Revised and updated for Finale 2012, this guide offers clear,
step-by-step methods for creating beautiful scores with ease. Master the
essentials and learn to take advantage of Finale's incredible power by
focusing on the tools you need and ignoring the ones you don't. Increase
productivity: readers will find a concise overview of Finale's framework
followed by a guide to the everyday tricks and shortcuts that make using
Finale a breeze. Learn from an expert: author Mark Johnson draws from
his many years of experience working with composers, educators,
engravers and students, giving you the expert guidance you need to get
the very most out of Finale. In Finale 2012: A Trailblazer Guide, you
will learn all about the latest Finale features including how to master
Finale 2012's new revolutionary ScoreManager, which grants unprecedented
control over orchestration and playback sounds, learn about Finale
2012's new Instrument paradigm, quickly and easily add mid-score
instrument changes, benefit from Finale's new support for Unicode fonts,
add harmonic analysis and figured bass, and get the most out of the many
other improvements to Finale 2012. You will also learn about features
from other recent versions including how to take advantage of Finale's
new staff layout and editing options, quickly and easily do all the
things that once required "optimization " enter lyrics using Finale's
new lyric entry features, learn about Finale's improved percussion
features, assign and use metatools with blazing speed, and much, much
more.
