;Tips Hints Notes from On-line Documentation. For use with Tip of the Day
;created September 2002
These are Tips of the Day. Leave them on at start up to learn what's new and some common features in Finale Guitar 2003. Click Next to see another tip. You can also access this dialog box from the Help Menu.
;WhatIsNew
Want to change the look of Finale Guitar's palettes and background bitmap? From the Options Menu, choose Program Options, and then select Palettes and Backgrounds.
;WhatIsNew2k2
Enter music with the Simple Entry Tool. Click on the Simple Entry Tool to try it.
;WhatIsNew2k1
You can Space Systems evenly on the page with the Page Layout Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k2
Most Speedy Edit commands apply to the previous note when you've jumped to the next blank measure.
;WhatIsNew2k2
The keyboard shortcuts in Simple Entry also work in Speedy Entry. Learn one set of shortcuts for both Tools.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Can't remember how you created an item on the page? Use the Selection Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Import your scanned music files either directly by choosing SmartScore Lite under the file Menu or by importing SmartScore files.
;WhatIsNew2k2
Finale Guitar allows you to specify a percussion map while importing MIDI Files.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Force or limit the number of systems on a page with new options in the Space Systems Evenly dialog box in the Page Layout Tool.
;GuitarSpecific
Use the same Smart Shape again and again? Assign a Metatool to it to save time and mouse clicks.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Switch layers with keyboard shortcuts. On Windows, while in any Tool use: Alt+Sh+1, Alt+Sh+2, Alt+Sh+3, Alt+Sh+4. On Macintosh: Cmd+Opt+1, Cmd+Opt+2, Cmd+Opt+3, Cmd+Opt+4.
;WhatIsNew2k2
You can change durations, navigate and perform other commands from your MIDI device while in Speedy Entry. From the Speedy Menu, choose Speedy Options, and then check Use MIDI Modifier Keys when in MIDI Input Mode to assign MIDI notes to these commands.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Make your piece swing by setting the Swing effect in the Playback Settings dialog box.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Have a bitmap or pict that you want to always see while working in Finale Guitar? You can choose it in the Palettes and Backgrounds page of Program Options.
;WhatIsNew2k2
You can nudge Smart Shapes with the arrow keys.
;GuitarSpecific
Writing music for Lute with Letters or Vihuela TAB? These instruments are already defined in the Setup Wizard.
;WhatIsNew2k1
You can have a different fretboard for the same chord symbol.
;WhatIsNew2k2
Finale Guitar features Engraver Slurs. These slurs automatically avoid collisions with notes, stems and accidentals. Use the Smart Shape Slur Tool to see these acrobatic slurs in action.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Know when you printed a file by using the Current Date Text insert with the Text Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k2
You can have a duration and modifier(s) selected at the same time in Simple Entry. Enter C# in one click.
;GuitarSpecific
You can define your fretboard instruments in the Staff Attributes and Tablature Attributes dialog boxes.
;WhatIsNew2k2
Need to create worksheets for your class using Kodaly notation style? From the File Menu, choose New > Document from Template, and then choose the Kodaly template in the Choral Templates folder.
;Tooltip
Remember that a Tool specific menu will often appear when a Tool is selected. If you choose a Tool and want to perform an action, look for a new menu at the top of the screen.
;WhatIsNew2k2
You can define a staff size by an absolute value in the Page Format For Score dialog box.
;GuitarSpecific
Does your Guitar music have unique articulations? There are many Guitar specific articulations already defined.
;WhatisNew2k3
Finale Guitar offers 2 clefs styles for Tablature. Select the Clef Tool and click a measure to see the options.
;WhatIsNew2k
Use the Measure Tool to edit measure attributes such as barline style, measure width and measure numbers.
;WhatIsNew2k
Quickly enter dynamics and technique text as expressions with the Expression Tool. This way you can attach text to a measure or note.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Want to transcribe Stairway to Heaven with your MIDI Guitar? You can enter music directly into a standard staff or tablature staff.
;GuitarSpecific
Need repeats in a jiffy? Select a region with the Mass Edit Tool, and then, from the Mass Edit Menu, choose Utilities > Create Easy Repeats.
;WhatIsNew2k
Immediately apply correct music spacing with Automatic Music Spacing checked under the Edit Menu.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Why are your Tablature numbers always selected when using Simple Entry? Select Tablature Notes On Entry is checked in the Simple Menu.
;WhatIsNew2k2
If you create a percussion staff with the Setup Wizard, Finale Guitar will automatically set up the Percussion Map so that the notes will appear in the correct place on the staff, playback with General MIDI sounds, and appear with proper notehead shapes.
;GuitarSpecific
Need Word extensions for all your lyrics? From the Lyrics Menu, choose Add Word Extensions to place lines after appropriate lyrics.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Need to notate guitar bends? Use the Guitar Bend Smart Shape.
;ToolTip
Use the Staff Tool to create, delete, and edit staves in your score.
;WhatIsNew2k
Need to make a change to part of a measure? From the Edit Menu, choose Select Partial Measures. Now you can assign Slash, Rhythmic and other alternate notation styles to partial measures with the Staff Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k1
You can hear notes as you enter them with the Simple Entry Tool. Check Playback in the Simple Entry Menu to enable this feature.
;WhatIsNew2k2
Have your band practice their parts before the gig by saving your Finale Guitar compositions as SmartMusic Accompaniments. Use SmartMusic Studio to rehearse your music. Go to Save Special under the File Menu for details.
;GuitarSpecific
What are all these lines after the lyrics? From the Lyrics Menu, choose Remove Word Extensions to remove all extensions in a jiffy.
;ToolTip
Use the Simple Entry Tool to point and click notes and rests into the score. Choose a note or rest from the Simple Entry Palette, and then click in the staff.
;WhatIsNew2k
Attach a Glissando to notes with the Glissando Smart Shape Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Your Guitar player doesn't read traditional music? No problem. Use the Mass Edit Tool to copy music from a standard 5 line staff to a 6 line TAB staff.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Need to make your music look hand written, but can't read your own writing? Use the Jazz Font. Choose the Jazz Font radio button in the Setup Wizard.
;ToolTip
Use the Lyric Tool to create, delete, or edit lyrics in your score.
;GuitarSpecific
Need to add quarter note equals 172 above the score? Select a measure with the Mass Edit Tool,and then from the Mass Edit Menu, choose Utilities > Create Metronome Marking to place the marking and affect playback.
;WhatIsNew2k3
What rhymes with orange? Find out with the WriteExpress Rhyming Dictionary in the Lyrics Menu.
;WhatIsNew2k
Need to hide a region of music? Select the region with the Staff Tool, choose Apply Alternate Notation from the Staff Menu and douple click one of the Blank Notation options.
;WhatIsNew2k
You have probably started a file with the Setup Wizard found under the New submenu of the File Menu. But, don't forget you can also add a staff with the Wizard under the Staff Menu with the Staff Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Need to transcribe the soundtrack from "Brassed Off"? Use the Brass Band template, one of over 40 that come with Finale Guitar.
;ToolTip
Use the Measure Tool to create, delete, or edit measures as well as measure numbers and multimeasure rests in your score.
;WhatIsNew2k1
You can choose Insert Mode in the Speedy Menu. This allows you to put notes or rests before the cursor in a measure. Note, you can still use Sh+number to insert a note.
;WhatIsNew2k
Specify how to handle Metatools with the Expression Tool under the Expression Menu. You can always attach the expression to the measure, the note, or allow the vicinity of your click to assign the attachment.
;WhatIsNew2k
You can define how the left barline at the start of the system should appear in the Document Options dialog box. From the Options Menu, choose Document Settings > Document Options.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Need to share some music with your Scandinavian friends? Finale Guitar offers Scandinavian chord symbol spellings.
;WhatisNew2k3
Save your Finale Guitar file so each player can be the soloist while practicing with SmartMusic. For details, from the File Menu, choose Save Special > Save As SmartMusic Accompaniment.
;ToolTip
Use your MIDI device, or solely your computer keyboard to enter music with the Speedy Entry Tool by checking or unchecking Use MIDI Device for Input under the Speedy Menu.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Want to transcribe "Danny Boy" as performed by the 27th Lancers? Start it with the Drum Corps template.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Define a unique MIDI Channel for each Tablature String in the Tablature MIDI Channels dialog box under the MIDI Menu.
;Chapter 7
Check Tempo Changes, Continuous Data, and Convert Markers options in the Import MIDI file dialog box to allow Finale Guitar to remember the precise "feel" of the original sequence, and to keep this data handy for playback once the MIDI file has been imported.
To play back your music with the captured nuances of Tempo Changes, Continuous, Note Durations, and Key Velocities, be sure you've selected all four data types in Playback Options under the Options Menu.
;WhatIsNew2k3
Adjust your MIDI device timing (such as your MIDI Guitar) to your computer with the MIDI In Latency field in the MIDI Setup dialog box under the MIDI Menu.
;WhatIsNew2k
Mass Edit Metatools 6 through 9 can be programmed to any transposition you wish. To do so, hold down Shift, and then press one of the numbers. To apply, select a region with Mass Edit Tool, then press the number.
;ToolTip
Attach Chord Symbols to notes or rests with the Chord Tool.
;Chapter 9
You can create a group for instruments with the Staff Tool. Finale Guitar will automatically center the group name between the staves.
;ToolTip
Use the Resize Tool to change the size of the music on the page. Use the Zoom Tool to change the size of the music on your computer monitor.
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You have the best music scanning technology at your fingertips. Use SmartScore Lite in the file Menu to open tiff files.
;WhatIsNew2k
If two handles appear on a staff with the Staff Tool selected, drag the top handle to adjust the staff's position in every staff system. Drag the lower handle to adjust the staff's position in that staff system only.
Only delete staves if you want them permanently removed from your score. To recover deleted staves, immediately choose Undo from the Edit Menu. To temporarily remove a staff, check Hide Staves in the Staff Attributes dialog box.
;ToolTip
Define the key signature of your piece or a group of measures with the Key Signature Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k1
You can enter a rest in Speedy by pressing Ctrl+Sh+(1-8).
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To load a percussion library, which can contain one or more predefined percussion instrument maps, choose the Open Library command from the File Menu and select the library you want to open.
To save a percussion library, choose Save Library from the File Menu. Finale Guitar saves all the percussion maps listed in the Percussion Map Selection dialog box into one library.
;ToolTip
Group notes and rests as triplets with the Tuplet Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k2
Use Simple Entry, to enter triplets, click the duration you want and the tuplet Tool on the Simple Entry Palette.
If you accidentally enter too many notes in Simple Entry, use the Eraser Tool to delete them. You can also delete accidentals, ties and dots.
;WhatIsNew2k2
You can navigate through notes in Simple Entry. Ctrl-click on Win or Opt-Click on Mac to select the note. The Left and Right arrow moves you through the notes and rests.
;Chapter 15
To change a note to a rest while in Speedy Entry, press backspace/clear. The single note becomes a rest of the same duration.
;ToolTip
Enter your music in real time with the HyperScribe Tool.
;Chapter 16
If your real-time transcriptions consistently transcribe durations that are too large, lower the smallest note duration in Quantization Settings under the Options Menu.
;ToolTip
Clarify tempo and dynamics to the players by attaching expressions to measures, notes, or rests with the Expression Tool.
;Chapter 17
If you are not pleased with the results of your HyperScribe session, check your quantization settings in Quantization Settings dialog box in the Options Menu.
If you are having problems getting clean notation during real time entry, increase Remove Notes Smaller than __ EDUs in the More Quantization Settings dialog box to 60 EDUs.
;ToolTip
With the Time Signature Tool, you can define the time signature for the whole piece or a group of measures.
;ToolTip
Use the Page Layout Tool to organize the music on the page before you print.
;ToolTip
With the Mass Edit Tool, you can do a wide variety of chores to a region of staves and/or measures.
;Chapter 22
Check Individual Positioning in Repeat Assignment dialog box to allow Coda signs to be moved independently between staves.
;WhatIsNew2k1
You can insert and delete systems with the Page Layout Tool. This prevents existing layout from being disturbed.
;Chapter 25
If you use a Metatool to place a Shape Expression into the score, you create a duplicate of that shape. This gives you an important advantage when you're placing several of the same shape into a score, because it allows editing each copy individually. Otherwise, changing one occurrence of that shape would change all other occurrences as well.
;ToolTip
To allow a staff to change from one clef to another, use the Clef Tool.
;Chapter 29
If you want an asymmetrical beaming pattern (such as three, three, and two eighth notes in common time), click the Composite button in the Time Signature dialog box and enter the desired groupings into the text boxes.
;Chapter 30
You can undo any Mass Edit operation by choosing Undo from the Edit Menu.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Publish your masterpiece to the web by choosing Post at Finale Showcase from the File Menu.
;ToolTip
Attach slur, hairpin, and glissando markings to your score with the Smart Shape Tool.
;WhatIsNew2k1
Save your music as a web page. Then, you can have others view it with the Finale Viewer, a free plug-in for web browsers.
;ToolTip
Edit individual MIDI events of notes with the MIDI Tool.
;Chapter 35
When you create your own chord suffixes, add characters to the suffixes in the order you'd say them out loud--it will make typing chords easier in the long run. Whatever you enter (whether it follows convention or not), Finale Guitar will faithfully match the characters in the order you type them with the order they were created in the Chord Suffix Editor dialog box.
Use the Caps Lock key when you know you want only uppercase chords and are entering Chords via Type Into Score.
;Chapter 36
If you want a quick MIDI audio check of the notes you're attaching lyrics to, hold down the Ctrl/option key and the space bar and drag cursor touches, no matter which direction you drag.
;ToolTip
With the Repeat Tool, you can place a graphic or text repeat that will have a playback effect.
;Chapter 37
You can change character settings for inserts placed in text blocks (you might underline the date, for example). Simply select an insert you've placed in a text block (such as the date) then choose a font or other character setting from the Text Menu. Finale Guitar changes the entire contents of the insert to the new setting.
Use the Justification submenu in the Text Menu to position text within an editing frame.
Use the Alignment submenu in the Text Menu to align a text block itself on a page (or change the alignment settings in the Frame Attributes dialog box).
;ToolTip
Place the Title, composer and copyright information on the page of your score with the Text Tool.
;Chapter 39
When you're working with Facing Pages with different left and right page margins, deleting two pages at a time will maintain the correct margins.
;Chapter 43
As a HyperScribe shortcut, you can click a measure in your score to start recording instead of using the Record button. Finale Guitar will start recording into the measure you clicked, according to the click and countoff settings, just as if you clicked the Record button.
;Chapter 44
Finale Guitar stores the captured velocity values as the difference between the actual velocity with which you struck the notes and the default velocity. If you increase or decrease this Base Key Velocity value, therefore, you instantly increase or decrease the playback velocity of every note in the piece.
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Thank you for choosing Finale Guitar as your Music Notation Software.
