Tutorials Archives - Scoring Notes

A Special Tools investigation in Finale

April 29, 2023May 2, 2023

Detective Jason Loffredo is back with the Conquering Finale video series. His “Special Tools Investigation” will dissect each one of these tools, perform forensic analysis, and present evidence that you have access to a powerful array of engraving tools for individual notes and measures.

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The missing link(ed) parts in Finale

March 16, 2023March 22, 2023

“Part”-y on with this installment of the Conquering Finale video tutorial series, where we discuss linked parts, how they work, and how to manage them effectively within your Finale documents.

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Tackling the text tool in Finale

December 21, 2022December 27, 2022

Like many things in Finale, the text tool offers a lot of power and control, but also many options to navigate. Here’s how to tame the type.

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Perfecting page layout in Finale

November 10, 2022November 15, 2022

Perfect page layout is essential to creating quality output from music notation software. Finale offers a multitude of options to format the music on the page, but understanding where the options are is important in the quest to conquer Finale.

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Scoring the 11 o’clock number with Dorico and Emvoice One

October 18, 2022October 22, 2022

Ian Blick shows how to score a song using Emvoice One and Dorico, how to add vibrato using a plug-in inside a DAW to give the sung line more expression, and also how to use the audio from a video file to synchronize with Dorico.

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Staff tool strategies in Finale

August 4, 2022September 3, 2022

The importance of the Staff Tool in Finale cannot be underestimated. This very large series of videos will be well worth your time, because a deep understanding of how staves work is a critical part of “conquering Finale.”

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The measure number matrix in Finale

June 28, 2022July 1, 2022

Measure numbers in Finale are a bit complex, incredibly flexible, and maybe a little over-engineered. But with this video tutorial series, you don’t need to choose between the red or blue pill when it comes to working with measure numbers; you can have it all.

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Orchestra librarians want you to know about instrument names

June 20, 2022June 25, 2022

Here’s a video tutorial, with a complete transcript, from Thomas Goss of Orchestration Online on the subject of correctly labeling instrument names and numbers in your score, and its importance to the orchestra staff and librarian.

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Mastering the measure tool in Finale

May 20, 2022May 26, 2022

Measure for measure, this video tutorial series sets the bar for working with Finale’s Measure Tool. From the basics of the Measure Attributes dialog and custom barlines, to beat and note positioning, group barlines, display options, split measures, and more, it’s all here!

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Scoring a 16th century ayre with Dorico and Emvoice One

May 17, 2022May 20, 2022

Ian Blick illustrates how to make the Emvoice One voice synth emulate the voice of a trained singer, adding more realism to a score which has been produced in Dorico Pro.

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Orchestra librarians want you to know about parts paper sizes

May 3, 2022June 18, 2022

Before you do any work on parts, you’ll want to get one basic parameter from the librarian: the paper size their orchestra prefers for their instrument parts. Here’s a video tutorial from Thomas Goss of Orchestration Online on the subject, with a complete transcript.