The Finale 2008-2009 Tutorial DVD, by MusicWorks Interactive is a comprehensive video presentation developed for the beginner and the intermediate Finale Notation Software user. Finally, a comprehensive video tutorial is available for the world's most powerful notation software. The Finale Tutorial DVD will help you develop and refine your Finale skills. Perfect for teachers, students, composers, orchestrators and all musicians. From basic entry to advanced page layout, these videos offer a powerful way to learn. This is the first and only video tutorial produced for Finale software.

Finale Notation Software is used by musicians and professional publishing houses all over the world, due to its sheer power and output quality. But this power comes at a price--a huge learning curve. Even seasoned users don't often know the entire scope of the software. We hope this product changes that. The Finale Tutorial is produced to provide a start to finish guide on how to use the software. Score setup, note entry, mark entry, score layout--and much more. The tutorial shows you how to use Finale in a logical manner that will increase your skills and decrease the time necessary to achieve tasks.

The presentation is by author and composer Paul Gilreath. Paul has written music for feature films, television, video games and the concert stage and he is the author of the best selling book, The Guide to MIDI Orchestration. Paul presents the material in a relaxed, easy to understand manner.

The Finale Tutorial DVD includes 156 video presentations with a running time of almost 9 hours! And the tutorial runs directly from the DVD using a custom Flash player, so no installation is necessary on your computer. The videos are captured and produced in a large 960x600 format. This means that the videos did not have to be resized for production. The result is crystal clear videos and the screen captures will be the same size as your Finale software running on your system. The videos show live action screen captures as well as superimposed live video.

The videos are primarily produced using Finale 2008 but videos demonstrating the major 2009 enhancements are also provided, so this is a perfect product for both the 2008 user and anyone wanting to upgrade to Finale 2009. Whether you are using Finale professionally as a publlsher, orchestrator, composer, teacher, student, worship leader or even as a hobbyist, this tutorial will help you get the most out of Finale. And since other products in the Finale line such as Allegro, PrintMusic and Songwriter all implement various features from Finale, you can use the tutorial to learn features from these products as well.

Table of Contents

1-Intro
Introduction
Using the Custom Flash Player

2-Navigation
Windows vs Mac Shortcuts
Finale Terms
The User Interface
Tool Palettes
Navigating the Score
Zooming
Handgrabber

3-Setting Up a Score
The Launch Window
Document Setup Wizard
Using Document Templates
Adding and Deleting Staves
Other New Doc Items
Staff Attributes

4-Playback
Playback Control Window
GM and Garritan Sounds
Assigning GM Instruments
Assigning Garritan Instruments
Using Garritan and GM Sounds
Midscore Instrument Changes
Advanced Playback Settings
The Ambience Reverb
Human Playback Utility-Basic
Human Playback Plug-in
Advanced Human Playback-1
Advanced Human Playback-2
The Mixer
The MIDI Tool
2009 Enhancements-The Aria Player

5-Simple Entry
Entry Overview
Mouse Entry
Number Pad Entry
Computer Keyboard Entry
MIDI Keyboard Entry
Beams, Ties and Accidentals
Editing Pitches and Durations
Working with Chords
Articulations and Expressions
Voice Layers
Tuplets

6-Speedy Entry
Speedy Entry Intro
Computer Keyboard Entry
MIDI Keyboard Entry
The Insert Function
Beams, Ties and Accidentals
Changing Durations and Pitches
Adding Rests
Default vs. Real Whole Rests
Working with Chords
Voice Layers
Tuplets
The Speedy Menu
Durations on a MIDI Keyboard

7-HyperScribe Entry
HyperScribe Intro
Click and Recording Options
Quantization Settings
Entering Music
HyperScribe Options
More Quantization Settings
Tapping the Tempo
Using AudoDynamics
Recording Piano Music
Multitrack Recording
Use in a Multi-staff Score

8-Editing
Selecting
Copying and Pasting
Copying with Layers
Working with Measures
Measure Attributes
Clefs, Keys and Time Signatures
Transposition
More Staff Attributes
Staff Styles
Staff Groups and Brackets
Staff Sets
Using Repeats
DS al Coda
Adding Cue Notes
2009 Enhancement-Multi-page Editing

9-Articulations
Adding and Deleting Articulations
Articulation Metatools
Repositioning Articulations
Smartfind and Paint
Swapping Articulations
Changing Articulation Playback
Library Management

10-Expressions/Smartshapes
Adding and Deleting Expressions
Expressions on Selected Staves
Repositioning Expressions
Changing Expression Playback
Expression Contextual Menu
Creating New Expressions
Create Tempo Marking Plug-in
Expression Metatools
Intro to Smart Shapes
Editing Smart Shapes
Editing Slurs
More Hairpins
More Shapes
Custom Smartlines
SmartFind and Paint
SmartShape Options
2009 Expression Enhancements

11-Text and Lyrics
Introduction to Text Entries
Page Assigned Text Entries
Using Page Numbers
More Text Editing
Entering Lyrics
Repositioning Lyrics
Editing Lyrics
Using Verse Numbers
Introduction to Chords
Typing Chords into the Score
Chord Playback
The Chord Definition Window
Chord Metatools
Chordal Analysis
Repositioning Chords
Using Learned Chords
Fretboards

12-Score Layout
Introduction to Score Layout
Page Layout
Staff Layout
Automatic Music Spacing
System Layout
Measure Layout
Manual Music Spacing
Note Layout
Using Measure Numbers
Introduction to Linked Parts
Working with Linked Parts
Manage Parts Dialog Box
Exporting Parts
Staff Optimization
Rules, Grids and Guides
Page and Systems Scaling
Printing
Tile Page Printing
PDF Output

13-Extras
Bookmarks
Composite Time Signatures
Beaming Through Barlines
Using Graphics
Using MIDI Files
Grace Notes
Cross Staff Notation
Tremolos and Artificial Harmonics
Cadenzas and Ossias
Working with Audio Files
Educators-Introduction
Educators-Kodaly
Educators-The Exercise Wizard
Using Figured Bass
Scanning Music with Finale
Customizing Finale

14-MusicWorks Interactive
MusicWorks Interactive Website Link
DVD Updates Link

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