Everything you want to know about music notation with Finale! Master Finale step-by-step with the most complete how-to guide available. Designedfor both novice and experienced users, this is your detailed resource t o fully understanding and applying all of Finale's remarkable capabilities. Easy-to-follow instructions help you to: create publisher-quality music notation; learn to use the tools of Finale while writing your own music and arrangements; get started immediately with hundreds of professional templates, partially completed notation files, and libraries available on the companion website (www.FINALEBOOK.com); print transposed partsfrom scores automatically; write standard notation, guitar tablature, d rum set parts, and more with this comprehensive hands-on tutorial. Teachers can create warm-up and practice exercises; write their own compositions, arrangements and method books; and simplify parts for students. Thecompanion website, www.FINALEBOOK.COM, offers: Œ‡ Tutorial Files Œ‡ Sampl es of partially completed and finished music notation files for each of the hundreds of hands-on exercises in the book Œ‡ Libraries of articulations and dynamics Œ‡ Additional chapters Œ‡ Professional Templates: Choral,Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, Marching Band, Orchestra, Single Line and Grand Staff, Pit and Show, and Sketch and Utilities templates including a Cue Sheet for radio and TV. This book excels at teaching Finale in an easy-to-understand, sequential manner. Rudolph and Leonard have loads ofexperience. Beginners and seasoned Finale users will benefit from what these two teach. - Tom Johnson, Finale Product Specialist, MakeMusic!, Inc.