Worth Its Weight

Screencast lesson 8 highlighted many of the additional functions available with the registered version of Finale. Additional reading from the Finale site gave an expanded view of options a composer/arranger can access with the registered version. Post your thoughts on the advantages or disadvantages to registering, apart from the cost of the registration. Which of the additional options would you find most useful? How many of the options could you use in the activities from the workshop? JC

Score One For the Home Team

This discussion focuses on the types of scores used by directors and your experience in creating one using Finale. Which type of score did you create, and why? What are the advantages to this type of score over the other types? In what situations would you consider using another type of score? JC

Divisi But Equal

In this blog post, discuss the techniques of separating a divisi part using Finale Notepad. The two techniques are demonstrated in screencast 7 of the Workshop Wiki. Which technique is easiest for you? Why does that technique work better for you than the other? In what situation would you need to use the other technique? Can you think of another way to separate the parts that is not covered in the screencast? Post your thoughts below. JC