

You can use a Document Style A Document Style is a model document with settings that can be inherited by new scores created with the Setup Wizard. It automatically assigns sounds to all the instruments for playback, configures all the clefs and transpositions, and creates a set of linked parts for your score. Most of the time we use the Setup Wizard, which is useful because it offers the opportunity to set up your score as you create the document. Step one in any Finale project is creating a document. Managing Parts Individual pieces of music, each designed to be performed by a single musician or section of an ensemble. Edit Filter a process that removes or reduces certain frequency ranges from an audio signal.Voicing The distribution of musical notes between different parts in an ensemble the intervallic structure of a harmonic array via RePitch tool.Using the Chord Two or more notes played simultaneously a group of three or more notes played or sung at the same time to create harmony.Enter Articulations Alteration in sound dynamics, duration, or technique by the player, as suggested by markings in a musical score, Expressions Musical instructions in the score including dynamics, tempo, instrumentation, cast names, musical directions and other elements, or in Finale's case, a means to inject other MIDI data and instructions into the playback performance or MIDI stream & Smart Shapes.HyperScribe A patented method of entering music in Finale by transcribing a real-time MIDI performance into notation.Speedy Entry A type of note entry in Finale favored by advanced users, enabling rapid entry of notes multiphonically with a MIDI keyboard.Simple Entry A mode of note entry in Finale often preferred by beginning users without a MIDI keyboard, allowing for direct clicking of notes into the score.Time Signature A symbol written at the beginning of a piece of music indicating the number of beats in each measure and the type of note that receives one beat.

Key Signature a group of sharp or flat symbols placed at the beginning of a piece of music that indicate the key in which the piece should be played.Open Midi MIDI is a data protocol with information that enables computers and other sequencers to perform music according to the instructions it contains.Default Document A type of Finale file that can be used as a starting point for the creation of new documents.
