EXERCISE 1. This is the first measure of the top staff of the score.

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1 Workshop Finale Mus 408/508 Hal Owen EXERCISE 1 Like all standard Macintosh applications, the program can be opened either by double-clicking its icon or by double-clicking a file which it created. Opening the program itself presents you with this screen: This is the first measure of the top staff of the score. This is the on-screen help message bar. It changes for each tool you select. Use the tools at the left to enter and edit your music. The tool palette can be moved and reshaped to suit your needs. Click and drag here to change the shape of the palette. Use the handle and the arrows to move the screen up or down. If you have a large monitor, you can use the handle in the lower right corner to resize the window. The program can save your screen preferences. You can have up to four layers of music. This tells you where you are in the music. Use the arrows to move one measure forward or back, click in the gray area to move one screenful, or drag the handle to find the location you want. What you see is actually the Finale Default File. It has loaded in many default settings which act as preferences. When you have used the program extensively, you may wish to change some of these default settings. For now we will use them as they are. NOTATING A SIMPLE ARRANGEMENT OF AMERICA 1. Insert your disk in the computer. If it has not been initialized, do it now. Select SAVE AS from the File Menu. Make sure the name of your disk shows in the box at the top. If it

2 Exercise 1 Page 2 doesn t, click DESKTOP and double-click on the name of your disk Type in Ex. 1 America as the file s name, then click SAVE (or press RETURN). 2. When your file has been saved, you will see its name in the title bar at the top of the screen. The Staff Tool should be selected (it shows in reverse video). If not, click on the little treble clef. The message bar should read as it does in the illustration above. 3. Using the mouse, position the cursor (a plus mark) about a half inch below the left edge of Staff 1 and double-click. A new staff appears with a treble clef in it. 4. From the Staff Menu choose "Add Group and Bracket." Click on the curvy bracket. The other items are already correctly set. Click OK. Now your staves are connected with a bracket and the bar line is drawn through both staves. 5. Double-click on the lower staff. A complicated dialog box appears. For now, all we want to do is change the clef. Click Select next to the clef sign, then click on the bass clef, and press RETURN twice. Now the lower staff has a bass clef. 6. Our arrangement will be in the key of F, so select the Key Signature Tool (two flats). Do what the message bar tells you. When you are in the Key Signature dialog box, click the lower arrow once. A flat appears next to the clef and F Major appears below it. Click the button next to "Measure 1 through end of piece." This is all we need to do here, so click OK. Now our score has the proper signature. 7. Our arrangement will be in three-quarter time, so select the Time Signature Tool (a C for common time sign), and do what the message bar says. In the Time Signature dialog box, click the left arrow next to Number of Beats until there is just one note showing on the staff. Click the right arrow next to Beat Duration until you see a dotted half note. [We chose this setting because the piece will be conducted in one to the bar with eighth notes beamed through the bar. If we had set up three quarter notes, then eighth notes would be beamed in twos.] Click the button next to "Measure 1 through end of piece" and click OK. Now your score is in 3/4. 8. SAVE your work by pressing Command-S. Do this periodically every few minutes. [Choosing Program Options from the Options Menu allows you to have the program save your work every X-number of minutes automatically.] Adjusting Score Layout 9. Select the Measure Attributes Tool (staff and bar line with arrows above). We want our measures to be about 1.5 in. wide, so drag the top handle on the bar line and adjust the measure width accordingly. If you want rulers, you can get them with Command-R (the bar line will be about 2.25 in. on the ruler). 10. Double-click the Measure Add Tool (open-ended staff) and type 13 and RETURN. The score is now 14 measures long. 11. From the View Menu select Page View. NOTE: You can use Command-` as a keyboard equivalent. If you are using a small screen, press Cmnd-I to get a view of the whole page. At the left of the top staff you may see "[Staff 1]" and "[Staff 2]" next to the lower staff. In addition "[Group 1]" may show between the staves. These indications will not print. They are there for convenience in identification (useful especially in large scores). If they are showing, the lowest items in the View Menu will be checked. To hide either item, select it to remove the check mark. 12. Select the Page Layout Tool (one page on top of another). From the Page Layout Menu select Group Measures. In the dialog box the default number of measures per line is 4, which is what we want, so click OK. Double-click the Page Layout Tool. You can reposition the systems in the little widow by dragging their upper handles. The first system may be too low, and it may be indented; the last system may be shortened if you like. Any changes you make here should be followed by pressing Command-\, however, to update the layout. 13. If you are using a small screen, press Command-1 to get back to page view at 100%. Select the Test Tool (Letter A) and double-click the handle on the Title. A dotted rectangle

3 Exercise 1 Page 3 appears around it, and a blinking cursor appears in front of the "T". Double-click inside the box. The text is selected. 14. Type "America." You will have your title in the font and size that was already set up. If you want a different font and size, double-click again in the box and select the font and size from the Text Menu. 15. Return to Scroll View (from the View Menu or type Command-`). Type Command-shift-H. You are moved to the last measure. If the staves appear too small, press Command-1). Select the Measure Attributes Tool and double-click the measure. In the dialog box choose the box marked Final and press RETURN. The final bar line is now in place. Press Command-H (for Home ) to return to measure 1. SAVE you work (Command-S). ENTERING NOTES Right Hand 16. The Simple Note Entry Tool allows you to enter notes by pointing and clicking. It is simple, but it is also crude, slow, and often leads to mistakes. It can be very useful for editing. We will use it to enter just a few measures of the melody. Select it (the eighth note). A new set of tools appears. These are the note and rest values that will be entered. Click the quarter note. Select "Check for Extra Notes" from the Simple Menu. 17. Following the example, enter the notes for measure 1 by pointing and clicking on the proper lines or spaces. Rests are entered the same as notes except that you add the SHIFT key. You can change the value of a note by choosing a different time value and clicking on the note. You can change a note to a rest or a rest to a note by clicking on the note head or the place where you want a note. 18. For the dotted quarter note in measure 2, first enter a quarter note on E, then select the dot tool and click on the E. The dot is entered. 19. The F that follows is an eighth note, so select the eighth note and click the place where it is to appear. NOTE: With "Check for Extra Notes" active, you will not be able to enter notes or rests that exceed the total time value in a measure. If you try, the note or rest will not be accepted, and you will hear a beep. 20. Enter the notes to the end of measure 6. You will notice that only a few measures show on the screen. To move to the next screenful of measures, click in the gray area on the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen to the right of the handle. You can use the right or left arrows to move one measure forward or back, and you can drag the handle to reach anywhere else in the score (watching the measure counter as you drag). 21. If your score gets really messed up, choose Revert from the File Menu. It will load in the last version you saved. If you save your file often, you will not have lost much time and effort. If you have not been saving your work regularly, you will be very frustrated. 22. Now select the Speedy Note Tool (wind-blown eighth). This tool provides for much faster and more dependable methods for note entry. Some of the items in the Speedy Menu will be checked. Clicking on the item toggles the check mark. For now, arrange to have all items checked except "Use MIDI Keyboard" and "Create New Measures." 23. Click in Staff 1, measure 7. We will use the alpha keys to select pitch and the numerical keypad for note values (regular numbers on a Powerbook). First press K (to give pitches in their normal octave. [The period is for octave higher, and letter I is for octave lower. Watch the insertion point as you press the letters ASDFGHJ, then QWERTYU. You will see which letters will produce which pitches. If you click outside the measure, the bounding box goes away. If this happens, just click again in the measure you want. 24. Enter notes through m. 10. To enter a note, press an alpha key (for pitch), then a number key (for note value). For mm the sequence will be Q J 4 H 5 J H 4 G 5 (for the dot, use the decimal point below the 3 on the numerical keypad or the period on a Powerbook). 25. Now for the fun! The fastest way to enter notes is using a MIDI keyboard. This is the method you will probably use most. In the Speedy Menu check "Use MIDI Keyboard."

4 Exercise 1 Page 4 Turn on your MIDI keyboard. [You might want to put on a pair of ear phones connected to the synthesizer and choose a pleasant tone setting.] 26. With the Speedy Note Tool selected, click in meas. 11. To enter notes play and hold down a key on the MIDI keyboard and press an appropriate note value number on the keypad (or top row number keys). For mm the sequence is: A-5 Bb-4 A-4 G-4 F-4 A-5. (dot) Bb-4 C-5 D-4 Bb-4 A-5 G-5 F-6. (here again, use the dot located below the 3 if you have a numeric keypad. 27. Check your work by ear. Press Cmnd-H, press and hold the SPACE bar and click in Staff 1, meas. 1. Listen to the MIDI keyboard. The music will not scroll by. {It can be set up to scroll, but the notation usually has a hard time catching up because of the time it takes to draw each screen.] 28. Editing is easy with the Speedy Note Tool. If you enter a wrong pitch, simply drag the note head to the correct position. To add a tie, press the equals sign (=). To enter rests, press the time value key without pressing any keys on the MIDI keyboard. To enter a note in front of an existing note, place the insertion point on the note, press SHIFT, and add the note (or rest). To change a note to a rest, put the insertion point on the note and press CLEAR (or Shift-Delete). To delete a note, put the insertion point on it and press DELETE. You can clear a whole measure by moving the insertion point to the beginning and holding down DELETE until all notes are removed. Setting up Spelling of Accidentals 29. Make settings in the "Edit Major and Minor Key Spellings" dialog box as shown below. You get there by selecting Option Menu/Enharmonic Spelling/Edit Major and Minor Key Spellings..

5 Exercise 1 Page 5 Look at the left-hand part of the musical example to see what accidentals are used. Since the MIDI keyboard does not distinguish between F# and Gb, Bb from A# etc., we have set up the chart so that our key, F Major, will use F#, Ab, B natural, C# and Eb as the spelling for altered notes during input. Left Hand 30. Select the Speedy Note Tool and click Meas. 1, lower staff. Press the CAPS LOCK key down, then type 4 on the number pad. This allows you to enter a string of eighth notes from the MIDI keyboard. Simply play in the whole left-hand part except for the last note. Before playing it, press 5 (to change to quarter-notes). Click outside of the music to exit Speedy Note Entry, then go to meas If you set up the table in Step 29 correctly, you should have no spellings to correct. It is easy, however, to change to an enharmonic spelling in the Speedy Entry mode. Just put the insertion point on the note you want to change and type 9. If you type 9 again, you will be returned to the original spelling. Try it with the Eb in measure 9. Note that when it is changed to D#, Finale puts a natural by the following D. 32. Play your score by holding down the SPACE bar and clicking in meas. 1. You can stop the playback any time by simply clicking anywhere. 33. In meas. 13 the last note is B-flat, but there was a B-natural earlier in the measure. Most publishers add a flat to the final B as a courtesy. Make sure "Auto Freeze Accidentals" is checked in the Speedy Menu. Click in meas. 13, click on the last note s head, and press the * key on the key pad (or type Shift-8 on a Powerbook). 34. In Page View you will notice that the last two measures are quite stretched out. The score will look better if there are three measures in both the third and fourth systems. Press Cmnd-` Cmnd-I, and select the Mass Mover Tool. Click measure 12, staff 1 and press the down arrow key. That will shift meas. 12 to the bottom system. 35. SAVE your work! 36. ADDING MEASURE NUMBERS 37. Since this is piano music, you will want only one staff to show the measure numbers. To turn off the measure numbers for the lower staff select the Staff Tool, double-click Measure 1, Staff 2, and look under "Items to Display" for "Measure Numbers." Click on the box to remove the "x." 38. If you like the way Finale gives you the measure numbers, you can ignore the next step and print the score. 39. If you like a square around the measure numbers as in the example, double-click on the Measure Number Tool. In the dialog box set up the following: Enclosure Shape: Square; Show Enclosure on Every Number; Show Measure Numbers at Start of System; Hide First Measure Number in Region: ON. Click "Position" and drag the "0" up a little. Hold down the Command Key and click OK. This returns you to the score. 40. PRINTING THE SCORE 41. Choose Print Score from the File Menu (or press Cmnd-P). Click OK in the dialog box (or press RETURN). The score will look very good on a laser printer that uses PostScript. It will also look quite good printed on a StyleWriter. Scores printed on the Imagewriter are noticeably of poorer quality. NOTE: If your printed copy cuts off any parts of your music, select Page Setup from the File Menu, click Options, click Larger Print Area, OK, OK, then print again.

6 Workshop Finale Mus 408/508 Hal Owen EXERCISE 2 Finale is better than most notating programs when it comes to creating or adding lyrics to music. The program gives you several methods: Typing and editing them in a box, then assigning them all at once to the notes Typing them in a box, then assigning them to the notes by clicking Typing them directly on the score Importing them from a word-processing file, then assigning them to the notes Once entered, the lyrics can be edited on the score or in the Edit Lyrics Box, repositioned, copied and pasted to other parts, shifted left or right, repositioned relative to their assigned notes, and extensions added to syllables that are sung on several notes. You can choose any font and size for lyrics. We will use Exercise 1 as a starting point and will add the lyrics to the melody. LYRICS FOR AMERICA 1. Insert your class disk and open Exercise 1. Select Save As from the File Menu, type Ex. 2 America with lyrics and click SAVE. You now have two identical files except for their names. 2. With the Staff Tool selected, drag the lower staff down about 1/4 in. to make room for the lyrics. In Page View, check the page layout. If you had moved the lower staff down too far, you might have caused the bottom system to be on Page 2. Return to Scroll View. 3. Return to Scroll View. Select the Lyrics Tool (hand holding quill). A new menu appears called Lyrics. From this menu select Edit Lyrics. An empty box appears ready to accept lyrics for Verse 1. Type exactly as follows: My coun-try, tis of thee, Sweet land of lib-er-ty, Of thee I sing; This will appear in the default font and size for lyrics. If you check the box marked "Show Hidden Commands," you will see what the default is. The edit box works just like a word processor and you can edit any mistakes in your typing. The hyphens must be included as well as the punctuation. When words are being assigned to notes, either a space or a hyphen moves to the next note. 4. Click OK. NOTE: Most of the time you can press RETURN to exit a dialog box, but in the Edit Lyrics box a carriage return is entered in the text instead.. 5. Select Click Assignment from the Lyrics Menu. A box appears with your lyrics in it. Click the Auto Update box if it has not been checked. Hold down the OPTION key, and click on the head of the first note of the melody. The lyrics are drawn out of the box and assigned to the notes in the top staff. 6. Scroll through the first 6 measures to check the result. You will see a box with four triangles at the left. These triangles allow you to adjust the base line for the lyrics. The leftmost one adjusts all the lyrics for all parts. The second is used to adjust the lyrics for just one of the parts (for example, in choral music the Alto lyrics must often be adjusted lower than those for the Soprano). The third triangle is used to adjust lyrics in the page view for a single system. The fourth triangle is used for a change in the base line for the next syllable you enter.

7 7. As an experiment, drag the first triangle up or down until the lyrics are positioned to your liking. 8. Dumping all syllables in this manner was quick, but it does not work well when there are melismas (places where one syllable gets several notes). Next we will click in syllables one at a time. 9. Select Edit Lyrics from the Lyrics Menu. You are returned to the editing box with your lyrics still there. Position the cursor after sing; and type a space, then type: Land where my fa-thers died, Land of the pil-grims pride, 10. Click OK. You are returned to the music, and the box with the lyrics should still be there with Land where... at the left. If it isn t, you can use the handles and arrows inside the assignment box to move Land to the left. 11. Make sure you can see meas. 7. Click on each note in the measure. As you do so, the lyrics should pop into place. When you reach the end of the screen, click to the right of the handle in the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen and continue until you run out of syllables. What do you do about mistakes that get on the score? See Step 15 below. 12. Typing lyrics directly into the score is convenient and quick. It is most useful for music in which some syllables may have more than one note. Choose Type into Score from the Lyrics Menu. The lyrics box goes away, but the positioning triangles are still there. 13. Click on the first note of meas. 11. A blinking text cursor appears below the note. Type From (omit quotes) then a space. Notice that the space moves you to the next note. Type Ev- the hyphen moves you to the next note, but that note should not get a new syllable, so type a space. ry comes next, and you need two spaces to move to the next note to receive a syllable. Continue to the end (the completed example, page 4, will give you the words if you have forgotten them). 14. Check your work in page view, and SAVE the file. 15. CORRECTING MISTAKES. Since the edit box and the music are linked, any mistakes in typing can be corrected in the edit box and will appear correct when you return to the music. If syllables get attached to the wrong notes, you have several possible remedies: FOR ISOLATED MISTAKES you can edit syllables while in Type into Score mode by clicking on the note and retyping the syllable. WHEN JUST A FEW SYLLABLES ARE WRONG choose Adjust Syllables from the Lyrics Menu, click on the note where a syllable needs to be changed, click the handle that appears, and press DELETE. Then re-enter the syllable. WHEN THE SYLLABLES IN A STRING ARE OFF BY ONE NOTE Choose Shift Lyrics from the Lyrics Menu. The dialog box explains what you do next. FOR MANY SYLLABLES IN THE WRONG PLACE select the Mass Mover Tool, select the region of notes affected, select Erase... from the Mass Edit Menu, choose Only Selected Items, Entries, and Lyrics. Hold down the Command key and click OK. [Do this any time you want to return to the music from a series of dialog boxes.] FINAL EDITING Adjusting syllable spacing 16. When you look at the score in page view, you will see that a few improvements could be made. First, some of the syllables are crowded. We can fix that in different ways. One is to select Adjust syllables from the Lyrics Menu, click on the note involved, click in the syllable s handle and move it. The best way is to use the arrow keys as nudge keys. 17. In page view, move of in meas. 2 using this method. When you select the syllable s handle, press the left arrow quickly two times. Do the same for Sweet in the next measure, but move it to the right by pressing the right arrow two or three times.

8 18. For another method, select the Mass Mover Tool, choose Select Region from the Mass Mover Menu; in the dialog box, type 5 in the from...measure field and 8 in the through...measure field, click OK. Select Music Spacing...Apply Note Spacing from the Mass Edit Menu. Note the effect on the spacing. Type Command-\ to update the layout. 19. For still another method, select the Measure Attributes Tool, double-click measure 11, choose Using Beat Chart Spacing from the pull-down menu next to Position Notes. Click OK. There will be two handles on the right of meas. 11. Click the lower one. A box with handles appears above the measure. Drag the lower left handle to the right. This positions the location of the first beat. This method will work also for the last two measures. Click anywhere to exit the beat chart. SAVE the file now before proceeding. 20. One final method sometimes gives the best results. Select the Mass Mover Tool, press Command-A, then press and hold 4 and double-click in any measure. After a short wait, you will see the effects of global note and lyric spacing. Press Command-\ to update the layout. If you like the result, save it. If you don t, select Revert from the File Menu. Word Extensions and Slurs 21. If we are to be really professional, we should add extensions after the syllables ry and let. While in Page View, select the Lyrics Tool and choose Edit Word Extensions from the Lyrics Menu. Click the note belonging to ry and drag the handle to the right. Do the same for let. 22. In cases where two or more notes are assigned to one syllable, slurs should be used to connect the notes. Locate ev-. Select the Smart Shape Tool. A new set of tools appears. Choose the Slur Tool. Double-click on the note above "ev-." Double-clicking puts a slur to the next note. Do the same for ry and let. Save your work. Credits 23. We need to show the source of the words and music. First, move the music down the page a little. Double-click the Page Layout Tool. The top system is already selected. In the field on the right at the top (which should also be selected), type -1 and click in the layout box. This will move all the music down an inch from the top margin. Click DONE. You are returned to the music. 24. Select the Text Tool and double click above the first clef sign. Type Words: Samuel Francis Smith, The font and size is likely to be Times 12. You can change these items by selecting the text (drag the cursor through all the characters) and setting them in the Text Menu. 25. Double-click above the end of meas. 4, from the Frame Menu select "Alignment" and "Right" from the sub menu. Type "Music: Thesaurus Musicus, 1740." Since this is the name of a publication, select "Thesaurus Musicus," and from the Text Menu, select "Style" and "Italic" from the sub menu. 26. Save your work and print it. Some Navigation Tips When you are in Page View, you can move around the page by holding down the Command and Option keys. The cursor becomes the hand-dragging icon. As you drag, you can see which way and how far you are moving the image. The page is redrawn when you stop dragging. You can move up or down the page by about three inches by clicking in the gray area below or above the handle in the right-hand scroll bar. While in Page View, Command-H will move you to the top of the current page. Command- Shift-H will move you to the bottom of the page.

9 Workshop Finale Mus 408/508 Hal Owen EXERCISE 3 Finale can do for music what a word processor can do for words. The HyperScribe Tool can be used to enter notes in real time, that is, in a tempo you choose. The Mass Mover Tool can be used to copy, transpose, and move measures around like words in a text document. In this exercise we will first transcribe the leading voice of a canon, then copy and transpose it for two following voices, add repeat signs, lyrics, and some minor editing. The canon is Non nobis, Domine, attributed to William Byrd (but probably written by someone else). It will be scored for SAB chorus a cappella. REAL-TIME TRANSCRIPTION USING A MIDI TONE AS METRONOME 1. Open Finale, choose SAVE AS from the File Menu. Since you opened the program, not your own files, you will need to insert your class disk and make sure the new file is saved on IT rather than the computer s hard disk. Call the file Ex. 3 Non Nobis, Domine. 2. Turn on your MIDI Keyboard and choose a piano-like sound with a quick release time. [If you don't hear anything, you may have to go to the Options Menu, scroll down to MIDI Thru, and choose Fixed Channel 1. ]. Options Menu; Click and Count Off. We are setting up a 2-measure metronome click before recording. The metronome sound will be High C for the down beats and G below that for the other beats. You could use other notes by clicking on Listen and playing the key you want on the synthesizer.

10 Ex. 3 page 2 HyperScribe Menu (select the HyperScribe Tool, a slanted keyboard); Quantization: Hyperscribe Menu; Beat Source; Playback: We have set the metronome at 82. You can set your own tempo by clicking on Listen, and playing the tempo you want on any key on your synthesizer. Any MIDI Data allows you to start the count-off by pressing any note. Play Staves While Recording allows you to hear other parts you have already entered (there will not be any at this stage). HyperScribe Menu; Record Mode: Choose Record into One Staff. Hyperscribe Menu; HyperScribe Options: Check only Tie Across Barlines and Refresh Screen. This allows you to see the notes as you enter them. Ordinarily this item is OFF to save redrawing time. Window Menu; Playback Controls: The dialog box looks like tape recorder controls. While the HyperScribe Tool is active, the Record button is available. Drag the control box down below your score (click and drag the gray area above the controls). 3. Click in meas. 1. A small window opens with two buffer boxes. You can ignore these boxes for this exercise. Click on Record in the Playback Controls. 4. Play Middle C to start the 2-measure count-off, then play the melody keeping time with the metronome sound. Click anywhere on the page to stop.

11 Ex. 3 page 3 5. Play in a slightly detached style, releasing each note just before the next note or rest. Make sure you do not have two keys down at the same time. If you make a small mistake, just continue and correct it later. If you make a big mistake, click somewhere on the page, find the measure where the mistake is, click it, then continue from there. NOTE: You could have set up the HyperScribe Tool so that you provide the beat by playing a key with your left hand. This is useful when the music is difficult and you may need to pause or turn pages of your original source. We will use this method in later exercises. 6. Use the Speedy Note Tool to make corrections. When the music looks like the upper staff of the printed example, SAVE your work. 7. Select the Lyrics Tool and Type into Score from the Lyrics Menu. Enter the lyrics from the beginning through meas. 9. We will finish them later. CREATING THE ALTO AND BASS PARTS 8. Press Cmnd-R for rulers. You will notice that the top line of the staff is about 1/4 in. down. 9. Select the Staff Tool and double-click below Staff 1 at 1 1/4 in. and again at 2 1/4 in. 10. Select all three staves by drag-enclosing their handles. All three should have dots in them. Drag the upper handle down to 5/8 in. All three staves should move together. This will give us a little extra space between systems in page view. 11. With all three staves still selected, choose Add Group and Bracket from the Staff Menu. The dialog box shown below appears. Choose the proper bracket, and click OK. 1

12 Ex. 3 page Double-click in Staff 1. Make settings in the dialog box as shown. For the Full Name click Edit and enter S in the text edit box and click OK. 13. Set the attributes for Staff 2 the same except enter A for the staff name, and uncheck "Endings and Text Repeats" and Measure Numbers. Set Staff 3 the same except enter B for the staff name, select bass for the starting clef, and uncheck "Endings and Text Repeats" and Measure Numbers. 14. Select the Page Layout Tool. This will move you to Page View and add the Layout Menu. From this menu select Group Measures and click OK. 15. Select the % Tool, click the top of the page, type 85, make sure Hold Margins is checked, then click OK. Press Command-\ to update the layout. Check the layout against the printed example and make any necessary adjustments. SAVE the file. 16. Select the Mass Mover Tool and set up the Mass Mover Menu so that Copy and Replace, Select Partial Measures, and Move Everything are checked. Return to Scroll View. 17. Click in meas. 1, staff 1 above the first note, double-click the measure number box at the bottom of the screen, type 11 and press RETURN. You are moved to meas. 11. Hold down the SHIFT key and click after the last note in meas. 11. Your selection is now from meas. 1 through 11. Press Cmnd-H to return to meas Drag meas. 1, staff 1 down to a point just to the right of the rest in meas. 1, staff 2. After a short time, the first part has been copied into the second part after two beats. 19. If you performed step 16 correctly, mm should still be selected in the top part. If your notes were copied incorrectly, press Cmnd-Z (Undo) and repeat step 16.

13 Ex. 3 page Drag meas. 1, staff 1 down to a point just to the right of the rest in meas. 2, staff 3. After a short time, the copy is made. Don t worry about the treble clef and the pitches. We will take care of that next. 21. Click to the left of staff 2. This selects everything in that part. Select Transpose from the Mass Edit Menu. In the dialog box set Down, Chromatically, Perfect Fourth, and plus 0 octaves (probably already set), hold down the Cmnd. key and click OK. This should transpose the alto part down a fourth. 22. Click to the left of staff 3. Reset transposition now to Octave. The other items are properly set. Cmnd-RETURN gets you back to the music. The Bass part is in the right octave. Check the layout to see that all is well thus far, then SAVE. 23. The lyrics for the alto part are too close to some of the notes. Select the Lyrics Tool and set Type into Score in the Lyrics Menu. Click staff 2. When the triangles appear, drag the second one down a little until the alto s lyrics clear the lowest note (G). Adjust the base lines for the other parts if necessary in the same manner. 24. Scroll to the end (or press Cmnd-SHIFT-H). Select the Mass Mover Tool, click on meas. 13, and hit DELETE. Select the Measure Attributes Tool, double-click the meas. 12, and choose the final barline icon. Press RETURN. ADDING REPEATS 25. Finale s method of adding repeats is somewhat clumsy because it wants to make your file play back correctly. First, you should see if the program is set to play or ignore your repeats in playback. Select Playback Controls from the Window Menu, click More Choices and click Playback Options (On a small screen you may have to drag the Playback Controls Window up to see Playback Options ). Make sure that Ignore Repeats is NOT checked. Click OK and close the playback window by unchecking Playback Controls in the Window Menu (or you could click its close box, but be careful not to close the file by mistake. If so, a warning comes up on the screen, and you should click CANCEL). 26. Select the Repeat Tool. Click in meas. 3, staff 1. The Repeat Selection box appears with the correct repeat sign selected. Click SELECT. The forward repeat sign is added to the score. 27. Scroll to meas. 11 and click it. This time select the backward repeat with bracket, the third icon. This brings up the Backward Repeat Bar Assignment dialog box. Type 3 for Target Measure (where the playback should jump to for the repeat). Click Repeat Until Total Passes and enter 3 for Total Passes. Click OK. 28. Double-click meas. 11 and choose the fourth icon, the ending bracket, and click SELECT. The Ending Repeat Bar Assignment box appears. Enter 12 for Target Measure (which tells the program to skip bar 11 after repeating and go to bar 12) and click Multiple. In the box that appears type 1 TAB 2 RETURN (since meas. 11 is to be good for first and second ending). Click OK to return to the score. 29. Click meas. 12 and choose the fourth icon again. This is for the third (and final) ending. Type 3 in the Ending Text... field. You can leave everything else as is in this box since this is the ending measure. Click OK. 30. The ending brackets need to be adjusted. To have the most control over this, choose Page View, select the Zoom Tool (magnifying glass), and click meas. 11, staff 1. This gives you an enlarged view. Select the Repeat Tool, click meas. 11, and use the handles above the staff to reshape the brackets (after watching a demonstration). Make sure the horizontal lines coincide. Do the same for meas. 12. You can add a down hook on the end of the bracket above the last measure using the Line Tool if you wish.

14 Ex. 3 page 6 FINAL STEPS 31. Double-click the Layout Tool and adjust the systems so that they are positioned correctly. Indent System 1 a small amount, and select Update Layout from the Edit Menu. Click DONE. Press Command-1 to return to 100% view scale. Return to Scroll View. 32. Use the Speedy Note Tool to correct notes in measures 11 and 12 to match the example. 33. Select the Lyrics Tool and set up Type Into Score. Type in the missing syllables. 34. Select the Text Tool and change Title to Non Nobis, Domine and double-click above the end of bar 4, set Frame/Alignment to Right (or press Command-Shift-]) and enter the composer credits. Font size should be 12 pt. Fixed. Double-click under the title, type Command-Shift- and type Canon for Three Voices. Set to 18 pt. 35. Check for any remaining mistakes or adjustments needed, do a playback, SAVE the file, and PRINT it.

15 Workshop Finale Mus 408/508 Hal Owen EXERCISE 4 Finale provides several powerful methods for note entry. We have already used the Simple Entry Tool and the Speedy Entry Tool. The HyperScribe Tool allows for real-time entry from a keyboard where one hand plays the notes to be transcribed and the other keeps time. We will use this method in Exercise 4 to transcribe a little arrangement of The Ash Grove for solo oboe and piano. When there are two independent parts using one staff, Finale provides a system of layered entry which will preserve the stem and tie direction automatically and allows for rests which will not collide with other parts. Load Finale and save your file as Ex. 4. Ash Grove. SET-UP AND FORMATTING 1. Type Cmnd-R, select the Staff Tool, and drag Staff 1 down to 1/2. Create Staff 2 by double-clicking at 1 1/4 down. Create Staff 3 by double-clicking at 2 down. Dragging down Staff 1 gives us some space between the staves in Page View. NOTE: Don t drag Staff 1 down in order to reach hidden items. Do the editing of these items in Page View. 2. Group Staves 2 and 3 by choosing Add Group and Bracket from the Staff Menu. In the dialog box after Staff choose [Staff 2],choose the piano bracket, and click OK. 3. Double-click on Staff 2 and in the Staff Attributes box and remove the x from Measure Numbers in the Items to Display. 4. Use the pull-down menu to select Staff 3. Select bass clef, and remove the x from Measure Numbers. Select Staff 1 in the pull-down menu, click Edit for Full Name and enter Oboe. Click OK to return to the score. 5. Double-click on the handle next to the bracket. Enter Piano as the Full Group Name. 6. Double-click the Measure Add Tool, type 22, and click OK. Go to Page View and select the % Tool. Click in the upper left corner of the page, enter 85 (unless 85 was already set), and make sure that Hold Margins is checked. This will make your output 85% size in page view and when printing. This is a convenient size for most scores. Double-click the Layout Tool, enter -0.7 in the top system margin field, and click DONE. 7. Return to scroll view and select the Key Signature Tool. Click meas. 0 (the pick-up bar), Staff 1. In the dialog box click the upper arrow to select a signature of one sharp. Click on "Measure 1 through end of the piece." Click OK. You are returned to the score with the signature showing. Select Edit Major and Minor Key Spellings from Options Menu/Enharmonic Spelling and set b2, b3, #4, #5, and b7 for chromatic tones. 8. Select the Time Signature Tool and click meas. 0, Staff 1. In the dialog box change the number of beats to 3, click "Measure 1 through end of the piece," and click OK. Your score now has the proper meter. 9. Double-click the Measure Number Tool. In the dialog box, enter 0 (zero) in the First Measure in Region field, Make sure that Hide First Number in Region is checked, then click OK. We did this to change the measure numbering so that the pick-up bar will be counted as Meas. 0, not Meas. 1. Now measure numbers on the score will agree with those in your printed example. If Display Defined Measure Numbers has been chosen in the Program Options Dialog Box (Options Menu), the measure numbers displayed at the bottom of the screen will agree with those displayed in the score (with the exception of Measure 0). 10. Select Music Options from the Options Menu/Document Settings. Click Set Duration (bottom of the dialog box). Select the quarter note, and press OK twice. In the score, your first measure is ready for a pick-up entry. If all is well so far, SAVE with Cmnd-S.

16 Ex. 4 page 2 TRANSCRIBING THE MELODY 11. Select the HyperScribe Tool. Turn on your MIDI keyboard and plug in a set of ear phones to it. The first item in the HyperScribe Menu is Beat Source. When it is selected, a submenu shows Tap, and may or may not be checked. In any case, select it so that the Tap Source dialog box appears. Select MIDI Note, click Listen, then play the lowest key on your MIDI keyboard. This will enter the MIDI key number that will be used for beats. 36 is the MIDI number for low C. Choose "HyperScribe Options" from the menu and check "Tie Across Bar Lines," and turn off the other options. 12. Choose Click and Countoff from the Options Menu and set Never for both Countoff and Click. Choose Quantization from the HyperScribe Menu. Select the quarter note, if it has not already been selected. Click OK. When you return to the score, click the pick-up bar for Staff 1. Two buffer boxes appear on the screen telling you that the program is waiting for keyboard entry. 13. With this method of transcription, you will be playing the notes to be entered with your right hand while you keep time with your left hand. Even though the first bar is a pick-up, the program considers it a full bar and you will start by tapping two beats before entering the pick-up note. As you enter the melody, keep time with your left hand. Play the right hand somewhat detached, and just tap with the left. We ll demonstrate. Click anywhere on the score to stop at the end, or if you make a mistake. 14. This method is very user-friendly. When you stop transcribing, the notation is entered. You should scroll through the score, checking for errors. If there are none, you can move on to the next step. If you have small errors, you can fix them using the Speedy Note Tool. If you got through several measures, then made a major mistake, just click the first measure that is wrong and enter the notes using HyperScribe from there. 15. The transcription may not give you the last measures, and you may need to enter them manually. HOT TIP: When you are using the Speedy Note Tool with Jump to Next Measure ON, enter ties (the = neat to CLEAR) before adding the dot. In the Speedy menu uncheck "Create New Measures." Correct any remaining errors. NOTE: The program entered a half rest in meas. 7. Two quarter rests should be used in 3/4. Using the Speedy Note Tool, with the insertion point on the first beat, press 5 to change it to a quarter rest. Next, hold down SHIFT and press 5 again. This enters another quarter rest before the next item (the D quarter note). 16. Select the Measure Attributes Tool to add the final bar line, then check your work with a playback. If all is well, SAVE your work. ENTERING THE PIANO PART 17. At this point those who are comfortable with the keyboard will want to continue with the HyperScribe Tool. Those who are not should use the Speedy Entry Tool and should skip to Step Select the HyperScribe Tool. For quantization, change the number for Divide Beat into to 1. Click the pick-up bar, Staff 2. Tap 3 beats for the pick-up bar, then keep the beat with the left hand while entering the right hand part through measure 18. Tied chords should be held across the bar. Give one extra tap for bar 19 with your left hand. As before, click when you are finished or when you have made a major mistake. Don t worry about enharmonic spellings for now. When you have finished entering the right hand part, skip to Step For those using the Speedy Note Tool: Select it. Set the Speedy Menu so that there is a check mark on all items except "Create New Measures" and "Jump to Next Measure". 20. Click the pick-up bar, Staff 2, and press 5. A quarter rest appears. Press ] to move to the next measure.

17 Ex. 4 page Press 5 to enter the rest, then play the first chord, hold it down, and press 5. Play the next chord and press 5, then = (above the 8 on the number pad). This enters ties for all notes of the chord. NOTE: The = enters ties for all notes if the insertion point is NOT on one of the chord members. If it is, it will enter a tie for only that note. It also toggles: If you press it again, it removes ties entered previously. Press ] to move to the next measure. 22. Continue to enter the RH piano part by playing the chord and holding it while pressing 5 (for quarter note). Pressing 6 gives you a half note, and adding the. puts a dot after the half note. 23. Continue through measure 18. Now you can join the keyboard artists in dealing with accidentals. 24. The Speedy Note Tool is used to enter cautionary accidentals and to correct enharmonic spelling. It is customary to cancel an accidental used in the previous bar if that pitch reverts to its diatonic spelling. Click on the C in meas. 6, Staff 3 and press * on the numeric key pad (Shift-8 on the Powerbook). You will note that the right hand is holding down a C# at the same time the left hand is playing C natural. 25. There is only one note that needs to be spelled enharmonically the D# in meas. 11. Put the insertion point on the note head and press 9 to change it to Eb. If you press it again, D# returns. If the insertion point is not on a note in a chord, pressing 9 several times will cycle through all possible spellings, one of which will be the one you want. 26. Enter the left hand part through meas. 7 using any method you like. LAYERS 27. When one staff has two distinct parts with different time values and stems pointing in opposite directions, use the program s layer system. The default setting will probably be what you want, but let s check it. Select Layer Options from the Options Menu/Document Settings. The dialog box should look like this: The 6 adjusts rests up six steps (lines and spaces). You may find that 7 looks better for this piece. 28. Using the pull down menu, check to see that Layer 2 is set the same except that stems are down and floating rests are set to 6. Press OK.

18 Ex. 4 page Check to see that Layer 1 is indicated at the bottom of the screen. If it isn t, change it to Layer 1. Select the Speedy Entry Tool and check Junp To Next Measure in the Speedy Menu. Scroll to meas. 8, Staff 3 and enter the notes with stems up through meas. 11. A NOTE ABOUT DISPLAY COLORS: Finale 3.7 lets you enter certain items in color if you choose. If you are working with a color monitor, choose "Select Display Colors" from the View Menu and check the box marked "Use Colors." The default setup will show Layer 1 in black, Layer 2 in red, Layer 3 in green, and Layer 4 in blue. If you want to change any of the colors in the window, click on the name of the item. The color wheel will come up, and you can select the color you wish. This can be handy to distinguish between various types of text entry. 30. Scroll back to meas. 8 and change to Level 2 at the bottom of the screen. NOTE: You can change layers without leaving the Speedy Entry box by pressing Shift and the number of the layer you want. Enter the notes with stems down into Staff 3 (reread the HOT TIP, Step 15). Click on the score and then check your notation thus far, making any needed corrections such as Bb to A#, meas Change to Layer 1 again and enter the LH meas. 12 through 15 and the notes with stems up in meas Enter the remaining measures of the LH part. 32. Change to Layer 2 and enter the notes with stems down, meas Complete the notation for the last 4 measures in the RH part. Enter cautionary accidentals in the L.H. part in mm (See step 24). SPACING 34. Select the Mass Mover Tool. Press Cmnd-A, hold down 4, and double-click a measure. After a short time, your music will be adjusted to make room for the sharps and flats at the beginning of some measures. Update the layout using Cmnd-\. 35. Select the Measure Attributes Tool and drag the handle of the pick-up measure so that it is about 3/4 wide. 36. Double-click the pick-up bar, select Using a Beat Chart, click OK, then click the lower handle on that measure. When the beat chart appears, drag the lower handle to position the pick-up note where you want it. Update the Layout and SAVE. TITLES AND CREDITS 37. Use the Text Tool to enter the titles, tempo indication, and arranger s name. Main title is 24 pt. Subtitle is 18 pt. Tempo indication is 14 pt. fixed, and arranger s name is 12 pt. fixed. Be sure to select the correct justification in the dialog box for each item. DYNAMICS 38. Select the Staff Expression Tool (mf.under whole note). Position the cursor just below the D pick-up note in the solo part. You will notice that if the cursor is too low, ledger lines appear below it. If is it higher, ledger lines appear above it. This is how you can tell which staff an expression will be attached to. Click just below the D, select the mf. and click OK twice.. Use the handle to position the dynamic mark where you want it. 39. Enter the p mark in the piano part in the same manner. 40. Enter slurs for the oboe part if you wish.

19 Workshop Finale Mus 408/508 Hal Owen EXERCISE 5 Although Finale is designed primarily as a notation program and a tool for desktop music publication, it is equipped with a powerful sequencer for playback. It also contains a few tricks not available with other notation programs. In this exercise we will transcribe some music for a sax soli by playing it on the keyboard, then exploding it into four parts and transposing them for the sax section of a stage band. Finally, we will make a lead sheet using Finale's Chord Tool. 1. Create a new file as Ex. 5 Birdland. The default meter (common time) is what we want.. Select Measure 1 Through End of Piece. Set the key signature for one flat, and select Minor Key in the pull-down menu. 2. Select the Measure Attributes Tool and adjust the measure to 3 inches wide. 3. Select the Speedy Entry Tool. In the Speedy Menu check all items. 4. Click in Meas. 1 and enter the chords as shown on page 4. Play and hold a chord and press 4 for eighth notes, 5 for quarters, and 6 for half notes. Where there are ties, make sure the insertion point is not on one of the chord notes and press =. Go back and add the ties at the end of measures 6 and 7. We will correct spelling later. 5. When you get to meas. 8, last beat, you will enter a triplet. Press OPTION-3, then enter the chords in the triplet. Finale will supply the bracket and number for you. If you want to change or adjust the triplet sign, select the Tuplet Tool, click the first note of the triplet and change items in the dialog box. 6. Enter the remaining music (and the empty measure at the end). 7. Select the Measure Attributes Tool and adjust the size of the last measure to about 1 inch. Double-click in the measure and select the double bar. Press OK. 8. Select the Repeat Tool; click meas. 8. In the dialog box select the repeat with bracket. In the next dialog box type 1 as the target measure and 1 for total passes. Click OK. 9. Click meas. 9 and select the fourth icon. In the next dialog box enter 2 for total passes. This will put a 2 in the bracket for second ending. 10. Go to meas. 7 and click it. In the dialog box select the fourth icon. In the next dialog box enter 9 for target measure and 1 for total passes. This sets up the playback so that on the repeat, when meas. 7 is reached a jump is made to meas. 9, the second ending 11. Run playback (hold down the space bar and click meas. 1) to check for any errors. The chord in meas. 9 is actually tied over from meas. 6, but it will be restruck in the playback (because the MIDI reader doesn t see the ties). (For the adventuresome: The MIDI tool can be used to reduce the velocity of this chord to 0.). We will add a swing feel later. 12. Spelling can be corrected now or after the next operation. SAVE the file. EXPLODING THE MUSIC 13. Select the Staff Tool and add three new staves below the one you have completed. The top lines of the staves should be about an inch apart. 14. Enter Alto for the full instrument name. Use the pull-down menu to get the dialog box for Staff 2. Enter Ten. 1 as the instrument name and deselect Measure Numbers and Endings... For Staff 3 enter Ten. 2 and deselect Measure Numbers and Endings... For Staff 4 enter Bari and deselect Measure Numbers and Endings... We now have staves for all four saxes. 15. Select the Mass Mover Tool. Click to the left of Staff 1. From the Mass Edit Menu select Utilities and from the side menu select Explode Music. 16. In the first dialog box, enter 4 for the number of splits. Skip the next item, and check Use these Clefs. Change the 3 s in the field to zeros. This tells the program that all parts