In this Finale tutorial I show you how to create this 8 bar contemporary music score featuring a rhythm section, a staff with a 3 part polyphonic vocal arrangement, flute, violin and cello.

It features the following Finale topics:

• Fit Measures
• Adding instrument staves with the score manager
• Entering music with the Speedy Entry Tool
• Entering dynamics and smart shapes
• Entering polyphonic music into one staff with layer 1 and 2
• Copying individual layers,
• exploding music onto separate staves
• Copying music
• Using staff styles to create slash notation, rhythmic notation, one bar and two bar repeats,
• Adjusting the layout of your score
• Customizing measure numbers
• Entering rehearsal measure numbers