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Finale Essential Training

With Rick Schmunk Liked by 276 users
Duration: 6h 42m Skill level: Beginner + Intermediate Released: 12/8/2022

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Course details

If you produce music for large bands or are a student looking toward a career in music production, then Finale is an essential piece of software for your professional toolkit. In this course, USC professor and digital music expert Rick Schmunk guides you through everything you need to know to get started. Get familiar with hardware and software setup, then go over basics like opening and importing files, using the Finale window, and more. Learn how to create lead sheets and simple documents, as well as how to notate music on a grand staff using a computer keyboard or a MIDI keyboard. Explore the tools for notating choral and other polyphonic music and find out how to record real-time notation. Deep dive into features and functionality that enable you to work with scores, then step through exporting different types of files from Finale. Plus, Rick shares his thoughts on ways to build upon your knowledge in your own artistic and production pursuits.

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4.8 out of 5

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  • Guillermo González Guillermo González

    Guillermo González

    Economist | Data analysis | Business Intelligence | Research | Education

    5/5 August 12, 2023
    The best course I've seen about music notation programs. All explanations are clear and Rick desmonstrates very useful features of Finale. Excellent work!
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  • Joe Wagner Joe Wagner

    Joe Wagner

    Saxophonist | Composer | Educator

    5/5 July 21, 2023
    This is a really great course. I have been using Finale for a few years and never learned many of the shortcuts and easier ways of entering notes and formatting the page, so this course was extremely helpful.
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  • Gene Kelly Gene Kelly

    Gene Kelly

    Business Owner at Kellymusicworks.com

    5/5 January 23, 2023
    I enjoyed this class and it covered basic areas like "deleting/adding staves" and how to modify the order of instruments. The Finale Hyperscribe feature is a time saver for entering notes. I love it!
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  • Practice while you learn 1 exercise file
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