MakeMusic PrintMusic User Guide

2011

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Quick Reference Guide for Windows

Getting Started 1

A. Using the Document Setup Wizard ...............1

B. Opening files ..................................3

C. Sharing files ................................... 3

D. Scanning files .................................4

D. Entering notes into the score with a MIDI keyboard 13

E. Working with Layers ...........................13

Playing in Your Music —HyperScribe® 15

A. Recording a performance ......................15

B. Setting the smallest note value ..................15

C. Recording into two staves ...................... 16

Navigating Your Music 5

A. Choosing a view ...............................5

B. Zooming In and Out ............................ 7

C. Dragging the Visible Score Region ...............8

D. Switching pages ...............................8

Entering Your Music: Simple Entry 9

A. Entering notes with your mouse .................9

B. Entering notes with your computer keyboard .....10

C. Typing notes into the score with your computer

keyboard .....................................11

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Selecting Music 17

A. Selecting regions and measures ................17

B. Expanding selection ...........................18

Using Contextual Menus 19

Copying, Pasting, and Inserting 21

A. Drag-copying .................................21

B. Clipboard-copying .............................21

C. Inserting music ...............................22

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Changing the Measure Layout 23

A. Fitting a certain number of measures per system ..23

B. Adjusting the measure layout manually .......... 24

Working with Staves 25

A. Inserting staves ...............................25

B. Deleting staves ...............................25

C. Applying Alternate Notation ...................26

D. To move staves ...............................26

Lyrics, Chords, and Repeats 33

A. Typing in lyrics ................................33

B. Typing in chord symbols .......................34

C. Creating repeats with 1st and 2nd endings .......34

Playback 35

A. Playback Controls .............................35

B. Changing the playback tempo ..................35

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C. Using Human Playback

.......................36

Markings and Text 27

A. Adding expressions ...........................27

B. Adding articulations ...........................28

C. Adding slurs and hairpins ......................29

D. Adding text ...................................30

Key Signatures, Time Signatures, and Clefs 31

A. Defining a key signature .......................31

B. Defining a time signature ......................32

C. Defining a clef change .........................32

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Page Layout 37

Sharing Your Music 38

A. Printing your score ............................38

B. Exporting an audio file ......................... 39

C. Sharing your music online with Finale Reader™ ..39

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Getting Started

A. Using the Document Setup Wizard

PrintMusic’s Document Setup Wizard is usually the fastest way to begin a new score.
The pages in this wizard allow you to quickly specify all the basic score elements.

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From the File menu, choose New >
Document with Setup Wizard.

Choose the ensemble and Document

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Style and click Next.

Document Styles include fonts and
markings designed for particular
types of documents, in this case,
a choral jazz arrangement.

See “Setup Wizard” in the User Manual for details.

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Add or remove instruments
and click Next.

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On pages 3 and 4, indicate
the desired score elements,
and click Finish.

Pages 3 and 4 allow you to specify the:

• Title

• Credits and copyright

• Key signature

• Time signature

• Tempo indication

• Pickup measure

• Number of measures

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B. Opening files

Open a PrintMusic file by choosing Open from the File menu. PrintMusic 2011 can open all Finale® notation files
(*.MUS) saved in PrintMusic 2011 or earlier, as well as those saved in other Finale-family notation products.

C. Sharing files

PrintMusic's native file format is the Finale Notation file (*.MUS). These files are cross-platform, which

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means the same file can be opened on either a Macintosh

or a Windows® computer. PrintMusic files are
not backwards compatible, which means a PrintMusic 2011 document cannot be opened in PrintMusic 2010
or any previous version of PrintMusic. To open a PrintMusic 2011 file in PrintMusic 2010, export the file in
MusicXML format. PrintMusic versions 2006 and later can import Music XML files.

PrintMusic 2010

MusicXML

PrintMusic 2011

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D. Scanning files

Use PrintMusic’s built-in SmartScore technology to scan and import a piece of sheet music, or to
import an existing scanned TIFF graphic. Go to File > Scanning: SmartScore Lite to find these options.

See “Scanning” in the User
Manual for details and
specifications.

Tip: After scanning and importing a page of sheet music, use the Selection Tool to copy the music into a new empty
document with the desired orchestration and Document Style.

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Navigating Your Music

Getting the best view of your score-in-progress is crucial to working with PrintMusic efficiently.

A. Choosing a view

You can view your music in Page View or Scroll View.
From the View menu, choose Scroll View or Page View.

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ctrl

Press +

E

to switch between Page
View and Scroll View

Page View

displays your music exactly as it will appear on the printed
page. Use this view for system and page layout.

Scroll View

displays your music in
one continuous horizontal
system, free from page
constraints.

Search “Views” in the User Manual for more details.

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B. Zooming In and Out

You can find zoom commands under the View menu, but to save time, use keyboard shortcuts.

ctrl

Press + to zoom in

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Zooming in and out using your mouse cursor:

Click with the middle mouse button to zoom in to the position clicked.

ctrl

+ click with the middle mouse button to zoom out.

For more, search “Zoom” in the User Manual.

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ctrl

Press + to zoom out

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C. Dragging the Visible Score Region

Use PrintMusic’s Hand Grabber Tool to reposition your view of the score.

Right-click and drag to move the score.

D. Switching pages

In Page View, use the arrow buttons in
the lower left corner of your screen to
navigate between pages. Or, use the
keystrokes listed here:

Search for “Page View” in the User
Manual for more information.

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ctrl

Press +

Page
Down

to move to the previous page.

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Search for “Hand Grabber” in the User

Manual for more information.

ctrl

Press +

Page
Up

to move to the next page.

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Entering Your Music: Simple Entry

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Click the Simple Entry Tool.

Note the Simple menu (a) appears at the top of your screen. You will use

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this menu to change settings and refer to keyboard shortcuts.

Note the Simple Entry Palette (b), which you will use to specify note

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durations and other note properties.

A. Entering notes with your mouse

1

Click the note duration in the Simple Entry Palette, as well as
the accidental, tie, tuplet, or grace note.

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Position your mouse cursor where you would like to enter the note.

Click to enter the note. PrintMusic flips the stem direction

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when appropriate.

a.

b.

Tip: Double-click one of these tools to
de-select all other tools in the Simple

Entry Palette.

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B. Entering notes with your computer keyboard

Use your numeric keypad (c) to choose note durations before you click them in. Use
the image to the right as a guide. To remove extra tools, double-press as shown below.

To change the
selected duration.

(press once)

Press numpad 9 and

click to add a triplet.
To select only the
duration and remove

(press twice)

the dot and flat.

Notes are purple when you enter them,
indicating they can be edited with a keystroke.

Change the duration of the note you just
entered by pressing Alt + # (1-8).

alt

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c.

LAPTOP USERS: Use the

“Laptop Shortcut Table” to

improve the efficiency of your

smaller keyboard. Choose

Simple > Keyboard Shortcut

Set > Laptop Shortcut Set.

All Simple Entry keyboard shortcuts

are listed under the Simple menu.

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