I understand Finale’s default settings represent a compromise. They are designed to produce acceptable results for every kind of music and every level of user.
Darcy James Argue on Chord Symbol Spelling
Composer Darcy James Argue is the bandleader of the highly acclaimed Secret Society, and a longtime Finale user and beta tester.
Compensating for a Pickup Measure in the Final Bar
Often when an anacrusis or pickup measure appears at the beginning of a piece, the last measure of the piece will be truncated to complete the first measure.
Using Finale’s Human Playback in Digital Audio Workstations
Do you use both Finale and a digital audio workstation (or DAW)? Or do use one and collaborate with people using the other?
Quick Fixes to Improve Your Music Notation: Part 2
In part one of this post, we identified some quick ways to make your charts more readable. We focused on beaming, rests, chord symbols, and comping notation.