Finale will copy your content accordingly. The fastest way to copy/paste in Finale is to select a bar (or selection of bars) and ALT-click in the destination-bar. Once you have programmed all your staff sets you can switch easily between them by using the view>Staff Set>Select Staff Set menu or the shortcut ctrl-and the appropriate number.Įverybody loves copy/pasting.
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Want to go back to the full score? just go to menubar>view>staff set and select All Staves (or use the shortcut ctrl-0) Hold the ALT-key and go to menubar>view>staff set and select Program Staff Set 1 (or use the shortcut ctr+alt+1)įinale switches automatically to your newly programmed staff-set. To do that, first select the Staff-tool, then rubber-band-select the stave you want to include in a set. This feature enables you to see only the staves you want to work on (and audition using the SPACEBAR-click). No more fiddling with the playback window…great time saver!
Your song will start playing from that bar on. If, in case, you want to playback the your song in tempo from a specific bar, just click and hold the SPACEBAR and click on a bar. ? I love this feature and use it all the time! Now while you keep those keys pressed drag your mouse pointer (which changed into a speaker-kind of symbol) over the section you want to audition. Press first ALT and then press and hold the SPACEBAR at the same time. Let’s say you wrote a passage of 5 saxes and you want to audition how it sounds. This is how it works: Once you closed this window a new audition feature is activated. This one is a secret feature few people know a bout but once I learned about it I can’t work without it anymore.įinale, by default activates the playback window, the small floating window with playback controls.įirst thing: deactivate it. Once you learned about these essential Finale-shortcuts your workflow will change forever. Using at the mouse is fine but unfortunately much slower than your creative mind.
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You will also learn about features from other recent versions including how to take advantage of Finale's new staff layout and editing options, quickly and easily do all the things that once required "optimization," enter lyrics using Finale's new lyric entry features, learn about Finale's improved percussion features, assign and use metatools with blazing speed, and much, much more.Finale is a very complex program which uses lots of tools, menus and dialogue boxes. In Finale 2012: A Trailblazer Guide, you will learn all about the latest Finale features including how to master Finale 2012's new revolutionary ScoreManager, which grants unprecedented control over orchestration and playback sounds, learn about Finale 2012's new Instrument paradigm, quickly and easily add mid-score instrument changes, benefit from Finale's new support for Unicode fonts, add harmonic analysis and figured bass, and get the most out of the many other improvements to Finale 2012. Learn from an expert: author Mark Johnson draws from his many years of experience working with composers, educators, engravers and students, giving you the expert guidance you need to get the very most out of Finale. Increase productivity: readers will find a concise overview of Finale's framework followed by a guide to the everyday tricks and shortcuts that make using Finale a breeze. Master the essentials and learn to take advantage of Finale's incredible power by focusing on the tools you need and ignoring the ones you don't. Revised and updated for Finale 2012, this guide offers clear, step-by-step methods for creating beautiful scores with ease.