break and Delete Page Break | |
| Creating a Title | |
| Adding Text | |
| Creating Parts from a Score | |
| Extract Parts | |
| Percentage Tool | |
| Document > Edit Score, Edit Parts | |
| Printing Basics | |
| Creating a Landscape or Portrait Score | |
| Printing | |
| Chapter 6 Summary | |
| Chapter 6 Projects | |
| Chapter 6 Composer's Corner | |
| Parallel Universe Concept | |
| Chapter 7-Special Notation for Guitar and Percussion | |
| Special Guitar Notation | |
| Creating Guitar Tablature | |
| Creating Tablature | |
| Editing TAB with Simple Entry | |
| Editing TAB with the Selection Tool | |
| Creating Fingerings | |
| Using the Fretboard Editor with Finale | |
| Placing Chords and Fretboards into a Score | |
| Showing and Hiding Fretboards on Individual Chords | |
| To Remove All Fretboard Diagrams | |
| Chord Charts with Lyrics | |
| Working with Libraries | |
| Special Percussion Notation | |
| Drum Groove Plug-in | |
| Entering Percussion with Finale 2014 | |
| Adding a Syncopated Rhythm to a Drum Set Part | |
| Chapter 7 Guitar Summary | |
| Chapter 7 Guitar Projects | |
| Project 7-1 | |
| Project 7-2 | |
| Project 7-3 | |
| Chapter 7 Percussion Summary | |
| Chapter 7 Percussion Projects | |
| Project 7-4 | |
| Project 7-5 | |
| Project 7-6 | |
| Project 7-7 | |
| Composer's Corner | |
| Creating Dynamic Metronome Markings in a Score | |
| Creating a Metronome Marking after the Initial Measure | |
| Chapter 8-HyperScribe, SmartScore, Graphics Tool, and Plug-ins | |
| HyperScribe | |
| Transcribing with Music Split into Two Staves | |
| Using SmartScore Lite with Finale | |
| Scanning the Score | |
| OMR with SmartScore | |
| Exporting a Finale Selection to Text or Graphics Processors | |
| Special Finale Plug-in Primer | |
| Create Coda System Plug-in | |
| Score System Divider Plug-in | |
| Power User Tip | |
| Creating Tempo Markings That Work | |
| Global Staff Attributes Plug-in | |
| Chapter 8 Summary | |
| Chapter 8 Project | |
| Project 8-1 | |
| Composer's Corner | |
| Fit to Time | |
| Appendix A-Creating a New Finale Default File | |
| Appendix B-Using Special Notational Fonts | |
| Appendix C-Finale Journal Finale Journal | |
| Metatool Assignments and Staff Set Programing | |
| Metatool Assignments | |
| Staff Set Programming Instrument Views | |
| Appendix D-Finale Library Journal | |
| Finale Library Journal (library type and elements) Part 1 | |
| Finale Library Journal (library type and elements) Part 2 | |
| Bibliography for Further Study | |
| Additional Books on Finale | |
| Articles on Music Notation | |
| Books on Music Notation | |
| Books on Computers and Music Education | |
| Electronic Music and Music References | |
| Index |
Additional Information
| Author: | Bill Purse |
| Format: | Book |
| Page Count: | 296 |
| Item Number: | 00-42833 |
| ISBN 10: | 1-4706-1635-1 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-1-4706-1635-9 |
| UPC: | 038081485232 |
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