Continuing Work

- THEORY CHECK-UP DUE TODAY.

- PLEASE ALSO HAND IN YOUR STUDENT INFO FORMS, FEE of $10 and PARENT CONTRACT.

- complete the DRM Reading Assignment. see links below. - due Mon. Feb. 7

New Work:

Today we are going to start making music in Finale

Finale Tutorial Videos

Located in File menu --> Launch window -->bottom left corner: Quick Start Videos.

Take a look at the BASIC SKILLS and GETTING STARTED.

Steps to Writing Your First Piece on Finale

You are going to familiarize yourself with the Finale software by copying in a piece of music - "Jingle Bells".

1. File menu --> Launch Window --> Default Document

You should now have one staff in treble clef in front of you.

2. View --> Page View

This allows you to see your whole piece.

3. Tools --> Staff --> Staff menu appears at top --> New Staves...

Make sure boxes both say "1". Click OK. New stave appears, but it is treble clef.

4. Tools --> Clef --> Double click in first measure.

You can now change clef to bass clef.

5. Check to make sure your piece has a "C" or 4/4 time signature at the start.

6. Start entering notes. You can do this two ways: by placing them with your mouse or by playing them on the piano.

7. Using mouse: Select the rhythm value you want from the Simple Entry Palette and drag the note on the staff. Continue. You will need to change the rhythm value in the Simple Entry Palette everytime the rhythm value changes.

8. Using piano: Select the rhythm value you want from the Simple Entry Palette and play the notes as you want them. You will need to change the rhythm value in the Simple Entry Palette everytime the rhythm value changes.

9. Do this for "Jingle Bells". Give it a title and a composer, and save your work as jingle_yourlastname on your USB or in your student number folder.

I will be asking you email these to me by Wed. Feb. 9.