#FINALE SOFTWARE PROGRAM NOTES HOW TO#

If you enter a number larger than 171, your swing effect approaches a dotted-eighth/sixteenth feel, which is useful in slower swing tempos if you enter a number smaller than 171, the swing effect approaches an even-eighth-note feel, which might be better at faster tempos.

Choose MIDI Tool > Edit Note Durations.

Select the region where you want the playback to have a swing feel. Noteman says: In order to apply swing playback with the MIDI tool, Human Playback must be set to None. To solve the problem, change the time signature to a quarter-noteвЂ“based one before using the MIDI tool.

If the meter is 2/2, however, the backbeats are every quarter note, so the swing playback you get may seem erratic if you were expecting traditional eighth-note swing. These instructions assume that the time signature is 2/4, 3/4, or 4/4 the вЂњbackbeatsвЂќ that Finale delays are, therefore, every other eighth note. From the Swing drop-down menu, choose Standard.The Playback Settings dialog box appears, offering additional controls. Swing settings are grayed out if the Human Playback style does not incorporate swing, as is the case with the Classical or Romantic styles. Noteman says: If Jazz or Blues Human Playback is applied, swing settings are set automatically. Note that you can also apply a Swing feel using the Jazz Human Playback Style which can be configured in the Playback Settings dialog box. When you playback, youвЂ™ll hear the music with your original feel, including swing, played back.) Make sure Retain Note Durations is checked in the More Quantization Settings dialog box and Play Recorded Note Durations is checked in the Playback/Record Options dialog box. If youвЂ™ve used HyperScribe to record a performance, you can вЂњcaptureвЂќ the swing feel. This method is for generating swing feel from an otherwise вЂњstraightвЂќ score. Any time Finale encounters the expression youвЂ™ve just defined when it plays back your score, the playback will change to reflect the expressionвЂ™s swing definition. Click OK and click Assign (to affect all staves, see Assigning an expression to multiple staves).The larger the percentage of swing, the more delay before the second note. The number you type into the box indicates the 'weight' of the swing (100 is standard). Select Set to Value and type a number or select a choice from the Swing drop-down menu.From the Type drop-down menu menu, choose Swing.In the Text field, type 'Swing' or something similar.The Expression Designer dialog box appears. Select the Miscellaneous category and click Create Misc.The Expression Selection dialog box appears. Double-click the measure where you want to stop swing playback. Noteman says: In order to apply swing playback with an expression, Human Playback must be set to None. At a slow tempo, you might want to increase the number for an even more pronounced swing effect. Needless to say, you can change this number, depending on the amount of swing you want at a fast tempo, you may want to decrease this number (so the notes sound more like even eighths). All you need to do is decide how much to delay them.ДЇinale uses a swing value of 100 for true triplet swing in playback. Delaying or rushing the playback of notes with respect to their written rhythms is precisely the function of the swing playback type in the Expression tool: you can use it to delay the attack of every eighth note backbeat. In other words, itвЂ™s delayed (and the first eighth note is held longer). In a pure triplet swing feel, the second eighth note of every pair (the backbeat) is played as though itвЂ™s the last note of a triplet, as shown here.

#FINALE SOFTWARE PROGRAM NOTES HOW TO#

Making your score play back with eighth notes in swing style is quick work with the Playback Controls, but what if you want more control over when and how to swing? See Recording in HyperScribeвЂ“To record into one or two staves. The More Quantization Settings dialog box appears. Instructions for defining the default tuplet appearance can be found under Document Options - Tuplets. ItвЂ™s a good idea to tell Finale beforehand exactly how you want the triplets notated-whether or not they should have a bracket or slur, and so on. Finale notates swung eighth notes as normal eighth notes, but will accurately notate triplets if you play them. The Quantization Settings dialog box appears.

Choose MIDI/Audio > Quantization Settings.

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