I have installed the demo of Notepad and have a few questions about it. I have never used any Finale version before and so these might be really obvious, apologies if they are...
1. Once you have started a piece of music can you add another stave and if so how? I tend to gradually add parts to the composition and don't usually know how many I am going to need when I first create it. Also can you change the title after creating a piece of music?
2. When I tried to write a guitar or bass part with a tab I had no idea how to get notes on the tabs, how is this done?
3. If I try to enter a chord via MIDI (from my synth) it sometimes interprets it as a series of notes rather than them all being one chord. I guess this is because my timing is slightly off but is there a way to make it less sensitive?
Thanks
Simon
Questions about Finale Notepad Demo
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With NotePad you can't.BigSi67 wrote:...1. Once you have started a piece of music can you add another stave and if so how? I tend to gradually add parts to the composition and don't usually know how many I am going to need when I first create it. Also can you change the title after creating a piece of music?...
Workaround:
- Create a new document, and copy the music into the new document.
If you find NotePad too limited, I suggest that you try the PrintMusic demo.
Or perhaps the SongWriter demo will be enough?
TAB notes can be entered directly into the TAB staff, but I suggest that you (since you are about to learn the program) first enter the music into the standard staff, and then copy the music to the TAB staff.BigSi67 wrote:...2. When I tried to write a guitar or bass part with a tab I had no idea how to get notes on the tabs, how is this done?...
To learn how to edit and enter notes in a TAB staff, take a look at the menus and sub-menus in the Simple Entry Tool.
Peter
Mac OS X 12.6.9 (Monterey), Finale user since 1996