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If you've always wanted to notate your songs and compositions and print your music for rehearsals and live performances, this is the course for you. Finale 2014 is the recognized standard application used by musicians of all levels to compose, arrange, and publish music. Join composer Rick Schmunk and learn how to notate musical scores that range from simple lead sheets or guitar tablature to detailed scores that even include video. Discover how to enter notes, lyrics, chord symbols, and tab, and use Score Manager and linked parts to save time formatting your score. Want to be even more efficient? Learn how to use SmartFind and Paint to add markings like articulations and expressions. Rick also reveals the secrets to notating drum set and other rhythm section parts. Finally, he shows how to export MIDI, XML, and graphic formats like PDF and EPUB, so you can work with your scores in other publishing and editing programs or simply share your work with colleagues.
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Setting up your MIDI keyboard and external speakers to work with a program like finale can be a little bit tricky. Lets walk through the setup. If this is the first time you are connecting your system, place your computer, MIDI keyboard controller, and speakers where you want to use them. Add presets to premiere pro. Then make sure that everything is turned off. First lets connect the MIDI keyboard to the computer. This can be done a couple of ways. If your controller only has MIDI inputs and outputs, you'll need to connect the MIDI output of the keyboard to the MIDI input on a MIDI interface. Then connect the midi interface to your computer using a usb cable. I'm using a controller that has a usb connection. So it's connected to the computer using a usb cable. If you have external speakers let's connect them, but first let me ask a question. Are you using an audio interface? If you are you can connect the interface to the computer and then connect the speakers to your system via the monitor outputs on your audio…
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