Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation – 2nd Edition
Author(s): Thomas E. Rudolph (Author), Vincent A. Jr. Leonard (Author)
Publisher: Berklee Press
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
Edition: 2nd
Language: English
Print length: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0876390688
ISBN-13: 9780876390689
Book Description
Everything you want to know about music notation with Finale! Master Finale step-by-step with the most complete how-to guide available. Designed for both novice and experienced users, this is your detailed resource to fully understanding and applying all of Finale’s remarkable capabilities. Easy-to-follow instructions help you to: create publisher-quality music notation; learn to use the tools of Finale while writing your own music and arrangements; get started immediately with hundreds of professional templates, partially completed notation files, and libraries available on the companion website (www.FINALEBOOK.com); print transposed parts from scores automatically; write standard notation, guitar tablature, drum set parts, and more with this comprehensive hands-on tutorial. Teachers can create warm-up and practice exercises; write their own compositions, arrangements and method books; and simplify parts for students. The companion website, www.FINALEBOOK.COM, offers: * Tutorial Files * Samples of partially completed and finished music notation files for each of the hundreds of hands-on exercises in the book * Libraries of articulations and dynamics * Additional chapters * Professional Templates: Choral, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Marching Band, Orchestra, Single Line and Grand Staff, Pit and Show, and Sketch and Utilities templates including a Cue Sheet for radio and TV. “This book excels at teaching Finale in an easy-to-understand, sequential manner. Rudolph and Leonard have loads of experience. Beginners and seasoned Finale users will benefit from what these two teach.” – Tom Johnson, Finale Product Specialist, MakeMusic!, Inc.
Editorial Reviews
Review
As an experienced Finale user, this is very helpful in guiding me through the latest updates/”tricks” I never new existed. — Drew Shanefield, Composer/Arranger for the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps, design consultant for the Cavaliers, freelance composer/arranger, Bands of America adjudicator and clinician
Vince Leonard is one of the most knowledgeable music educators. Beginning and advanced Finale users will benefit from his knowledge. —
Peter Nero, conductor, arranger, composer, and master pianist
From the Publisher
Following-up on the popularity of its earlier Finale how-to guidebook, Berklee Press is releasing the second edition of Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation. This new book provides a comprehensive, step-by-step exploration of all of capabilities and applications of the latest versions of Finale, including its uses in the classroom.
Easy-to-follow instructions will help readers create publisher-quality music notation; learn to use the tools of Finale while writing their own music and arrangements; print transposed parts from scores automatically; and write standard notation, guitar tablature, and drum set parts, among other items.
Teachers can use this book to create warm-up and practice exercises; write their own compositions, arrangements, and method books; and simplify parts for students.
Written by music educator Thomas E. Randolph and producer and composer Vincent A. Leonard, Jr., Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation is compatible with Finale versions for both MacOS and Windows. The book comes complete with a companion Web site containing dozens of downloadable resources to complement readers learning experiences.
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