![]() There’s a quick introduction to how to use the “Finale Numerics” font to write figured bass ( 4:02). One common thing that the Lyrics Tool is used for is Figured Bass. I encourage you to add a comment in to the video if you have another unique way of using the Lyrics Tool. The sky is the limit though and there are probably other uses that I didn’t mention in the video. ![]() This video explores just a few of those options so you can see what may be available to you with the Lyrics Tool. The Lyrics Tool can be used for other things aside from lyrics. Lesson 8 (advanced): Other Uses for the Lyrics Tool This will allow you to locally adjust syllables any which way you need. In addition to the default settings I’ll also show you all you need to know about the Adjust Syllable sub Tool in the Lyrics Tool ( 10:31). If you need to get down and dirty with customizing the positions of syllables for lyrics in Finale this exhaustive tutorial is for you. And then there are spacing rules that Finale follows that you just need to be aware of. Syllable positioning gets a little complex in Finale because the rules that you set in the Document Options determine when a syllable gets justified or aligned in a certain way. Lesson 7 (advanced): Syllable Positioning There are only a few settings related to hyphens that will allow you to customize the look of them. Also covered in this video is all you need to know about hyphens ( 15:28)… which isn’t much. Word Extensions and Hyphens Individual Word Extensions are fairly easy to manipulate in Finale but there are quite a few default options to explore which can help you achieve better general results for your word extensions. Lesson 6 (advanced): Word Extensions and Hyphens This video will show you how to understand default versus local font changes and there’s a few good tips later in the video about good lyric fonts practices and some examples of when you may want to use alternate fonts or font styles. Lesson 5 (intermediate): FontsĬhanging fonts for lyrics seems like it should be a simple thing to do, but in Finale it can be easy to do something you didn’t intend. ![]() Even with proper preparation, click assigning lyrics is not perfect so you will need to learn how to handle the Shift Lyrics tool which I will show you how to use in this video as well. The process is fraught with booby-traps though so in this video I will show you how to properly prepare the lyrics beforehand so that you’ll have more success. There is a way to copy and paste lyrics directly into the Lyrics Window and use the Click Assignment tool to attach those lyrics to notes in the score. Lesson 4 (intermediate): Click Assignment After 30 days, saving printing, and sharing are disabled until you purchase Finale and receive a serial number. Everything is included except the premium Garritan sounds. Because each verse, section and chorus has its own set of baselines it’s useful to understand how they interact with each other. Create scores, generate parts, play, print, save: whatever you wish. ![]() There’s a bit more to them than meets the eye and a good understanding of how they work will be critical to mastering the Lyrics Tool in Finale. Lesson 3 (intermediate): Baselinesīaselines for lyrics are important enough that they deserved their own dedicated tutorial video. In addition there’s a discussion about a Patterson Plug-In which will allow you to move lyrics from one verse, chorus or section to another. This video will explore the techniques of using those alternate sections and will discuss some of the oddities related to copying and cloning lyrics in sections. Verse, Chorus, Section Using different verses, choruses and sections of lyrics in Finale is what allows you to write new lines of lyrics underneath existing lyrics. It’s an extensive, yet critical tutorial to watch if you really want to get a firm grip on dealing with lyrics in Finale. This video will demonstrate all you need to know about that and much, much more! Including adding “hard” hyphens and spaces ( 6:04) and adding lyric elisions ( 6:44) to basic editing for existing lyrics, the difference between clearing and deleting lyrics ( 12:57), and the difference between copying and cloning lyrics ( 15:22). Many of the old keyboard shortcuts have also been replaced by one click actions meaning you don't have to remember all those "Alt" key functions.įinale 2011 is the best version of Finale yet although beginners should be prepared for a very steep but worthwhile learning curve.This video series is part of Conquering Finale, a regular feature on Scoring Notes, with new installments released periodically.įinale’s “Type in Score” sub tool in the Lyrics Tool will be the main way to add lyrics to your scores. However, Finale 2011 has made things much quicker and more intuitive meaning you can get more music written in half the time. There are literally hundreds of features in Finale's rather crowded interface which make it very intimidating at first. Certainly Finale is still probably one of the most powerful cross platform tools for turning ideas into music.
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