I recently visited Celina, Texas, to provide an all-day, hands-on Finale training for a group of music educators.
Instantly add a drum groove to any Finale file
Last year I wrote a blog post about the Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing feature in Finale. I entered a familiar swing melody and then used the feature to harmonize it into a five-voiced sax section.
Finale Blog: Easy Rehearsal Marks
As I refine a composition, everything is open to experimentation, including the form: I might freely move, add, or delete whole sections.
Finale Blog: How I fattened up my bass sound
Want to fatten up a bass guitar sound in Finale? My trick is to add a second bass staff with a different bass sound, copy the notes of the bass part to this second staff, and pan the two bass staves hard left and right.
Finale Blog: If It Ain’t Broke…
Being a practical guy, I generally agree with the philosophy of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” However, I make exceptions.