Makemusic Finale 2008-2009 Tutorial DVD

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

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

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

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

Whether you are using Finale professionally as a publisher, orchestrator, composer, teacher, student, worship leader or even as a hobbyist, this tutorial will help you get the most out of Finale. And since other products in the Finale line such as Allegro, PrintMusic and Songwriter all implement various features from Finale, you can use the tutorial to learn features from these products as well

• 156 Videos
• Almost 9 hours of professional instruction
• Extremely high quality tutorial videos
• Easy to use interface
• Made for Finale 2008 and 2009
• Mac OS X & PC compatible
• DVD-Rom

Finale 2008-2009 Tutorial DVD Content:
156 high quality professional videos

Intro
1. Introduction
2. Using the Custom Flash Player

Navigation
3. Windows vs Mac Shortcuts
4. Finale Terms
5. The User Interface
6. Tool Palettes
7. Navigating the Score
8. Zooming
9. Handgrabber

Setting Up a Score
10. The Launch Window
11. Document Setup Wizard
12. Using Document Templates
13. Adding & Deleting Staves - example video
14. Other New Doc Items
15. Staff Attributes

Playback
16. Playback Control Window
17. GM and Garritan Sounds - example video
18. Assigning GM Instruments
19. Assigning Garritan Instruments
20. Using Garritan and GM Sounds
21. Midscore Instrument Changes
22. Advanced Playback Settings
23. The Ambience Reverb
24. Human Playback Utility-Basic
25. Human Playback Plug-in
26. Advanced Human Playback-1
27. Advanced Human Playback-2
28. The Mixer
29. The MIDI Tool
30. 2009 Enhancements-The Aria Player

Simple Entry
31. Entry Overview
32. Mouse Entry
33. Number Pad Entry
34. Computer Keyboard Entry
35. Intro to MIDI Keyboard Entry - example video
36. Beams, Ties and Accidentals
37. Editing Pitches and Durations
38. Working with Chords
39. Articulations and Expressions
40. Voice Layers
41. Tuplets

Speedy Entry
42. Speedy Entry Intro
43. Computer Keyboard Entry
44. MIDI Keyboard Entry
45. The Insert Function
46. Beams, Ties and Accidentals
47. Changing Durations and Pitches
48. Adding Rests
49. Default vs. Real Whole Rests
50. Working with Chords
51. Voice Layers
52. Tuplets
53. The Speedy Menu
54. Durations on a MIDI Keyboard

HyperScribe Entry
55. HyperScribe Intro - example video
56. Click and Recording Options
57. Quantization Settings
58. Entering Music
59. HyperScribe Options
60. More Quantization Settings
61. Tapping the Tempo
62. Using AudoDynamics
63. Recording Piano Music
64. Multitrack Recording
65. Use in a Multi-staff Score

Editing
66. Selecting
67. Copying and Pasting
68. Copying with Layers
69. Working with Measures
70. Measure Attributes
71. Clefs, Keys and Time Signatures
72. Transposition
73. More Staff Attributes
74. Staff Styles
75. Staff Groups and Brackets
76. Staff Sets
77. Using Repeats
78. DS al Coda
79. Adding Cue Notes
80. 2009 Enhancement-Multi-page Editing
   

Articulations
81. Adding and Deleting Articulations
82. Articulation Metatools
83. Repositioning Articulations
84. Smartfind and Paint
85. Swapping Articulations
86. Changing Articulation Playback
87. Library Management

Expressions/Smartshapes
88. Adding and Deleting Expressions
89. Expressions on Selected Staves
90. Repositioning Expressions
91. Changing Expression Playback - example video
92. Expression Contextual Menu
93. Creating New Expressions
94. Create Tempo Marking Plug-in
95. Expression Metatools
96. Intro to Smart Shapes
97. Editing Smart Shapes
98. Editing Slurs
99. More Hairpins
100. More Shapes
101. Custom Smartlines
102. SmartFind and Paint
103. SmartShape Options
104. 2009 Expression Enhancements

Text and Lyrics
105. Introduction to Text Entries
106. Page Assigned Text Entries
107. Using Page Numbers
108. More Text Editing
109. Entering Lyrics
110. Repositioning Lyrics
111. Editing Lyrics
112. Using Verse Numbers
113. Introduction to Chords
114. Typing Chords into the Score
115. Chord Playback
116. The Chord Definition Window
117. Chord Metatools
118. Chordal Analysis
119. Repositioning Chords
120. Using Learned Chords
121. Fretboards

Score Layout
122. Introduction to Score Layout
123. Page Layout
124. Staff Layout
125. Automatic Music Spacing
126. System Layout
127. Measure Layout
128. Manual Music Spacing
129. Note Layout
130. Using Measure Numbers
131. Introduction to Linked Parts
132. Working with Linked Parts
133. Manage Parts Dialog Box
134. Exporting Parts
135. Staff Optimization
136. Rules, Grids and Guides
137. Page and Systems Scaling
138. Printing
139. Tile Page Printing
140. PDF Output

Extras
141. Bookmarks
142. Composite Time Signatures
143. Beaming Through Barlines - example video
144. Using Graphics
145. Using MIDI Files
146. Grace Notes
147. Cross Staff Notation
148. Tremolos and Artificial Harmonics
149. Cadenzas and Ossias
150. Working with Audio Files
151. Educators-Introduction
152. Educators-Kodaly
153. Educators-The Exercise Wizard
154. Using Figured Bass
155. Scanning Music with Finale
156. Customizing Finale