Export SmartMusic Accompaniments
Only Finale can create SmartMusic accompaniments and Finale 2009 makes it easier than ever with support for linked parts, repeats, and more. SmartMusic accompaniments made with Finale 2009 require SmartMusic 11 which is available now, and is a free update for all SmartMusic subscribers.

With linked part support, educators create one file for the entire ensemble, assign the piece to the whole group with SmartMusic Impact™, and their students simply select their individual parts. This represents a tremendous savings in time and effort compared to creating separate SmartMusic accompaniment files for every part in older versions of Finale.

Simply open your score, Choose Export as SmartMusic from Finale’s file menu, and specify the type of accompaniment you’d like.

Students simply select their instrument from the resulting SmartMusic file.

Another huge benefit of linked parts support occurs when you assign this file as an assignment in SmartMusic Impact. Your new assignment will occupy just one column in your Gradebook, and not a separate column for each instrument in your ensemble. This greatly simplifies viewing and navigation in the Gradebook, saving you time.

Plus, the creation process has been greatly simplified. Now you can save any new or existing Finale file as a SmartMusic solo, ensemble, or assessable accompaniment – you don’t need to know you’re creating an accompaniment before you start. SmartMusic now accepts repeats and a great variety of notated items that were previously blocked in the Finale export process. This means you spend less time fine-tuning and more time making music.

Plus Finale makes it easy to create SmartMusic Markers – one trip to Finale’s Edit menu gives you an interface that looks and feels just like SmartMusic, and makes it a breeze to add Intelligent Accompaniment® like "wait for note" or any other kind of SmartMusic Markers!

Multi-timbral SmartMusic Accompaniment Generation. Create SmartMusic accompaniments containing many instruments primed for SoundFont playback in SmartMusic.

Customized part playback lets you practice a part within an ensemble piece
in SmartMusic.

Remember: ONLY Finale can create assessable SmartMusic accompaniments. Visit www.smartmusic.com to learn more about SmartMusic learning software for band, orchestra, and choir.

Exercise Wizard
Over 50,000 customized exercises. Instantly. 

You have only five minutes until your band, orchestra, or choir rehearsal begins, and you need warm-up exercises tailored to what you intend to rehearse that day.

You're in luck! You can create an exercise or multiple exercise lessons in an instant. Just select the mode, note duration, intervals, articulations, key, and range.

Look how easy it is!
Click on the following screen shots to view each page of the Exercise Wizard and you will see how easy it is to create exercises instantly.

Select the exercises (page 2 of 4)

Select Key and Articulation for each exercise (page 3 of 4)

Select which ensemble you want the sheet music printed (page 4 of 4): You can also customize your ensemble (i.e. wind ensemble, orchestra, chamber singers), select a pre-defined instrument range level, and how many copies for each.

Teach Composition with Studio View
With Studio View^™ in Finale, students compose, learn, and notate all at once. Then they can print the results as engraver-quality sheet music.

Students build a composition by adding to it piece by piece, line by line. Experimentation is fast, easy, and always performed in standard music notation. Changing, modifying, and improving the work is possible because Finale empowers students to make creative choices.

Students work in standard music notation at all times. There is no need to switch to separate sequencing software or learn complex computer symbols.

How does it work?
Studio View puts power at students’ fingertips, allowing them to shape compositions right before their eyes and ears. Click the steps below for examples:

1. Create
   Simply by clicking the Record button, students craft melodies and try different notes. Students see the notes appear on the staff and hear them played with superb sounds and Human Playback®.
   

   

2. Experiment
   While listening to the melody, students experiment with counter-melodies, canons, and the like. Studio View plays back these experiments, encouraging students to make choices.
   

   

3. Choose
   Studio View encourages intelligent choices. With melody and counter-melody working together, students continue to experiment with harmonies, bass lines, and instrumentation. Band-in-a-Box Auto-Harmonizing, Rhythm Section Generator, and other composition tools provide creative options. With each choice, students shape their music and make it their own.
   

   

Colored Noteheads
Colored noteheads have multiple applications and are especially popular in elementary education.

• Use them to notate Boomwhackers® tuned percussion tubes and other instruments that use the Chroma-Notes™ colored music system.
• Assign colors to specific pitches as an aid to composition or proofing.
• Color all noteheads a single bright color for beginning readers who need help distinguishing noteheads from stems.

Colored noteheads can be applied regionally within a piece, offer two notehead styles (with or without a “border”), and allow for user customization of colors.

Boomwhackers® Tube Sounds
Finale even includes integrated Boomwhackers sound samples. These sounds and colors are configured automatically when you select Boomwhackers from the Setup Wizard.