Finale | Music Notation Software That Lets You Create Your Way
No other music notation software offers Finale’s level of control, letting you decide both what and how you create. At every rehearsal, know that your score will sound great, your parts are ready, and you have clearly communicated your musical vision.
Finale Tutorials
In the following tutorials, you’ll learn how to start putting Finale to work right away. From starting the score, to entering music, to printing, and everything in between, we’ll cover all the basics you need to know to get up and running fast. These tutorials elaborate on the Finale Quick Reference Guide, which accompanied your Finale ...
Pedal markings - Finale
There are two ways to create pedaling indications in Finale. The easiest method is to place them in the score as Smart Shapes using the Custom Line Tool. If you only want to add pedaling to the playback of your piece (via MIDI), you may prefer to use the MIDI Tool.
Piano reductions - Finale
To create a piano reduction over a region Using Finale’s Imploding music feature, you can condense the musical material from several staves onto a single staff—or, in the case of a piano reduction, onto two staves.
3-staff Piano - Finale
A 3-staff piano includes three staves with a single bracket on each system. Finale does not include a 3-staff piano in its instrument database, but you can create one easily by following a few simple steps.
Piano reductions - Finale
Using Finale’s Implode Music feature, you can condense the musical material from several staves onto a single staff—or, in the case of a piano reduction, onto two staves. If the source staves contain several independent rhythms, Finale will do its best to sort them out, but you may still have to do some cleaning up afterward.
Tremolos - Finale
There are several ways to create a tremolo marking in Finale, depending on the effect you want to create. See also Easy Tremolos plug-in. To place a tremolo marking (, , or ) on a stem. You can place one of these markings on a note stem (for a string tremolo, for example) or above or below a …
Pedal markings - Finale
There are two ways to create pedaling indications in Finale. The easiest method is to place them in the score as Smart Shapes Curves and lines that expand and compress if a measure width changes. They also automatically separate if the shape needs to stretch across more than one staff system in Page View. using the Custom Line Tool.
Jocelyn Hagen's Finale Tip for Piano Writing
2014年7月25日 · Composer Jocelyn Hagen shares a tip with the Finale Blog. Jocelyn has the art of piano writing down to a science. Read Jocelyn's cross-staff beaming tip.
Setting up a MIDI Keyboard in Finale - Finale
2018年5月30日 · Setting up a MIDI keyboard or controller in Finale is easy. Since the release of Finale 2012, Finale has included a handy auto-detect feature that does most of the work for you. We’ve also provided a short video to walk you through the remaining steps.