Finale

by Rudolph, Thomas E.; Leonard, Vincent A., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780634016660
• ISBN10: 0634016660
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Berklee Pr Pubns

Summary

Master Finale step-by-step with this indispensible 776-page book, the most complete how-to guide available for this popular music notation software. Designed for both novice and experienced users, this detailed resource will help musicians fully understand and apply all of Finale's remarkable capabilities. Easy-to-follow instructions help you to: create publisher-quality music notation; get started with hundreds of professional templates, partially completed notation files and fonts; print transposed parts from scores automatically; and write standard notation, guitar tab, drum set parts and more. The accompanying CD-ROM contains: tutorial files in both Mac and Windows format for each of the hundreds of exercises in the book; libraries of articulations and dynamics; General MIDI instrument libraries; and many professional templates. Loaded with helpful illustrations and screen shots throughout.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Introduction	vii
Section 1: Single Staff Parts
Getting Started	1	(22)
Single Line Staff--``Aura Lee''	23	(20)
Single Staff-``America''	43	(26)
Single Staff--``Amazing Grace''	69	(24)
Single Staff with Lyrics--``Three Blind Mice''	93	(24)
Single Staff Instrumental Part--``Trumpet Voluntary''	117	(36)
Single Staff Instrumental Part--``Prayer from Moses''	153	(24)
Real-Time Note Entry: HyperScribe	177	(32)
Section 2: Multiple Stave Parts and Scores
Two-Stave Piano Part--``Musette in D''	209	(28)
Small Ensemble Score--``The Entertainer''	237	(60)
Choral Score with Percussion--``Simple Gifts''	297	(48)
The Art of the Piano Part--Fugue 16 in G minor	345	(68)
Building and Customizing the Perfect Template	413	(48)
Gathered Rests, Part Extraction, and Other Painful Dental Procedures	461	(44)
The Rhythm Section--``Blues for a Hiccup''	505	(62)
Instrumental Score--Petrushka Excerpt	567	(90)
Section 3: Getting the Most of Finale
MIDI	657	(18)
Importing and Exporting	675	(24)
Music Education Applications	699	(12)
Finale Support	711	(8)
CD-ROM Guide	719	(28)
Authors' biographies	747	(1)
Index	748