Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation - Third Edition Paperback – March 1, 2012

Go ahead and work through the exercises. Yes, those of us who are composers want to get to the business of using Finale to write our own music; but the exercises furnished in the book will give you the needed back ground to help with composing your own music. A couple of weeks of going through this book pays MASSIVE dividends.

When you think of music education, Berklee is one of the first institutions to pop to mind.This book is an excellent resource for total beginners or musicians/composers that are interested in getting more out of the high end composing tool, Finale.I started my music writing with Music Writer, a very low end music transcription program, and a year later I transitioned to Finale. After using Finale for over a decade, this book showed me many tricks, features, and shortcuts that I still had not seen.The book was easy to understand, and the practical exercises in each chapter ensured that you were able to apply the lessons in a practical way.Well done!

There were only 2 books that I could find which were applicable to Finale 2012, so I ordered them both. Perused them during the first couple of weeks I was using the program - when it was a great novelty and I was spending about 5 hours a day on it! I learned a lot. Most of the information could probably have been found in the help documentation, but this was well-written and much easier to follow.If you are new to Finale, you want this book.

Very well written and laid out. Go from start to finish and your scores and parts will look very professional. You'll also start saving a lot of time on each project. Great tips and tricks.

A useful text, although needs to be updated for the latest versions of the software. A lot of good useful fundamentals however that will benefit any Finale user.

I have only gone through 3 full chapters and half of the 4th chapter, which covers entering music via a MIDI device.The book is easy to follow and I have already learned qute a lot. I don't think I would be able to learn this software(Finale 2012) without it.

What can you say about Finale or this guide to using it that has not been said. Both this guide and the program are the best of the best are are likely to remain so for quite some time to come.

Book is easy to follow and helps take you step by step from simple to complex.