| Who This Book is For |
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| What's Changed Since 2012? |
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Where's my ? Tool? - 2014 Tool Reference |
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| What's Changed Since 2011? |
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| What's Changed Since 2010? |
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| 1 Getting Started |
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Where is the Finale 2014 Folder? |
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| 2 Beginning a New Score |
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Starting a Score with the Document Setup Wizard |
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20 | (4) |
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24 | (1) |
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Document Without Libraries |
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Starting from Printed Sheet Music (Scanning) |
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To Add and Insert Measures |
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Changing the Key Signature |
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Changing the Time Signature |
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Adding, Removing, and Changing Instruments |
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Changing the Tempo Marking |
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30 | (1) |
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Adding or Removing a Pickup Measure |
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Showing or Hiding Measure Numbers |
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31 | (1) |
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Changing a Staff's Playback Instrument |
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32 | (1) |
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Enter and Modify Text (title, Composer, Copyright) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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Introduction to Regional Selection and Editing |
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39 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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Introduction to Page Layout |
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42 | (9) |
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Editing Staff and System Spacing |
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43 | (3) |
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Moving Measures Across Systems |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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Redefining Pages and Page Format for Score |
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Page Size, Orientation, and Printing |
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48 | (3) |
| 3 Note Entry, Articulations, and Expressions |
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51 | (40) |
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52 | (12) |
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Entering Notes in Simple Entry with a Mouse |
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52 | (4) |
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Editing Notes in Simple Entry |
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Entering Notes in Simple Entry with your Computer Keyboard |
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58 | (4) |
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Entering More Than One Voice Using Layers |
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62 | (2) |
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Entering Notes and Rests with Speedy Entry |
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64 | (8) |
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Navigation in Speedy Entry |
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64 | (1) |
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Speedy Entry Without a MIDI Keyboard |
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65 | (4) |
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Speedy Entry with a MIDI Keyboard |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (7) |
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72 | (1) |
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Using the "Add Again" Metatool |
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73 | (1) |
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Entering an Articulation on Several Notes at Once |
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Adding New Articulations to the Library |
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75 | (1) |
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Transferring Articulations Between Documents |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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Defining Articulations for Playback |
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77 | (1) |
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Copying Articulations Within Your Score |
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78 | (1) |
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Automatically Copy Articulations to Similar Rhythmic Passages |
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79 | (1) |
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79 | (12) |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (1) |
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Programming an Expression Metatool |
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83 | (1) |
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Creating a Text Expression |
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83 | (1) |
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Changing the Appearance of Expression Categories |
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84 | (1) |
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Aligning and Positioning Expressions |
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85 | (1) |
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Defining an Expression for Playback |
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86 | (1) |
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Transferring Expressions Between Documents |
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87 | (1) |
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Creating a Simple Arrangement |
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88 | (3) |
| 4 Advanced Note Entry, Chords, and Lyrics |
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91 | (29) |
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Real-Time Entry: HyperScribe |
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91 | (9) |
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Playing into the Score Along with a Metronome Click |
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92 | (3) |
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Playing into the Score While Tapping the Tempo |
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95 | (2) |
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Recording into Two Staves at Once |
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97 | (1) |
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Using HyperScribe with a MIDI Guitar |
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98 | (1) |
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Playback (recording playback data) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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Working with Chord Symbols |
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100 | (8) |
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100 | (4) |
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104 | (1) |
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Creating and Editing Chord Suffixes |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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Adding and Removing Capo Chords |
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107 | (1) |
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Transferring Custom Chord Libraries Between Documents |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (9) |
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Typing Lyrics into the Score |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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Setting or Changing the Font for Lyrics |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (3) |
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116 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (3) |
| 5 Clefs, Key Signatures, and Time Signatures |
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120 | (27) |
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120 | (8) |
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Changing the Clef at the Beginning of a Measure |
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121 | (1) |
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Entering Mid-Measure Clefs |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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Clef Spacing and Placement |
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124 | (1) |
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Showing or Hiding Clefs and Courtesy Clefs |
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125 | (1) |
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Creating a Custom Clef (the Clef Designer) |
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126 | (1) |
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Transferring Custom Cleft Between Documents |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (7) |
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Entering and Changing the Key Signature |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (1) |
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Showing and Hiding a Key Signature in Staves and Measures |
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132 | (1) |
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Showing or Hiding Courtesy Key Signatures |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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Nonstandard Key Signatures |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (12) |
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Entering and Changing the Time Signature |
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135 | (3) |
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Beaming Patterns and Time Signatures |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (1) |
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Showing and Hiding Time Signatures in Staves or Measures |
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141 | (1) |
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Showing or Hiding Courtesy Time Signatures |
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141 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (2) |
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Pickup Measures Within a Score |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (2) |
| 6 Slurs, Hairpins, Other Shapes and Repeats |
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147 | (28) |
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Introduction to Smart Shapes |
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147 | (12) |
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General Smart Shape Editing |
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149 | (1) |
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The Smart Shape Context Menu |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (1) |
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Hairpins (Crescendos and Decrescendos) |
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156 | (3) |
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159 | (7) |
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Trills and Trill Extensions |
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159 | (1) |
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Ottavas (8va/8vb) and l5va/l5vb |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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Bend Hats and Guitar Bends |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Creating Custom Smart Shapes |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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Automatically Copy Smart Shapes to Rhythmically Identical Passages |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (9) |
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Basic Repeat Creation and Editing |
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167 | (4) |
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171 | (1) |
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Creating Custom Text Repeats |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
| 7 Multiple-Instrument Scores |
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175 | (29) |
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Working with Multiple Staves |
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176 | (7) |
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Customizing the Score Order |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (3) |
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Customizing Staff Viewing: Staff Sets |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (3) |
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184 | (2) |
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Removing Barlines Between Staves |
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186 | (1) |
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Expressions and Text Repeats in Multiple-Stave Documents |
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186 | (4) |
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Assigning Expressions to Multiple Staves |
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187 | (3) |
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Score List Expression Positioning |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Other Tricks for Mpltiple-Stave Scores |
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190 | (3) |
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Viewing Several Regions of Your Score on the Screen |
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190 | (1) |
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Adding Cue Notes Automatically |
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191 | (2) |
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Global Staff Attributes Plug-in |
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193 | (1) |
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Working with Linked Parts |
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193 | (11) |
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195 | (2) |
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197 | (1) |
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197 | (1) |
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Setting the Page Format for Linked Parts |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (1) |
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Other Linked Part Details |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (3) |
| 8 Alternate Notation, Staff Management, and Tab |
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204 | (35) |
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Staff Setup for Slash, Rhythmic, and Other Notation Styles |
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204 | (6) |
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Slash and Rhythmic Notation |
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205 | (2) |
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Managing Playback for Staves with Slash or Rhythmic Notation |
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207 | (1) |
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Managing Layers in Rhythmic grid Slash Notation |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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Adding Mid-Score Instrument Changes (without Staff Styles) |
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209 | (1) |
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Applying Staff Attributes to Part of a Staff Only: Staff Styles |
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210 | (5) |
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210 | (2) |
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Defining a New Staff Style |
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212 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Adding Mid-Score Instrument Changes as Staff Styles |
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214 | (1) |
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Tablature, Percussion, and Note Shapes Notation Styles |
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215 | (7) |
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215 | (1) |
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Percussion Layouts and Percussion MIDI Maps |
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216 | (4) |
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220 | (2) |
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Guitar Notation and Tablature |
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222 | (11) |
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Setting up a Tablature Staff |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (7) |
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Entering Guitar Fingerings |
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229 | (1) |
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Editing Tab Staff Settings |
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230 | (3) |
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Creating a Guitar Part with tab |
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233 | (6) |
| 9 Editing Your Music |
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239 | (26) |
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Specifying What, How, and Where to Copy |
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239 | (5) |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (9) |
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Changing Notes: Search and Replace |
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244 | (1) |
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Changing Entry Items En Masse |
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245 | (3) |
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Changing Note Durations and Appearance |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (1) |
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Transposing Automatically While Copying |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (6) |
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Automatic Music Spacing and Music Spacing Libraries |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (1) |
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Spacing Regions of Measures |
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256 | (1) |
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The Beat Chart and Spacing with the Measure Tool |
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256 | (1) |
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Spacing Notes Individually |
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257 | (2) |
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Changing and Managing Fonts |
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259 | (6) |
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260 | (1) |
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Swapping and Checking Fonts |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (2) |
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The Change Fon is Plug-In |
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263 | (1) |
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Checking Document Fonts Against System Fonts |
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264 | (1) |
| 10 Fine Tuning: the Details |
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265 | (32) |
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Alignment and Positioning Techniques |
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265 | (8) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (3) |
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271 | (2) |
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273 | (10) |
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Rebeaming a Selected Region |
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275 | (1) |
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Breaking and Joining Beams Individually |
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276 | (6) |
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282 | (1) |
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283 | (6) |
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284 | (2) |
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Editing Stems for a Selected Region |
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286 | (1) |
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Editing Stems Individually |
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287 | (2) |
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Editing Notes and Noteheads |
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289 | (4) |
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Editing Noteheads and Note Positioning with the Special Tools |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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Changing the Default Enharmonic Spelling |
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291 | (2) |
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Positioning Accidentals Individually |
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293 | (1) |
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Editing Augmentation Dots and Ties |
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293 | (4) |
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Editing Augmentation Dots |
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295 | (1) |
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Adding and Editing Ties Individually |
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296 | (1) |
| 11 Measure Numbers, Graphics, Layout, and Printing |
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297 | (21) |
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297 | (6) |
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Managing Measure Number Appearance |
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298 | (1) |
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Editing Measure Numbers in the Score |
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299 | (1) |
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Creating and Editing Measure Number Regions |
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300 | (3) |
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303 | (4) |
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304 | (1) |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (8) |
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Editing the Overall Page Format for Your Score or Parts |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (2) |
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315 | (3) |
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315 | (1) |
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Fitting a Score on Two Pages: Tile Pages |
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316 | (1) |
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Batch Printing and Booklets |
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317 | (1) |
| 12 Specific Projects and Composing with Finale |
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318 | (25) |
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Tricks for Specific Projects |
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318 | (14) |
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Cross-Staff Notation and Tricks for Piano Scores |
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319 | (2) |
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Figured Bass and Harmonic Analysis |
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321 | (3) |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (2) |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (7) |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (2) |
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Ensuring Notes are within a Playable Range of your Performers |
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336 | (3) |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (4) |
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Band-in-the-Box Auto Harmonizing |
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340 | (2) |
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Inversions, Retrogrades, and More: The Canonic Utilities |
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342 | (1) |
| 13 Customizing Finale, Scanning, and Education Tips |
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343 | (23) |
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Creating Custom Documents |
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343 | (2) |
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344 | (1) |
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Creating Your Own Templates |
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344 | (1) |
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345 | (9) |
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Customizing Finale with Preferences |
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345 | (6) |
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Customizing Finale's General Appearance 35o |
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Customizing the Tool Palettes (Mac only) |
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351 | (1) |
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Menu Shortcuts (Windows only) |
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352 | (2) |
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Working with Scanned Files |
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354 | (4) |
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354 | (3) |
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Scanning TIFF Files for Finale Import Manually |
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357 | (1) |
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Orchestrating Scanned Scores |
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357 | (1) |
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Tricks for Music Educators |
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358 | (8) |
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358 | (1) |
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Finale's Educational Templates |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (1) |
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360 | (6) |
| 14 Playback, Audio, and the MIDI Tool |
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366 | (31) |
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367 | (5) |
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MIDI vs. VST/Audio Units Playback |
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368 | (1) |
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Working With Garritan Sounds |
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368 | (2) |
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Using the SmartMusic SoftSynth |
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370 | (1) |
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Assigning 3rd Party VST/Audio Unit Sounds |
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370 | (1) |
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Using External, Non-General MIDI Sounds |
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371 | (1) |
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How to Use Human Playback |
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372 | (7) |
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Applying Human Playback to a Region |
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373 | (1) |
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Creating a Custom Human Playback Style |
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374 | (2) |
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Human Playback Preferences |
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376 | (2) |
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378 | (1) |
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General Playback Techniques |
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379 | (7) |
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379 | (2) |
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Defining Regions for Playback |
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381 | (1) |
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Recorded Versus Notated Playback |
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382 | (1) |
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The Mixer and Staff Controls |
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382 | (1) |
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"Conducting" the Tempo with TempoTap |
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383 | (1) |
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Fixing Percussion Playback |
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384 | (1) |
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385 | (1) |
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Defining Playback with Expressions |
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386 | (1) |
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386 | (1) |
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387 | (7) |
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Key Velocity, Note Durations, Continuous Data, and Tempo |
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388 | (2) |
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The MIDI Tool (Split) Window |
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390 | (3) |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (3) |
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394 | (1) |
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Importing Audio (loading audio) |
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395 | (2) |
| 15 Finale, the Web and Other Programs |
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397 | |
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397 | (3) |
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Finale Note Pad (it's free!) |
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397 | (1) |
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Finale SongBook on your iPad (it's also free!) |
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398 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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Transferring Music Between Programs |
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400 | (4) |
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400 | (1) |
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Backwards Compatibility with Finale 2012 |
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401 | (1) |
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MusicXML and Backwards Comatibility with Finale 2011 and Earlier |
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402 | (1) |
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Saving As an MP3, WAV, or AIFF File |
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403 | (1) |
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Saving a Finale File as a SmartMusic Accompaniment |
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404 | (1) |
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Supplementing Finale with Third-Party Plug-Ins and FinaleScript |
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404 | (8) |
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405 | (2) |
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The Patterson Plug-In Collection |
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407 | (2) |
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409 | (3) |
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The Next Finale Trailblazer Guide |
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