Learn how to use the Finale® music notation program to produce arrangements for full band faster than you ever thought possible!

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CHAPTERS IN THIS TUTORIAL

1. Introduction And Overview

PART I

2. Sketch Score 1 – Getting started; Building the score
3. Sketch Score 2 – Entering the melody; Building the “Skeleton”
4. Sketch Score 3 – Adding bass line and harmony
5. Sketch Score 4 – Filling out the parts
6. Sketch Score 5 – Dynamics, articulations, and phrasings
7. Sketch Score 6 – Audition and tweaking

PART II

8. Full Score 1 – Creating the score outline
9. Full Score 2 – Transferring music from the Sketch Score
10. Full Score 3 – Exploding the parts
11. Full Score 4 – Filling out the score
12. Full Score 5 – Dynamics, articulations, and phrasings
13. Full Score 6 – Audition and tweaking

PART III

14. Formatting 1 – Use part 1 to format the full score
15. Formatting 2 – One-page parts
16. Formatting 3 – Two-page parts, part 1
17. Formatting 4 – Two-page parts, part 2
18. Formatting 5 – Two-page parts, part 3
19. Formatting 6 – Duplicating formatting to other parts (F2007 and later)
20. Formatting 7 – Formatting the sketch score for printing
21. Formatting 8 – Formatting the full score for printing

PART IV

22. Miscellaneous 1 – Creating a sketch score from a full score
23. Miscellaneous 2 – Printing multi-page parts and scores on 11x17 paper
24. Miscellaneous 3 – Printing to PDF
25. Miscellaneous 4 – Getting software (such as Acrobat) at a super discount price

26. Summary and Conclusion

BONUS MATERIALS:

1. Pagination Guide for multi-page printing on 11x17 paper
2. Printable Step-by-step Checklist for Creating A Sketch Score
3. Printable Step-by-step Checklist for Creating a Full Score from a Sketch Score
4. Printable Step-by-step Checklist for Creating a Sketch Score from a Full Score
5. Printable Step-by-step Checklist for Formatting Part