Finale 2009 Macintosh Operating instructions

Finale User Manual

Finale 2009 for Macintosh

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Finale 2009 User Manual

Table of Contents

DialogBoxes

3-Beam Groups dialog box ....................................................................................... 10

4-Beam Groups dialog box ....................................................................................... 11

About Finale ............................................................................................................... 12

Accidental Octave Placement .................................................................................. 13

Accidental Order and Amount .................................................................................. 15

Accidental Settings ................................................................................................... 17

Add - Continuous Data .............................................................................................. 20

Add - Key Velocities .................................................................................................. 21

How Many Measures ................................................................................................. 22

Add - Note Durations ................................................................................................. 23

Add SmartMusic Markers ......................................................................................... 24

Add Tempo ................................................................................................................. 26

Additional PostScript Information ........................................................................... 27

Adjust Lyric Baselines .............................................................................................. 28

Alter Feel - Note Durations ....................................................................................... 30

Adjust Page Range .................................................................................................... 32

Align Time Tags To Note Starts ............................................................................... 33

Alter Feel - Key Velocities ......................................................................................... 34

Alteration for Slot ...................................................................................................... 36

Alternate Notation ..................................................................................................... 38

Apply Articulation ...................................................................................................... 40

Apply Human Playback Preferences ....................................................................... 42

Apply Music Spacing ................................................................................................ 44

Apply Staff Style ........................................................................................................ 45

Aria Player for Finale ................................................................................................. 46

Arrowheads ................................................................................................................ 48

Articulation Designer ................................................................................................ 49

Articulation Selection ................................................................................................ 54

Audio Clip Attributes ................................................................................................. 56

Audio Setup ................................................................................................................ 58

Audio Units Instruments ........................................................................................... 60

Automatic Check for Updates .................................................................................. 61

Backward Repeat Bar Assignment .......................................................................... 62

Baseline Shift ............................................................................................................. 64

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Beam Extension Selection ........................................................................................ 65

Beaming Chart ........................................................................................................... 66

Beat Chart ................................................................................................................... 67

Bracket ........................................................................................................................ 69

Bracket Style .............................................................................................................. 70

Breath Mark ................................................................................................................ 71

Category Designer ..................................................................................................... 72

Change Articulation Assignments ........................................................................... 75

Change Chord Assignments .................................................................................... 77

Change Chord Suffix Fonts ...................................................................................... 79

Change Clef ................................................................................................................ 81

Change Lowest Fret .................................................................................................. 83

Change Note Durations ............................................................................................. 84

Change Note Size ...................................................................................................... 86

Change Expression Assignments ........................................................................... 87

Change Noteheads .................................................................................................... 89

Change Ties ............................................................................................................... 90

Change Tuplets .......................................................................................................... 92

Character Settings ..................................................................................................... 96

Check Graphics ....................................................................................................... 100

Choose Junction for Staff ....................................................................................... 101

Chord Definition ....................................................................................................... 103

Chord Suffix Editor .................................................................................................. 107

Chord Suffix Selection ............................................................................................ 110

Clef Designer ............................................................................................................ 112

Clef Selection ........................................................................................................... 114

Click and Countoff ................................................................................................... 115

Click Assignment..................................................................................................... 117

Click Input ................................................................................................................ 119

Click Output Type .................................................................................................... 121

Color ......................................................................................................................... 123

Compile PostScript Listing ..................................................................................... 124

Composite Time Signature ..................................................................................... 126

Create/Edit Ending .................................................................................................. 128

Custom Arrowhead Selection ................................................................................ 130

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Custom Frame .......................................................................................................... 132

Dashed Line ............................................................................................................. 134

Define Keyboard Shortcut ...................................................................................... 135

Delete Blank Pages ................................................................................................. 137

Delete Element ......................................................................................................... 138

Diatonic Instrument Definition ............................................................................... 139

Document Options dialog box ............................................................................... 140

Document Options-Accidentals ............................................................................. 142

Document Options-Alternate Notation .................................................................. 144

Document Options-Augmentation Dots ................................................................ 146

Document Options-Barlines ................................................................................... 148

Document Options-Beams ..................................................................................... 150

Document Options-Chords ..................................................................................... 153

Document Options-Clefs ........................................................................................ 155

Document Options-Flags ........................................................................................ 157

Document Options-Fonts ....................................................................................... 159

Document Options-Grace Notes ............................................................................ 161

Document Options-Grids and Guides ................................................................... 163

Document Options-Layers ...................................................................................... 167

Document Options-Lines and Curves ................................................................... 169

Document Options-Lyrics ....................................................................................... 171

Document Options-Multimeasure Rests ............................................................... 173

Document Options-Music Spacing ........................................................................ 175

Document Options-Notes and Rests ..................................................................... 178

Document Options-Piano Braces and Brackets ................................................... 181

Document Options-Repeats ................................................................................... 183

Document Options-Stems ...................................................................................... 186

Document Options-Staves ...................................................................................... 189

Document Options-Text .......................................................................................... 191

Document Options-Ties .......................................................................................... 193

Document Options-Time Signatures ..................................................................... 197

Document Options-Tuplets .................................................................................... 199

Dot Offsets ............................................................................................................... 203

Duration Allotments ................................................................................................ 204

Edit Bookmarks ....................................................................................................... 206

Edit Filter/Clear Selected Items .............................................................................. 208

Edit Frame ................................................................................................................ 213

Edit Keyboard Shortcuts ........................................................................................ 217

Edit Learned Chords ............................................................................................... 219

Edit Lyrics ................................................................................................................ 221

Edit MIDI Modifiers .................................................................................................. 223

Edit MIDI Note .......................................................................................................... 225

Edit Modal or Chromatic Spellings ........................................................................ 226

Edit Major and Minor Key Spellings ...................................................................... 227

Edit Page Margins ................................................................................................... 229

Edit System Margins ............................................................................................... 230

Edit Text .................................................................................................................... 231

Edit Text limited ....................................................................................................... 233

Elapsed Time ............................................................................................................ 235

Enclosure Designer ................................................................................................. 236

Entry Modifications ................................................................................................. 238

Erase Layer .............................................................................................................. 240

Executable Shape Designer ................................................................................... 241

Executable Shape Selection ................................................................................... 244

Exercise Wizard ....................................................................................................... 246

Explode Music .......................................................................................................... 251

Export MIDI File Options ......................................................................................... 253

Export Selection/Pages ........................................................................................... 255

Expression Assignment .......................................................................................... 257

Expression Selection .............................................................................................. 259

Expression Designer-Main ..................................................................................... 261

Expression Designer-Positioning .......................................................................... 263

Expression Designer-Playback .............................................................................. 265

Extract Parts ............................................................................................................. 270

File Info ..................................................................................................................... 272

File Integrity Test Results ....................................................................................... 274

File Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 276

File Statistics ............................................................................................................ 278

Fill .............................................................................................................................. 279

Filter Channels ......................................................................................................... 280

Fit Measures ............................................................................................................. 284

Fit to Time ................................................................................................................. 286

Fixed Split ................................................................................................................. 287

Fixed Split Point ....................................................................................................... 289

Font Annotation ....................................................................................................... 290

Font ........................................................................................................................... 292

Frame Attributes ...................................................................................................... 294

Fretboard Editor ....................................................................................................... 297

Fretboard Instrument Definition ............................................................................. 299

Fretboard Selection ................................................................................................. 301

Fretboard Shape Selection ..................................................................................... 303

Fretboard Style Fonts and Shapes ........................................................................ 305

Fretboard Styles ...................................................................................................... 307

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Full Measure ............................................................................................................. 309

Graphic Attributes ................................................................................................... 310

Garritan Ambience .................................................................................................. 314

Group Attributes ...................................................................................................... 317

Guitar Bend Options ............................................................................................... 320

Hand Width Split ...................................................................................................... 321

Handle Positioning .................................................................................................. 323

Human Playback Custom Style .............................................................................. 324

Human Playback Preferences ................................................................................ 331

Human Playback Preferences - Dynamics & Volume .......................................... 334

Human Playback Preferences - Instrument Techniques & Effects .................... 337

Human Playback Preferences - Garritan Specials ............................................... 348

Human Playback Preferences Glissandi & Bends ............................................... 350

Human Playback Preferences - MIDI Data ............................................................ 352

Human Playback Preferences - Ornaments & Tremolos ..................................... 354

Human Playback Preferences - Tempo Variations ............................................... 356

HyperScribe .............................................................................................................. 358

HyperScribe Options ............................................................................................... 359

Implode Music .......................................................................................................... 361

Import MIDI from Clipboard .................................................................................... 362

Import MIDI File Options ......................................................................................... 363

Import Score Files - Options .................................................................................. 366

Import Score Files - Order ...................................................................................... 368

Insert Blank Pages .................................................................................................. 369

Insert Staff Systems ................................................................................................ 370

Instrument Definition .............................................................................................. 371

Instrument Junction ................................................................................................ 373

Instrument List ......................................................................................................... 375

Intelligent Accompaniment ..................................................................................... 380

Interval ...................................................................................................................... 381

Items to Snap to Grid .............................................................................................. 382

Items to Snap to Guide ........................................................................................... 383

Key Signature ........................................................................................................... 384

Key Step Map ........................................................................................................... 386

Last Recorded Tempo ............................................................................................. 388

Launch Window ....................................................................................................... 389

Limit - Continuous Data .......................................................................................... 391

Limit - Key Velocities .............................................................................................. 392

Limit - Note Durations ............................................................................................. 393

Limit - Tempo ........................................................................................................... 394

Line Spacing ............................................................................................................ 395

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Line Thickness ......................................................................................................... 396

Listen ........................................................................................................................ 397

Listen to Tempo ....................................................................................................... 398

Lowest Fret ............................................................................................................... 399

Manage Parts ........................................................................................................... 400

Manage Audio Units Plug-ins ................................................................................. 402

Measure Assignment for Ossia Measure .............................................................. 403

Measure Attributes .................................................................................................. 404

Measure Number ..................................................................................................... 407

Measure Number Style ............................................................................................ 410

Mid-Measure Clef ..................................................................................................... 412

MIDI Event ................................................................................................................ 414

MIDI File Status ........................................................................................................ 415

MIDI Input Filter ........................................................................................................ 416

MIDI Setup ................................................................................................................ 418

MIDI Thru .................................................................................................................. 421

MIDI Thru Table ........................................................................................................ 423

MIDI Tool window .................................................................................................... 425

Mirror Attributes ...................................................................................................... 430

Mixer ......................................................................................................................... 433

More Settings ........................................................................................................... 436

More Quantization Settings .................................................................................... 438

Move Groups dialog box ......................................................................................... 441

Move/Copy Layers ................................................................................................... 442

Movie Window .......................................................................................................... 444

Moving Split Point ................................................................................................... 445

Multimeasure Rest ................................................................................................... 447

Sample List for Executable Shape ......................................................................... 449

Multiple Splits .......................................................................................................... 451

New Category ........................................................................................................... 452

New Staves ............................................................................................................... 453

Nonstandard Key Signature ................................................................................... 454

Notehead Settings ................................................................................................... 457

Note Shapes ............................................................................................................. 459

Open File .................................................................................................................. 461

Optional Octave Region .......................................................................................... 463

Ossia Measure Designer ......................................................................................... 464

Page Assignment for Ossia Measure .................................................................... 466

Page Format for Parts ............................................................................................. 467

Page Format for Score ............................................................................................ 469

Page Offset ............................................................................................................... 471

Page Setup ............................................................................................................... 472

Page Size .................................................................................................................. 473

Part Creation Preferences ...................................................................................... 475

Paste Multiple ........................................................................................................... 477

Partial Measure Selection ....................................................................................... 478

Percent Alteration Continuous Data ...................................................................... 479

Percent Alteration Key Velocities .......................................................................... 480

Percent Alteration Tempo ....................................................................................... 481

Percent Alteration Note Durations ......................................................................... 482

Percussion Map Designer ....................................................................................... 483

Percussion Map Selection ...................................................................................... 486

Pickup Measure ....................................................................................................... 488

Playback and/or Click ............................................................................................. 489

Placeholder .............................................................................................................. 491

Playback Controls ................................................................................................... 493

Playback Data Dump ............................................................................................... 497

Playback/Record Options ....................................................................................... 499

Position ..................................................................................................................... 501

Position Groups dialog box .................................................................................... 503

Position Measure Number ...................................................................................... 505

Preset Arrowhead Selection ................................................................................... 506

Print ........................................................................................................................... 507

Program Options dialog box .................................................................................. 509

Program Options-Display Colors ........................................................................... 511

Program Options-Edit ............................................................................................. 513

Program Options-Folders ....................................................................................... 516

Program Options-New ............................................................................................. 518

Program Options-Open ........................................................................................... 520

Program Options-Palettes and Backgrounds ....................................................... 522

Program Options-Save and Print ........................................................................... 524

Program Options-Save and Print ........................................................................... 526

Program Options-View ............................................................................................ 528

Punch In PreRoll ...................................................................................................... 530

Quantization Settings .............................................................................................. 531

Randomize Key Velocities ...................................................................................... 533

Randomize Note Durations ..................................................................................... 534

Rebar Options .......................................................................................................... 535

Rebeam to Lyrics ..................................................................................................... 537

Rebeam to Time Signature ..................................................................................... 538

Record Continuous Data ........................................................................................ 539

Redefine Pages ........................................................................................................ 541

Redefine Selected Pages ........................................................................................ 542

Rehearsal Mark ........................................................................................................ 543

Remove Staff ............................................................................................................ 544

Repeat Designer ...................................................................................................... 545

Repeat Endings ........................................................................................................ 547

Repeat Marker .......................................................................................................... 549

Repeat Selection ...................................................................................................... 550

Reposition Guide ..................................................................................................... 552

Reset Measure Marker ............................................................................................ 553

Reset Tempo Marker ............................................................................................... 554

Resize Fretboards ................................................................................................... 555

Resize Note .............................................................................................................. 556

Resize Notehead ...................................................................................................... 557

Resize Page .............................................................................................................. 558

Resize Staff .............................................................................................................. 560

Resize Staff System ................................................................................................ 561

Respace Staves ....................................................................................................... 563

Rulers and Grid ........................................................................................................ 565

Save As Audio File .................................................................................................. 566

Save Library ............................................................................................................. 568

Save Tempo Changes ............................................................................................. 570

Scale Continuous Data ........................................................................................... 572

Scale Key Velocities ................................................................................................ 574

Scale Note Durations .............................................................................................. 575

Scale - Tempo .......................................................................................................... 576

Scale Fonts ............................................................................................................... 578

Score Merger ............................................................................................................ 579

Search and Replace ................................................................................................ 581

Secondary Beam Break Selection ......................................................................... 583

Select Region ........................................................................................................... 585

Select Staff Systems ............................................................................................... 587

Selection Overview .................................................................................................. 588

Selective Mirror ........................................................................................................ 589

Send MIDI Value ....................................................................................................... 591

Set Distances ........................................................................................................... 593

Set Duration ............................................................................................................. 594

Set Patch To ............................................................................................................. 595

Set Placeholder ........................................................................................................ 596

Set Swing Ratio ........................................................................................................ 597

Set To - Continuous Data ........................................................................................ 599

Set To - Key Velocities ............................................................................................ 600

Set To - Start/Stop Times ........................................................................................ 601

Set To - Tempo ......................................................................................................... 602

Setup Wizard ............................................................................................................ 603

Shape Designer ........................................................................................................ 607

Shape Selection ....................................................................................................... 610

Shift Lyrics ............................................................................................................... 612

Simple Entry Options .............................................................................................. 614

Simple Entry Tuplet Definition ............................................................................... 616

Size ............................................................................................................................ 617

Slur Contour ............................................................................................................. 618

Smart Line Style....................................................................................................... 620

Smart Shape Placement .......................................................................................... 625

Smart Slur Options .................................................................................................. 635

SmartScore Lite dialog box .................................................................................... 638

SmartFind and Paint ................................................................................................ 640

SmartMusic Accompaniment File Compatibility .................................................. 642

SoftSynth Settings................................................................................................... 644

Space Systems Evenly ............................................................................................ 645

Spacing Widths ........................................................................................................ 647

Special Key Signature Attributes ........................................................................... 649

Specify Current Lyric .............................................................................................. 651

Speedy Options ....................................................................................................... 652

Staff Attributes ......................................................................................................... 654

Staff Controls ........................................................................................................... 657

Staff List ................................................................................................................... 659

Staff Setup ................................................................................................................ 662

Staff Styles ............................................................................................................... 664

Staff Stem Settings .................................................................................................. 666

System Space Before/After Music ......................................................................... 668

Staff System Optimization ...................................................................................... 669

Staff Transpositions ................................................................................................ 671

Staff Usage List ........................................................................................................ 674

Standard Frame ....................................................................................................... 676

Stem Connection Editor .......................................................................................... 678

Stem Connections ................................................................................................... 680

Staff Stem Settings .................................................................................................. 682

Suffix Keynumber Offsets ...................................................................................... 684

Superscript ............................................................................................................... 686

Swap One Font For Another ................................................................................... 687

Sweep For Channels Present In A Track .............................................................. 688

Symbol List .............................................................................................................. 689

Sync and Video Options ......................................................................................... 692

Tablature MIDI Channels ......................................................................................... 694

Tablature Staff Attributes ....................................................................................... 695

Tap Source ............................................................................................................... 697

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Tap States ................................................................................................................. 699

Tempo Adjustment .................................................................................................. 701

Expression Designer-Main ..................................................................................... 703

Text Repeat Assignment ......................................................................................... 705

Text Search and Replace dialog box ..................................................................... 708

There Are Too Many Beats In This Measure ......................................................... 710

Tie Alterations .......................................................................................................... 712

Tie Contour ............................................................................................................... 714

Time Style ................................................................................................................. 717

Tilting Mirror ............................................................................................................. 718

Time Signature ......................................................................................................... 720

Tone Center(s) ......................................................................................................... 722

Track/Channel Mapping .......................................................................................... 724

Track/Channel Mapping to Staves ......................................................................... 727

Tracking .................................................................................................................... 729

Transcription ............................................................................................................ 730

Transcription Filters ................................................................................................ 735

Transposition ........................................................................................................... 737

Tuplet Definition ...................................................................................................... 739

Undo/Redo Lists ...................................................................................................... 742

Unknown Chord Suffix ............................................................................................ 743

Unknown Font .......................................................................................................... 744

Update Available ...................................................................................................... 745

View Continuous Data ............................................................................................. 746

View Resolution ....................................................................................................... 748

Voicing for Staff in Part ........................................................................................... 749

Wait for End of Note ................................................................................................ 751

Measure Assignment for Ossia Measure .............................................................. 752

Wait for Note ............................................................................................................ 753

Word Extensions ..................................................................................................... 754

Zoom ......................................................................................................................... 756

Tools

Articulation Tool ...................................................................................................... 757

Chord Tool ................................................................................................................ 759

Clef Tool ................................................................................................................... 761

Expression Tool ....................................................................................................... 763

Graphics Tool ........................................................................................................... 766

Hand Grabber Tool .................................................................................................. 767

Key Signature Tool .................................................................................................. 768

Lyrics Tool ................................................................................................................ 770

HyperScribe Tool ..................................................................................................... 772

Measure Tool ............................................................................................................ 773

MIDI Tool ................................................................................................................... 777

Mirror Tool ................................................................................................................ 779

Note Mover Tool....................................................................................................... 780

Ossia Tool ................................................................................................................ 781

Page Layout Tool ..................................................................................................... 783

Repeat Tool .............................................................................................................. 785

Resize Tool ............................................................................................................... 788

Selection Tool .......................................................................................................... 789

Simple Entry Tool .................................................................................................... 797

Smart Shape Tool .................................................................................................... 802

Special Tools Tool ................................................................................................... 806

Speedy Entry Tool ................................................................................................... 808

Staff Tool .................................................................................................................. 810

Tempo Tool .............................................................................................................. 813

Text Tool ................................................................................................................... 814

Time Signature Tool ................................................................................................ 816

Tuplet Tool ............................................................................................................... 818

Zoom Tool ................................................................................................................ 821

Menus

Chord Menu .............................................................................................................. 822

Document Menu ....................................................................................................... 824

Edit Menu .................................................................................................................. 826

Expression Menu ..................................................................................................... 828

File Menu .................................................................................................................. 829

Finale 2009 Menu ..................................................................................................... 831

Graphics Menu ......................................................................................................... 832

Help Menu ................................................................................................................. 833

HyperScribe Menu ................................................................................................... 834

Lyrics Menu .............................................................................................................. 835

Measure Menu .......................................................................................................... 836

MIDI/Audio Menu ...................................................................................................... 837

MIDI Tool Menu ........................................................................................................ 838

Mirror Menu .............................................................................................................. 840

Note Mover Menu ..................................................................................................... 841

Page Layout Menu ................................................................................................... 843

Plug-ins Menu .......................................................................................................... 845

Repeat Menu ............................................................................................................ 850

Simple Menu ............................................................................................................. 851

Shape Designer Menu ............................................................................................. 852

Smart Shape Menu .................................................................................................. 853

Special Tools Menu ................................................................................................. 854

Speedy Menu ............................................................................................................ 855

Staff Menu ................................................................................................................ 856

Text Menu ................................................................................................................. 858

Utilities Menu ........................................................................................................... 860

View Menu ................................................................................................................ 862

Window Menu ........................................................................................................... 863

KeyboardShortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts and Special Mouse Clicks ................................................... 864

Plugins

Add Cue Notes Plug-in ............................................................................................ 897

Align/Move Dynamics Plug-in ................................................................................ 898

Apply Human Playback plug-in .............................................................................. 899

Auto-Dynamic Placement Plug-in .......................................................................... 901

Auto Slur Melismas Plug-in .................................................................................... 903

Automatic Barlines Plug-in ..................................................................................... 904

Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing Plug-in ............................................................ 905

Beam Over Barlines Plug-in ................................................................................... 907

Canonic Utilities Plug-in ......................................................................................... 908

Cautionary Accidentals Plug-in ............................................................................. 912

Change Fonts Plug-in ............................................................................................. 914

Change Noteheads Plug-in ..................................................................................... 915

Change to Default Whole Rests Plug-in ................................................................ 916

Change to Real Whole Rests Plug-in .................................................................... 917

Check Range Plug-in ............................................................................................... 918

Check Region for Durations Plug-in ...................................................................... 920

Chord Analysis Plug-in ........................................................................................... 921

Chord Morphing Plug-in ......................................................................................... 923

Chord Realization Plug-in ....................................................................................... 924

Chord Reordering Plug-in ....................................................................................... 925

Chord Splitting Plug-in ........................................................................................... 926

Classic Eighth Beams Plug-in ................................................................................ 927

Clear Lyric Positioning Plug-in .............................................................................. 929

Clear Measure # Positioning Plug-in ..................................................................... 930

Command Line Plug-in ........................................................................................... 931

Common Tone Transposition Plug-in ................................................................... 935

Composer’s Assistant Plug-ins ............................................................................. 936

Count Items Plug-in ................................................................................................. 937

Create Coda System Plug-in .................................................................................. 938

Create Handbells Used Chart Plug-in .................................................................... 940

Create Tempo Marking Plug-in ............................................................................... 942

Cross Staff plug-in................................................................................................... 944

Drum Groove plug-in ............................................................................................... 946

Easy Harmonics Plug-in ......................................................................................... 948

Easy Measure Numbers Plug-in ............................................................................. 949

Easy Tremolos Plug-in ............................................................................................ 950

Export To OpenMusic Plug-in ................................................................................ 952

FinaleScript™ plug-in ............................................................................................. 953

Find Parallel Motion Plug-in ................................................................................... 974

Find Range Plug-in .................................................................................................. 975

Flat Beams Plug-in, Flat Beams (Remove) Plug-in .............................................. 976

Frequency Modulation Chord Generator Plug-in ................................................. 977

Global Staff Attributes plug-in ............................................................................... 979

Group Style Definition dialog box .......................................................................... 981

Import From OpenMusic Plug-in ............................................................................ 983

Latin Percussion plug-in ......................................................................................... 984

Ledger Lines (Hide) Plug-in, Ledger Lines (Show) Plug-in ................................. 986

Melodic Morphing Plug-in ....................................................................................... 987

Merge Measures Plug-in ......................................................................................... 988

Mid-Measure Repeats Plug-in ................................................................................ 989

Midline Stem Direction Plug-in ............................................................................... 990

Modify Rests Plug-in ............................................................................................... 991

Move Rests Plug-in ................................................................................................. 992

Notes and Rests (Hide) Plug-in, Notes and Rests (Show) Plug-in ..................... 993

Number Repeated Measures Plug-in ..................................................................... 994

Patterson Beams Plug-in ........................................................................................ 996

Piano Reduction Plug-in ....................................................................................... 1000

Process Extracted Parts plug-in .......................................................................... 1001

Resize Noteheads Plug-in ..................................................................................... 1004

Rhythm Generator Plug-in .................................................................................... 1006

Rhythmic Subdivisions Plug-in ............................................................................ 1008

Score System Divider Plug-in .............................................................................. 1010

Single Pitch Plug-in ............................................................................................... 1013

Slash Flagged Grace Notes Plug-in, Slash Flagged Grace Notes (Remove) Plug-in 1014

Smart Cue Notes Plug-in ...................................................................................... 1015

Smart Page Turns plug-in ..................................................................................... 1017

Smart Playback Plug-in ......................................................................................... 1019

Smart Split Point plug-in ....................................................................................... 1021

Split Measure Plug-in ............................................................................................ 1023

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Split Point Plug-in .................................................................................................. 1026

Tie Common Notes Plug-in ................................................................................... 1027

Update Groups and Brackets plug-in ................................................................ 10288

Vertical Collision Remover plug-in ...................................................................... 1030

Virtual Fundamental Generator Plug-in .............................................................. 1033

Voice 2 to Layer Plug-in ........................................................................................ 1034

TermsandSymbols

Terms and Symbols Contents .............................................................................. 1040

Symbols .................................................................................................................. 1041

Terms-A .................................................................................................................. 1047

Terms-B .................................................................................................................. 1053

Terms-C .................................................................................................................. 1055

Terms-D .................................................................................................................. 1058

Terms-E .................................................................................................................. 1061

Terms-F ................................................................................................................... 1064

Terms-G .................................................................................................................. 1066

Terms-H .................................................................................................................. 1069

Terms-I .................................................................................................................... 1070

Terms-J ................................................................................................................... 1071

Terms-K .................................................................................................................. 1072

Terms-L ................................................................................................................... 1073

Terms-M .................................................................................................................. 1076

Terms-N .................................................................................................................. 1080

Terms-O .................................................................................................................. 1082

Terms-P .................................................................................................................. 1083

Terms-Q .................................................................................................................. 1086

Terms-R .................................................................................................................. 1087

Terms-S .................................................................................................................. 1090

Terms-T ................................................................................................................... 1095

Terms-U .................................................................................................................. 1097

Terms-V .................................................................................................................. 1099

Terms-W ................................................................................................................. 1101

Terms-Z ................................................................................................................... 1102

Appendix

About the FINMIDI.INI file ...................................................................................... 1103

Alternative music fonts ......................................................................................... 1104

Bank Select - Bank Change Table ........................................................................ 1109

Configuring Ensembles.txt ................................................................................... 1113

Configuring Instrument.txt ................................................................................... 1114

Configuring MacSymbolFonts.txt ........................................................................ 1116

Configuring Pagesizes.txt .................................................................................... 1117

Customized Speedy Keymap ............................................................................... 1118

Document Styles.................................................................................................... 1123

Document Settings and Program Settings ......................................................... 1124

Encore Conversion ................................................................................................ 1132

Engraver Font ........................................................................................................ 1134

Engraver font set ................................................................................................... 1152

Ethnic Percussion Map Table ............................................................................... 1170

Equivalents ............................................................................................................. 1172

Exercise numbers in the Exercise Wizard .......................................................... 1174

Exercise Wizard Instrument Ranges ................................................................... 1176

Finale 2009 Interface Changes ............................................................................. 1179

Finale File Icons ..................................................................................................... 1189

Finale Libraries ...................................................................................................... 1193

Finale Notational Defaults .................................................................................... 1212

Finale Score Templates ........................................................................................ 1215

General MIDI Orchestral Percussion Map Table ................................................ 1220

General MIDI Patch Set Groupings ...................................................................... 1222

General MIDI Percussion Map Table ................................................................... 1223

General MIDI Table ................................................................................................ 1225

Garritan Finale Edition Instrument Details ......................................................... 1228

Guitar markings ..................................................................................................... 1238

Harmony Presets ................................................................................................... 1242

Human Playback Dictionary ................................................................................. 1245

Jazz Font ................................................................................................................ 1248

Jazz Fusion Percussion Map Table ..................................................................... 1272

Latin Percussion Map Table ................................................................................. 1274

Linking Details for Linked Parts ........................................................................... 1276

Marching Percussion Map Table .......................................................................... 1286

Maestro Font .......................................................................................................... 1289

Maestro Times Font ............................................................................................... 1302

MIDI Note to Pitch Table ....................................................................................... 1303

MIDI Terminology................................................................................................... 1305

More on MIDI .......................................................................................................... 1309

Other SmartMusic SoftSynth Patches ................................................................. 1311

Plug-in filenames ................................................................................................... 1312

Quantization Guide ................................................................................................ 1316

Template Percussion Mappings ........................................................................... 1320

Troubleshooting .................................................................................................... 1326

TheFinaleEncyclopedia

Using the Finale Encyclopedia ............................................................................. 1337

8va/8vb .................................................................................................................... 1338

Accelerando ........................................................................................................... 1339

Accidentals (Speedy Entry) .................................................................................. 1341

Adobe PDF documents ......................................................................................... 1343

Arrows .................................................................................................................... 1344

Articulations ........................................................................................................... 1345

Attack and release ................................................................................................. 1352

Audio ....................................................................................................................... 1353

Audio Units ............................................................................................................. 1355

Augmentation ......................................................................................................... 1356

Backbeats ............................................................................................................... 1357

Barlines ................................................................................................................... 1359

Batch Printing ........................................................................................................ 1363

Beam angles ........................................................................................................... 1364

Beam thickness ..................................................................................................... 1366

Beaming .................................................................................................................. 1367

Beaming across barlines ...................................................................................... 1369

Beaming over rests ............................................................................................... 1370

Beaming: feathered beaming ............................................................................... 1371

Beaming: Secondary beams ................................................................................ 1372

Beat positions ........................................................................................................ 1374

Bend hats ............................................................................................................... 1375

Blank pages ............................................................................................................ 1376

Booklets .................................................................................................................. 1377

Boomwhackers® Tuned Percussion Tubes / Chroma-Notes™ Instruments .. 1380

Brackets: Horizontal lines .................................................................................... 1382

Brackets: Notes ..................................................................................................... 1383

Brackets: Staves .................................................................................................... 1384

Breath marks .......................................................................................................... 1387

Cadenzas ................................................................................................................ 1388

Cesuras ................................................................................................................... 1389

Channel Pressure .................................................................................................. 1390

Character names ................................................................................................... 1391

Choral music .......................................................................................................... 1392

Chord symbols ....................................................................................................... 1393

Chords .................................................................................................................... 1404

Clefs ........................................................................................................................ 1405

Click and Countoff ................................................................................................. 1409

Closed symbols ..................................................................................................... 1411

Coda ........................................................................................................................ 1412

Common time ......................................................................................................... 1414

Composite time signatures .................................................................................. 1415

Compound meters ................................................................................................. 1417

Continuous data .................................................................................................... 1418

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Copying music ....................................................................................................... 1420

Copyright notices .................................................................................................. 1434

Counting measures ............................................................................................... 1435

Courtesy accidentals ............................................................................................ 1436

Courtesy clef changes .......................................................................................... 1437

Courtesy key signatures ....................................................................................... 1438

Courtesy time signatures ..................................................................................... 1440

SmartMusic® .......................................................................................................... 1441

Crescendo/Decrescendo ...................................................................................... 1449

Crossed hands ....................................................................................................... 1452

Cross-staff notes ................................................................................................... 1453

Cue notes ............................................................................................................... 1456

Custom lines .......................................................................................................... 1458

Cut time .................................................................................................................. 1459

Cutaway scores ..................................................................................................... 1460

Dashed lines ........................................................................................................... 1461

Date stamps ........................................................................................................... 1462

D.C. .......................................................................................................................... 1463

Diminution .............................................................................................................. 1464

Distances ................................................................................................................ 1465

Divisi ....................................................................................................................... 1467

Doits ........................................................................................................................ 1468

Dotted notes ........................................................................................................... 1469

Double barlines ...................................................................................................... 1471

Double whole notes ............................................................................................... 1472

Downbeats .............................................................................................................. 1473

D.S., D.S. al Coda ................................................................................................... 1474

Dynamics ................................................................................................................ 1476

8va/8vb .................................................................................................................... 1478

Elapsed time ........................................................................................................... 1479

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) ............................................................................ 1480

Enharmonics .......................................................................................................... 1481

Engraver slurs........................................................................................................ 1482

Erasing .................................................................................................................... 1483

Exploding music .................................................................................................... 1484

Expressions ........................................................................................................... 1485

Extracting parts ..................................................................................................... 1492

Fall-offs ................................................................................................................... 1493

Fermatas ................................................................................................................. 1494

Figured bass .......................................................................................................... 1495

Final barline ............................................................................................................ 1496

Fingering numbers ................................................................................................ 1497

First and second endings ..................................................................................... 1498

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Flags ....................................................................................................................... 1500

Flutter-tongue ........................................................................................................ 1502

Font Annotation ..................................................................................................... 1503

Fonts ....................................................................................................................... 1504

Fretboard diagrams ............................................................................................... 1513

Fugues .................................................................................................................... 1515

Garritan Personal Orchestra Finale Edition ........................................................ 1516

General MIDI ........................................................................................................... 1520

Glissandos ............................................................................................................. 1521

Grace notes ............................................................................................................ 1523

Grand Pause ........................................................................................................... 1525

Graphics ................................................................................................................. 1526

Grids and guides ................................................................................................... 1532

Group names .......................................................................................................... 1533

Staff groups ............................................................................................................ 1536

Guitar bends ........................................................................................................... 1538

Guitar markings ..................................................................................................... 1540

Guitar notation ....................................................................................................... 1544

Harmonics .............................................................................................................. 1546

Harp pedal diagrams ............................................................................................. 1547

Headless notes ...................................................................................................... 1548

Hiding key signatures ........................................................................................... 1549

Hiding notes and rests .......................................................................................... 1550

Hiding staves ......................................................................................................... 1551

Hiding time signatures .......................................................................................... 1553

Human Playback .................................................................................................... 1554

Hymns ..................................................................................................................... 1556

Hyphens .................................................................................................................. 1557

Imploding music .................................................................................................... 1558

Importing ................................................................................................................ 1559

Indenting systems ................................................................................................. 1563

Working with the Instrument List ......................................................................... 1564

Internet .................................................................................................................... 1566

Key signatures ....................................................................................................... 1567

Key velocity ............................................................................................................ 1568

Kodály Stick Notation and Solfège ...................................................................... 1570

Landscape and Portrait orientation ..................................................................... 1571

Lead sheets ............................................................................................................ 1572

Ledger lines ............................................................................................................ 1573

Left barlines ........................................................................................................... 1574

Legal-size paper..................................................................................................... 1575

Limiting MIDI data .................................................................................................. 1576

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Linked Parts ........................................................................................................... 1577

Lyrics ...................................................................................................................... 1598

Macros .................................................................................................................... 1607

Major seconds (in different voices and layers) .................................................. 1608

Manuscript paper ................................................................................................... 1609

Margins ................................................................................................................... 1610

Masks ...................................................................................................................... 1611

Measure layout ....................................................................................................... 1613

Measure numbers .................................................................................................. 1615

Measure repeat signs ............................................................................................ 1617

Measures ................................................................................................................ 1618

Measures per line .................................................................................................. 1621

Melismas ................................................................................................................. 1622

Metatools ................................................................................................................ 1623

Metronome markings ............................................................................................ 1628

MicNotator .............................................................................................................. 1631

MIDI ......................................................................................................................... 1634

MIDI files ................................................................................................................. 1637

MIDI Sync ................................................................................................................ 1639

Minor keys .............................................................................................................. 1641

Mirroring ................................................................................................................. 1642

Mordents ................................................................................................................. 1644

Multimeasure rests ................................................................................................ 1645

Multiple key signatures ......................................................................................... 1648

Multiple passes and endings ................................................................................ 1649

Multiple time signatures ....................................................................................... 1651

Multiple voices ....................................................................................................... 1652

Music spacing ........................................................................................................ 1655

Mutes ...................................................................................................................... 1659

Neutral key ............................................................................................................. 1660

Nonstandard key signatures ................................................................................ 1661

Note positioning .................................................................................................... 1666

Note shapes ........................................................................................................... 1667

Note size ................................................................................................................. 1669

Noteheads .............................................................................................................. 1670

Note values (durations) ......................................................................................... 1671

Optimizing systems ............................................................................................... 1672

Ossia ....................................................................................................................... 1674

Page layout ............................................................................................................. 1676

Page numbers ........................................................................................................ 1680

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Page size ................................................................................................................ 1681

Page turns .............................................................................................................. 1682

Page View ............................................................................................................... 1683

Parentheses ........................................................................................................... 1685

Part Voicing ............................................................................................................ 1686

Patches ................................................................................................................... 1688

Pedal markings ...................................................................................................... 1691

Percussion ............................................................................................................. 1694

Percussion tones ................................................................................................... 1701

Piano reductions.................................................................................................... 1702

Pickup measures ................................................................................................... 1703

Pitch wheel ............................................................................................................. 1704

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